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Doors: 7.30pm
Performance from 8.30pm
Firstly, The Spin would like to thank EVERYONE that has supported the club through 2025 and has kept it thriving and happening! Please continue to be a part of this, to keep it a place where the best musicians – from the UK and beyond – clamour to come and perform!
…which brings us to the last gig of the year: a ‘supergroup celebration’ with this jazztastic outfit!
The line up features:
Theo Travis: saxophones
Liam Dunachie: ‘Hammond’ organ
Marc Cecil: percussion
Sophie Alloway: drums
Pete Oxley: guitar
Just a few words about these maestros:
Theo Travis has long been regarded as one of the best saxophonists in the country. Aside from a ‘who’s who’ list of colleagues in the jazz world, Theo has been the first call saxophonist for such major rock stars as David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Gong. He has for many years been leading the pioneering jazz-rock band, Soft Machine.
Liam Dunachie is, alongside Ross Stanley, a complete master of the organ. With a phenomenal groove and fearsome technique, Liam is regarded as the leading player of his generation on this outrageous instrument. Permanently in demand, Liam has worked with Jim Mullen, Gareth Malone (BBC’s ‘The Choir’), Beverly Knight, Dennis Rollins, Derek Nash and is currently touring with DJ Tony Blackburn’s ‘Sounds of the 60s’.
Marc Cecil is the ever-popular percussionist, heard in Oxford with Hejira (and others!). He was a member of ‘King Salsa’, the UK’s premier salsa band for 17 years. Aside from extensive West End theatre work, Marc has worked with Jason Rebello, Liane Carroll, Art Themen, Guthrie Govan, Jacqui Hicks and Derek Nash…
Sophie Alloway, whose moniker on Jazz FM is “the Goddess of Groove”, brings a brilliant, incandescent fire to any band she performs in! For example, her colleagues include such diverse artists as Guthrie Govan, Mornington Lockett, Tony Kofi, Jay Rayner and Yazz Ahmed.
Pete Oxley has fronted the house band at The Spin – for a long time!! As a result, he has accompanied most of the UK’s great players, aside from his activities as a bandleader (he is one of only a handful of British composers to have his works included in the ‘New European Real Book’ [Sher Publication]). He currently leads the UK’s leading band performing the music of Joni Mitchell, ‘Hejira’.
A joyous, happening and engaging programme will be presented for this, the Spin’s Christmas gig. PLEASE do not miss this; folks, hit the button above to BOOK NOW!!!
Returns Policy:
If you have purchased tickets for the show but can no longer attend, contact us via the form on the website or email info@spinjazz.com, we will happily refund you if the show is sold out and we are able to re-sell the ticket.
A note about the venue:
- The bar at Tap Social is card payment only.
- We seat people as much as possible on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This means that those who buy tickets first are allocated the better seats (as opposed to that allocation being for those that show up first on the night)…so, BOOK NOW (and also save money on ticket prices with our early bird deal)!!
- We are ready to support people who have additional accessibility needs, please let us know in advance via the contact form in order for our team of volunteers to design the assigned seating plan to accommodate you.
Location:
Tap Social
Curtis Industrial Estate
27, N Hinksey Ln,
Oxford
OX2 0LX