U3AC JAZZ ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON
JAZZ EVENTS IN CAMBRIDGE CITY FROM 10th September 2024
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 Cafe in Norfolk Street, Cambridge at 2:30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Minimal entrance fee 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) and on the third Wednesday of the month at Newnham Croft Social Club. 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 at Parker’s Tavern, 7:30, Free entry, you just have to buy a drink.
Sundays 8pm Tram Depot, East Road (Opposite Anglia Ruskin), Andy Bowie Quartet. Plays mainly 1950-1970 Blue Note 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.
Hot Numbers Cafe on Gwydir Street has occasional jazz gigs.
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.
CAMBRIDGE JAZZ WHAT’S ON CALENDER AS AT 16th SEPTEMBER 2024
Wednesday 18th September 2024, Newnham Jazz Speakeasy, Three bands including Brazilian Jazz with Cores Do Samba, Newnham Croft Social Club, Newnham, Cambridge, 7:30pm, Free entry.
Thursday 19th September 2024, Pinestripe Suit (Prohibition era jazz), Gonville Hotel, Parker’s Piece, Cambridge, 7:30pm, performance only £19:50.
Friday 20th September 2024, Tim Boniface Quartet, St Pauls Church, Hills Road, 7:30pm, £12:50.
Thursday 26th September 2024, CMJ present Adam Glasser Quartet, South Africa and Beyond, Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22. There will also be a workshop on South African Jazz from 6pm.
Friday
4th October2024, Alan Barnes with Caxton
Swing, Newnham Croft Social Club, Newnham, Cambridge, 7:30pm, Tickets at
£14 online or £16 at the door on the night
Saturday 19th October 2024, The Brass Funkeys, Junction 2, £17, doors 7pm.
Thursday 24th October 2024, CMJ present Josephine Davies Satori Quartet, Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Saturday 2nd November 2024, James Taylor Quartet, Junction 2, Hills Road, Cambridge, doors 7pm, £26.
CAMBRIDGEJAZZ FESTIVAL 8TH TO 24TH NOVEMBER 2024
Saturday 9th November 2024, Listen present Butcher, Sanders and Wachsmann, Unitarian Church, Christ’s Pieces, 8pm, £20.
Sunday 10th November 2024, The Ronnie Scott Story, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £25-£30.
Thursday 14th November 2024, Remembering Tony Bennett with Robin Phillips, Gonville Hotel, Parker’s Piece, Cambridge, 7:30pm, performance only £19:50.
Saturday 16th November 2024, CMJ present Arbenz X Neame /Mika /Churchill /Hart/ Smart “Conversation” Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 2pm, £22.
Wednesday 20th November 2024, Tim Garland Lighthouse Trio and the Britten Sinfonia, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 7pm, from £15.
Thursday 21st November 2024, CMJ present Stella Cole (USA vocalist), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Thursday 28th November 2024, CMJ present Xhosa Cole Quartet, Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
Friday 29th November 2024, Down for the Count Orchestra, Swing into Christmas, 7:30pm, £25-£36.
Thursday 12th December 2024, CMJ present Alison Rayner Quintet, Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £22.
