Jazz

  Bookings can be made via email jazz@davenham.co or telephone Harry on 07717 224 238 / 01606 74502 Doors open 7.30pm music at 8pm.Tickets £12 on the door If you are suffering from Covid symptoms please do not attend and in any case advise us if you are unable to attend for any reason. From […]

Image credit Gerhard Richter At another of our Friday night specials, Davenham is proud to welcome the well known, accomplished jazz vocalist and pianist Ian Shaw . Ian is a multi-award winner with accolades from the BBC Jazz Awards 2007 and 2004 the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2018, plus nominations from the Jazz FM Awards 2013 […]

 'Artwork by Carolyn Hall Young' The Joni Mitchell - Blue 50th Anniversary  Concert 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Joni’s breakthrough album Blue, which featured such iconic songs as A Case Of You, River, Carey and of course the title track. With that in mind, material from Blue will be prominently featured in this year’s […]

Described by the Guardian as: A Wayne Shorter-like commitment to narrative composition… There is no shortage of fine soloists… immaculate taste… soul and lyricism Jamil Sheriff has been a stand out member of the UK Jazz scene for over 20 years and has a reputation for pulling together exceptional bands. Five Gold Rings brings the […]

GAZ HUGHES QUARTET Local drummer and band leader Gaz Hughes brings his quartet to Davenham on Thursday 27th April. As a sideman Gaz has performed with an impressive array of artists both in the UK and internationally. An extremely tasteful and swinging straight ahead drummer, he exhibits a no-nonsense approach to his playing. The lineup […]

L`Esprit de Jazz Karen Street started playing the accordion when she was seven. On completion of her studies she moved to London and began a busy freelance career encompassing classical, contemporary and jazz music. Jazz credits include Mike Westbrook, Tim Garland, Phil Robson, Martin Taylor`s `Spirit of Django`, Tina May, Nikki Iles and Stan Sulzman. […]

Making a welcome return to Davenham, South African born Philip Clouts brings his quartet playing original compositions from his latest CD `Umoya`. On this album, Clouts’ African inspirations extend beyond Cape jazz to pan-European folksong, soul-jazz and even drum ‘n’ bass. Clouts was born in Cape Town and the music of his homeland has stayed […]

The ‘Celebrating Oscar’ Quartet is a new quartet playing inventive arrangements of Oscar Peterson’s original compositions together with music that he was associated with. Dean Stockdale is a highly regarded jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in the North of England. He is known for his sensitive, swinging style and regularly appears around the UK  […]

NICOLA FARNON TRIO Widely recognised as one of the classiest Jazz and Swing singers and/or double bassists in the UK, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nicola Farnon has a remarkable musical pedigree, both parents being professional classical musicians and her great uncle no less than the late Robert Farnon. Originally raised classically on the cello and the […]

EMMA JOHNSON`S GRAVY BOAT Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat is a melodic, cinematic jazz quintet led by Leeds based saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson. Gravy Boat is a band that write and perform melodic, accessible jazz in performances that weave music and stories with "characteristically Northern warmth and charm."​ In reviews of their debut album, Worry […]

Mike Hall was Musical and Artistic Director at the Royal Northern College of Music Big Band for 20 years. He then decided to channel his love of larger jazz groups into an the formation of an octet - `Boplicity` The initial core of the band`s repertoire was along the lines of the West Coast jazz […]