Eagle Jazz Band 16th February 2020

With this we reach my final visit to Jazz Club 90, in other circumstances I would say so far or of the year but as we are all unpleasantly aware I suspect that the club will probably out of operation for the rest of the year. But let us forget the dreaded C word for …

Kevin Grenfell’s Jazz Giants 9th February 2020

Sunday 9th February proved to have an eventful start as this was the weekend in which the UK found itself under the battery of Storm Dennis with gale force winds and heavy rain spreading across the country, making my journey to get to Jazz Club 90 was an experience in itself. I favoured going up …

Band on the Edge 8th February 2020

February was proving to be a very Jazzy month for your sentimental Sandman with regular visitations to Jazz Club 90, and it would seem a potential new regular Saturday event for me at a new location, this being the United God Centre in the market town of  Shrewsbury. This is an interesting venue which has …

Gig Report: GL Jazz Six 12th January 2020

After the back in business opening for the year by Matt Palmer’s Rhythmic reeds I was expecting that we’d have a few more business as usual gigs before John threw something different into the mix, so I was quite surprised by the gig which unfolded at Jazz Club 90. I am going to assume that …

Wabash Jazz 5 with Alex Clarke 22-12-2019

Jazz Club 90 closed off the year at Albrighton Sports and Social Club with a double return to the venue: Mark Challinor’s Wabash Jazz group which on this occasion was a quintet and the return of 20 year old rising star of the reeds Alex Clarke meaning the year indeed bowed out with style. Mark …

Gig Report: Severnside Jazz Band 15th December 2019

The Severnside Jazz band signed off the year at the Brooklands (previously the Wild Pig) with a gig a week earlier then their normal date for obvious reasons, as with the previous session band leader Dave Sherwood was absent and Pete Ainge was once again standing in for him. Bill Basey was back on the …

Gambit Jazzmen at Jazz Club 90 1st December 2019

The festive season kicked off to a swinging start at Jazz Club 90 with the return of the Gambit Jazzmen, a semi-regular band for the club and the area, and just in case you were wondering none of the players are called Mike nor are any of them Gareth Hunt, and they promise a solid …

The Severnside Jazz Band 24-11-19

Sunday the 24th of November proved to be something of a busy day for in terms of Jazz gigs in that I had attended a lunchtime gig in Albrighton (New Orleans Heat) and also attended the evening gig at the Wild Pig which was the monthly outing for the Severnside Jazz Band. The Severnside Jazz …

New Orleans Heat at Jazz Club 90 24-11-19

  This was the first of a series of Sunday gigs I have been able to attend thanks to a change of job and it seemed bizarrely fitting that the band should be the last one I saw at the 2019 Upton Severn Jazz festival. New Orleans Heat are something a veteran band at Jazz …

Upton Upon Severn Jazz Festival 2018: Sunday Part Two

Read the previous entry here Now I quickly got myself a bite to eat from one of the many stalls which were on the river front and headed to the Star Hotel venue which was the courtyard and had the benefit of an outside bar, which at least could act an alternative to the beer …