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Skelton-Skinner All-Stars Shine Across The Thames

The imposing members-only Phyllis Court Club overlooks the Thames and offers a fine vantage point for the town’s regatta and any other river-borne activities but is also, surprisingly perhaps, a very classy venue for jazz.

Tubby tributes top Southend’s NJA opening

Brainchild of trumpeter and bandleader Digby Fairweather, the new National Jazz Archive facility in Southend represents many years of planning and plenty of hard work.

Steve Fishwick Sextet reach righteous outcome at The Verdict

There’s a palpable buzz as Steve Fishwick’s Anglo-American crew take the stage for the last show on their successful UK tour – a sense of occasion created by a standing room-only crowd and the shared knowledge that The Verdict has just been voted one of the 10 best jazz clubs in Europe by The Guardian.

Blicher Hemmer Gadd bring the Hammond boogie to Pizza Express Jazz Club

On the band's website, beside big ups from Gilles Peterson, Modern Drummer and the BBC, there's a quote from Steve Gadd that says it was his love of organ groups, and the appreciation Danish saxophonist Michael Blicher has for New Orleans drumming, that brought them together.

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