U3AC JAZZ ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON
JAZZ EVENTS IN CAMBRIDGE CITY FROM 8th January 2025
Can be accessed via the class website: http://jazzoama.blogspot.co.uk
Things can change rapidly, so check before you go. The class website also has an Information Note and a list of 100 recommended jazz players and recordings.
Regular Sessions:
Thursdays once a month: Cambridge Modern Jazz are now back at the Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. Music starts at 7:30pm. Currently £22.
Check their website: www.cambridgejazz.org to book tickets.
Listen put on jazz gigs at the Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road next to Christ Pieces in Cambridge. They concentrate on the free improvisation end of the jazz spectrum. Don’t expect easy listening but to see musicians interacting with each other can be fascinating. Check out their programme online.
There is free improvisation jazz in the basement of the Thrive Café in Norfolk Street, Cambridge at 2:30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Entry is £8 with £5 for concessions.
The Cambridge Jazz Speakeasy has well run live gigs on the first Wednesday of the month at the Tram Depot (set back from East Road opposite Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge) and on the third Wednesday of the month at Newnham Croft Social Club, Cambridge. Free entry except for one off special events.
Friday and Saturday evenings Live Jazz with Robin Phillips at the Gonville Hotel overlooking Parker’s Piece. 7pm to 9pm. Free entry, you just have to buy a drink.
Friday Live Jazz with Tim Boniface and Sam Miles at Parker’s Tavern, University Arms Hotel, Regent Street, Cambridge. 7:30pm to 10pm, Free entry, you just have to buy a drink.
Sundays 8pm Tram Depot, East Road (Opposite Anglia Ruskin), Andy Bowie Quartet. Plays mainly 1950-1970s style numbers. Free entry with a collection for the band.
Tuesdays 8pm CamJam, The Tram Depot off East Road. Relatively informal jazz jam session now run by the same people as the Jazz Speakeasy. For both players and spectators. Free entry.
First Thursday of the month, Jazz Funk at La Raza, Rose Crescent, Cambridge.
Roughly Monthly on Sundays, Live Jazz at The Lab Cocktail Bar, Regent Street, Cambridge.
Hot Numbers Cafe on Gwydir Street has occasional jazz gigs.
Monthly on Tuesdays and Sundays, Live Jazz at The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge.
Occasional jazz gigs open to general public at Girton College run by James Pearson.
Keep an eye on the web for live gigs by the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra.
Also check out Cambridge 105 radio on line. Pete Butchers does a great job presenting a jazz programme every Sunday 4pm to 5pm and reviews the next few weeks live jazz scene in the city.
Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge Junction, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Stapleford Grannary, Saffron Hall at Saffron Walden and The Apex at Bury St Edmunds also have jazz events.
The Cambridge Jazz Festival have a website which lists local live gigs.
The 2024 Cambridge Jazz Festival is scheduled for the 8th to 24th November 2024. There are so called fringe events that are normally free entry. The big names are expensive but still sell out fast.
CAMBRIDGE JAZZ WHAT’S ON CALENDER AS AT 8th JANUARY 2025
Saturday 11th January 2025, Listen present Mark Lockheart (sax) and John Parricelli (guitar), Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Sunday 12th January 2025, Tim Boniface Quartet (sax, vocals, bass and drums), The Lab, Regent Street Cambridge, 4pm, £16:50.
Tuesday 14th January 2025, Sam Miles (sax) with the Flying Hammond Trio, Geldart pub, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, 8:30pm, £5 on the door.
Thursday 16th January 2025, Jakub Klimiuk Quintet, Hot Numbers, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £12.
Thursday 23rd January 2025, CMJ present the Clark Tracey Quintet, Clark Tracey (drums), Art Themen (sax), Simon Allen (sax), David Newton (piano) and Andy Cleyndert (double bass), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Saturday 8th February 2025, Listen present Elliot Galvin (piano), with Ruth Goller (bass), Seb Rochford (drums), Mandhira de Saram (violin), Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Thursday 20th February 2025, CMJ present the Jonathan Gee Trio, Jonathan Gee (piano), Tristan Mailliot (drums) and Mikele Montolli (bass), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Thursday 20th March 2025, CMJ present Alex Hitchcock’s Dream Band,Alex Hitchcock (sax), Will Barry (piano), Mats Sandahl (bass) and Marc Michel (drums), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Saturday 22nd March 2025, Listen present “Strange Meeting: The Music of Bill Frisell” with Chris Batchelor (trumpet) and John Parricelli (guitar). Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Thursday 10th April 2025, CMJ present Tom Ollendorf’s Open House, Tom Ollendorff (guitar), Will Sach (bass) and David Ingamells (drums), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Saturday 12th April 2025, Listen present “The Little Radio” with Iain Ballamy (sax) and Stian Carsten (accordion), Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Saturday 10 th May 2025, Listen present Heloise Werner (voice) and Colin Alexander (cello), Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
