Our Thursday Jazz Weekly Night welcomes Allison Neale on 11^th June 2015.  With Allison on alto-sax, she’ll be joined by Chris Boscoe on baritone sax, Colin Oxley on guitar, Jeremy Brown on bass and our regular local drummer Stu Butterfield where you can expect wonderfully melodic interpretations of classic recordings of Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan.

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Our Restaurant will be serving from 6.30pm, so book your table, or sofa!

Band is on at 8pm.  Tickets are available on the door or online at Eventbrite.

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As a strong advocate of the melodic West Coast style, American born Allison Neale has performed alongside leading international artists such as Adelaide Hall and Bud Shank and more recently tenorist Scott Hamilton as well as featuring in both the John Dankworth

‘Generations‘ Band and the “Back to Basie’ Orchestra.

“Allison Neale plays the alto saxophone with a tone so light and airy it positively melts at the edges”  Dave Gelly , The Observer

“A talent to savour”  Peter Vacher, Jazz UK

"An Alto sound like brushed velvet..."  Jazz Review

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Since his first recording with Ben Sidran, Chris Biscoe has worked with Chris McGregor, Kenny Wheeler, Andy Sheppard, Andrew Hill, Dewey Redman, The Dedication Orchestra, Peter Jacobsen and Didier Levallet, appearing as a featured soloist on more than 30 recordings.

Currently he can be heard with the Pierre Favre's Ensemble, Harry Beckett, Tony Kofi, Mingus Moves, Full Monte, Liam Noble, Ben Davis, Mike Westbrook and Don Weller's Electric Octet. Recent major tours have seen him featured in the big bands of George Russell and Hermeto Pascoal.

“Biscoe is a saxophone virtuoso of great lyricism, passion, stamina and considerable versatility. He is steeped in the jazz tradition and his conception embraces everything from blues and gospel roots to free improvisation and jazz rock.”  Ian Carr, The Rough Guide to Jazz

“A high-energy performance all round, with Chris Biscoe in particularly commanding form - consistently inventive and full of surprises, his work epitomises the spirit of all these Jazzprint issues.”  Pete Martin, Jazz UK

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Colin Oxley studied at the Guildhall School, graduating in 1990. In that same year he won 'Best Soloist' in the National Big Band Competition and has gone on to pursue a highly successful musical career.

As a long standing member of Stacey Kent's group he recorded several albums as well as touring extensively, including appearances at the Montreux and North Sea jazz festivals and residencies in New York and San Francisco.

In the year 2000, Colin was voted Jazz Musician of the Year by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. In between touring and recording, Colin is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

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After studying at the Royal Academy of Music Jeremy Brown is now one of the leading bass players in the UK and is now firmly established on the national jazz scene. He has been a regular member of the Peter King Quartet and of Gerard Presencer's 'Platypus', and has worked with stars such as Louis Stewart, Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Mornington Lockett, Brad Mehldau and Mark Turner. In 1995, he was featured as the bass player on Julian Joseph's live TV broadcast from the Summer Proms. Jeremy Brown is clearly one of the most sought-after bass men in the country.