Past Events

The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford

‘Flight of Hand’ Featuring David Gordon
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‘Flight of Hand’ Featuring David Gordon

We are really delighted to be bringing Flight Of Hand to The Spin for the first time. This group specialises in South American music, so expect a night of tasty, hot and sultry, languid and luscious Latin vibes!

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Tristan Banks Quartet
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Tristan Banks Quartet

Following the brilliant quartet of John Law’s Re-Creations, The Spin brings to you another totally top-flight band led by the outstanding drummer Tristan Banks.

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John Law's Re-Creations
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John Law's Re-Creations

Re-Creations is led by one of the most brilliantly creative musicians on this (or any other) planet: John Law! As a pianist, he is a formidable exponent of pretty much any style you’d care to consider, having been a prize-winning classical pianist as a child, to being one of the leading exponents of contemporary jazz today.

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The Sarah Gillespie Band
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The Sarah Gillespie Band

The Spin is thrilled to be able to present to you this exceptional artist with her band of KILLER musicians!
Anglo-American singer songwriter Sarah Gillespie is renowned for mixing elements of jazz, folk & blues with her streetwise poetic lyricism.

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The Emma Rawicz Quintet
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The Emma Rawicz Quintet

The Spin is truly delighted to welcome to the club for the first time the most rapidly ascending star on the UK jazz scene for many a decade!
Saxophonist Emma Rawicz, at the age of 21, has already released two critically-acclaimed albums of original compositions, has toured all over Europe and has rightly garnered glowing press from respected national publications and broadcasters.

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The BruMing Band - Celebrating the music of Brubeck & Mingus
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The BruMing Band - Celebrating the music of Brubeck & Mingus

We kick off the year with a brand new band, set up to celebrate the music of two celebrated jazz pioneers, Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus. Both of these bandleaders put out ground-breaking albums in 1959: 'Time Out' and 'Ah Um', respectively; it is from these recordings that The BruMing Band are drawing their material.

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Henry Spencer Band
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Henry Spencer Band

For this special one-off performance, multi-award winning trumpeter, composer and bandleader Henry Spencer performs music from his brilliant new album, The Defector.

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The Tom Green Septet
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The Tom Green Septet

After many a year, The Spin has finally secured a second date for this septet of outstanding musicians. As supreme UK jazz royalty, Dame Cleo Laine wrote, Tom has written “Some of the most exciting original new music I have heard for a long time” . The Spin says a BIG ‘Amen' to that!

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Liane Carroll
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Liane Carroll

The Spin is truly delighted to welcome one of the greatest jazz performers that the UK has ever produced! Liane is a great pianist, a great singer and a great communicator. The club has genuinely been trying to book Liane for years (she was the first cancellation that the club had to make when Covid kicked in, back in March 2020!).

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John Law’s Congregation
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John Law’s Congregation

The Spin has, for some time, been trying to secure a date for this extraordinary musician and his current project, ‘Congregation’; we are truly delighted to be bringing the band to The Spin for this gig.

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A David Gordon Special
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A David Gordon Special

David Gordon has been a Spin favourite for many a year - and with good reason: he is, arguably, one of the most brilliant, inventive and creative pianists one could hope to encounter anywhere! David’s musical career has been - and continues to be - hugely versatile, ranging from performing harpsichord with The English Concert to touring the world with the gypsy-tango band, Zum.

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Charged Particles featuring Tod Dickow
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Charged Particles featuring Tod Dickow

The Spin are delighted to be welcoming to the Old Fire Station, the brilliant Californian band (of some 30 years standing!), Charged Particles. For this tour, they are featuring the exceptional tenor saxophonist, Tod Dickow in a set that will celebrate the music of the sax titan, Michael Brecker.

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Jonathan Gee w/ The Spin Band
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Jonathan Gee w/ The Spin Band

It’s a great pleasure to be able to welcome back to The Spin one of the club’s favourite pianists: Jonathan Gee! Jonathan has been at the forefront of the contemporary jazz scene ever since the ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ was awarded to him by The Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards in 1991.

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Acoustic Triangle
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Acoustic Triangle

The Spin is delighted to be in partnership with Music At Oxford for this concert, featuring three of the UK’s greatest jazz musicians working on the International concert circuit.

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