Past Events

The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford

The Spin Festive Fiesta, A 6-piece super-group or, the Hattie-less Hejira!
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The Spin Festive Fiesta, A 6-piece super-group or, the Hattie-less Hejira!

Two years ago, our Christmas gig was a one-off by an un-named band, put together to play the music of Joni Mitchell. To the band’s surprise, this got rapid traction and by 2024, they were playing 50 gigs in the year all over the UK and Ireland, selling out at London’s Jazz Café and playing prestigious festivals in jazz, folk and world-music genres. By their second gig they had adopted the name, Hejira.

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Soft Machine
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Soft Machine

Soft Machine, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band – who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with the Jimi Hendrix Experience –  all the way to being one of Europe's best known ‘fusion’ groups, has influenced several generations of bands, and continues to be name-checked by today's hippest experimentalists.

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Gilad Atzmon’s Organ Trio
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Gilad Atzmon’s Organ Trio

It’s a genuine thrill to welcome back to The Spin the international jazz artist Gilad Atzmon in a rare return to the UK. This band features the UK’s No.1 Hammond Organ player, Ross Stanley and the incredibly talented Joel Barford on drums.

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Art Themen Featuring Liam Dunachie
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Art Themen Featuring Liam Dunachie

The Spin welcomes back the much-loved, brilliant saxophonist, Art Themen!

Themen is still absolutely at the top of his game (he has just returned from a U.S. tour as the featured saxophonist with Soft Machine!), having had a full-on career, much of it spent with Britain’s national treasure pianist, Stan Tracey. With Tracey, Themen toured all over the world and recorded on arguably the U.K.’s most cherished jazz album, ‘Under Milk Wood’.

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Theo Travis' Double Talk
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Theo Travis' Double Talk

One of the hardest working, most successful (and brilliant) saxophonists in the country revisits The Spin: the amazing Theo Travis with his band, ‘Double Talk’.

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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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Mark Lockheart & The Spin Band
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Mark Lockheart & The Spin Band

Welcome to news of The Spin’s 1st gig at its 10th venue, post the pandemic: we bring our vivacious Spin fare to the Summertown Wine Bar on Tuesday, the 2nd April!

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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 Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft Quartet
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The Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft Quartet

OK, let’s start with this, from a 5-star BBC Music Magazine review:
"Some of the warmest, most heartfelt more-or-less-straight-ahead jazz you’ll hear anywhere”
Yes - in a line, that sums it up! The Spin has been after booking this incredible band ever since hearing their roaring performance at a jazz festival a few years ago.

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Time Is Of The Essence
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Time Is Of The Essence

The Spin welcomes back one of its most popular bands, Time Is Of The Essence, featuring the brilliant saxophonist, Ollie Weston and the outstanding drummer, Rick Finlay.

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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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Spin Spectacular Super-Group, featuring Paul Booth
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Spin Spectacular Super-Group, featuring Paul Booth

From the age of 16, Paul Booth has been winning prestigious awards for his exceptional saxophone playing (this first award was for ‘Best Modern Jazz Player’ category on the televised BBC ‘Young Player of the Year’) and has ever since led a flourishing career at the top of all sorts of musical genres.

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