Category Archives: Artists 2010

Vasilis Xenopoulos (ts) Nigel Price (g) Pete Whitaker (org) Matt Hone d) Saxophonist and composer, Vasilis is a young rising star of the London Jazz scene. Originally trained at the infamous Berklee College in Boston MA, after having lived in the capital for seven years, he’s a highly demanded musician with over 270 performances a [...]

John Wurr (reeds) Amy Roberts (reeds) Martin Wheatley (g, bjo) Jermome Davis (b)  Richard Pite (d) John Wurr leads a starry band specially put together for the Festival. Expect a wide range of classic tunes and some musical jousting and pyrotechnics from the entire band. John is an old friend of the Festival – he [...]

  Steve Waterman (t, flg) Mark Nightingale (tr) Alan Barnes (bs) Dave O Higgins (ts) Gareth Williams (p) Simon Thorpe (b) Dave Barry (d) The septet, featuring some of the UK’s top jazz performers,  was put together to perform Steve’s new arrangements of classic jazz compositions taken from CDs he has recorded on the Mainstem [...]

Chris Walker (reeds) Tony Robinson (t) Win Bowen (tr) Greg Painter (p) John Burgess (b) John Bell (d) The band was originally formed for an open day at The Ringwood Brewery in June 2003 and, through their patronage, the band plays primarily at Festivals (both the Beer and the Jazz varieties), jazz clubs, private functions [...]

Stan Tracey is an outstanding figure in the jazz world. His distinguished career has spanned six decades of flourishing creativity. He has been a highly influential and stimulating musical voice, not only to his peers, but to each successive generation of musicians with whom he has worked. Stan’s capricious piano playing combines the percussive melody [...]

Dave Stapleton (p) Jonny Bruce (t) Ben Waghorn (saxes) Paula Gardiner (b) Elliott Bennett (d) It’s rare that young musicians can match their talent and ambition with the energy and skills needed to advance not only their own careers but those of fellow musicians as well. Since graduating in classical piano from the Royal Welsh [...]

John Shillito (t) John Wurr (reeds) Bobby Fox (tr) John Whitlock (g, bjo) Bob Martin (b) Barry Nicholls (d) John Shillito first heard jazz on recordings of some of the early American “masters” when he was a schoolboy. Inspired by them, he borrowed an old cornet and started his playing career in his hometown of [...]

Zoe Schwarz (voc) Rob Koral (g) Robin Aspland (p) Steve Thompson (b) Paul Robinson (d) The idea of this group is to lean on the bluesy side of Jazz.   This was a gradual but inevitable outcome after ten years of gigging and recording together, as we honed in to what suits us best.  It is [...]

Amy’s talent has been increasingly widely recognized in the past few years. She has been touring with the Big Chris Barber Band since she finished college, as well as establishing herself as one of the most popular soloists on the jazz circuit. At this Festival, she leads a swing band with Ian Bateman and the [...]