Past Events
The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
Paul Jordanous and The Spin All Stars
We welcome back to The Spin one of the most engaging trumpet players that the club has ever hosted: Paul Jordanous!
A regular on the Jazz, Funk, Pop and Soul scenes for the last 20 years, Paul has recorded on over 100 releases, including his own critically acclaimed debut album ‘And Now I Know’.
The Alexandra Ridout New York Band
We welcome to The Spin the extraordinarily talented trumpeter, Alexandra Ridout with her band from New York!
Alex won the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2016 and ever since, her star has been meteorically rising. She has now won numerous awards, including most recently, the ‘Next Jazz Legacy 2025 Award through New Music USA’.
The Henry Spencer Band
The Spin is delighted to welcome back one of the most fiery, original and groovesome trumpeters that the UK has ever produced: Henry Spencer. He brings a stunning band, featuring his long-standing collaborator, the brilliant guitarist Ant Law!
Ryan Quigley & The Spin Band
The Spin brings to the club for the first time as our front-line guest, one of the most brilliant trumpeter’s in the UK, Ryan Quigley! This will be a quartet that also features the outstanding musicianship of Pete Whittaker (Hammond) and Rod Youngs (drums), along with the Spin’s resident guitarist and MC, Pete Oxley.
The Ben Crosland Quintet
It is becoming a bit of a habit to be describing our bands as ‘Supergroups’…and this is no exception! Led by bassist and composer, Ben Crosland, this band features a personnel of the finest players in the UK.
The Paul Jordanous All Stars
The Spin’s opening gig at its new ‘2nd venue’, featuring the wonderful Mark Lockheart, on the 2nd April was - by all accounts - a great success! As a result of this success, the club has booked a run of Tuesday night gigs at the Summertown Wine Bar to compliment their other nights at Tap Social.
Martin Shaw with the David Gordon Special
Martin Shaw has wooed and wowed Spin audiences in past years and we expect no less of a response at this gig!
‘Hoop’ An all-star 7-piece band led by Paul Booth
The Spin presents 7 truly great musicians – all of whom could be star attractions in their own rights. This band features Paul’s original writing – and you won’t hear sharper horn arranging than that which Hoop will be offering!
Luca Caruso & Will Cleasby’s ‘Double Drums’
Ladies and gentlemen, a first for The Spin: we present a band, led not just by one drum maestro - but by two! This band was recently seen by Team Spin in London and was immediately booked for this date, given the quality, vigour - and incredible dynamic range - of the playing.
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.
Charged Particles featuring Randy Brecker
The Californian band Charged Particles with Tod Dickow is a formidable outfit in its own right. They have now visited The Spin twice, performing the music of Michael Brecker and have blown away the audiences with the power, virtuosity and sheer magnificence of their performances. What better testimony could be possible than having Michael's brother, 7-times GRAMMY winner, Randy Brecker, now touring with the band?
Steve Waterman & The Spin Band (featuring Liam Dunachie)
Steve Waterman: trumpeter extraordinaire; a player with a ferocious technique and a consummate musicianship. Steve has been The Spin’s most popular trumpeter since his first visit to the club, many a year ago at ‘the old place’!
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!
Luke Vice-Coles & The Spin Band
With the view to continuing to promote players of ‘the new jazz generation’, we asked Harry Greene (yes, he, the tremendous sax player that blew everybody away at his gig at TOAD!)…who he would recommend to come and perform on trumpet. Harry’s response was instant: “Luke Vice-Coles is your man!” And so, we are delighted to be presenting this brilliant trumpeter at The White House for this date.
The Hugh Pascall Band
We are really delighted to be presenting this band of veritable super-stars for the first time at The Spin. We feel particularly lucky to have been able to book Hugh for this date, as he is about to embark on a project with the New York guitar guru, Peter Bernstein!
Steve Waterman & The Spin Band
We are delighted to welcome back the club’s most popular (and equally brilliant) trumpeter, Steve Waterman.
Alex Ridout & The Spin Band
Alexandra Ridout: BBC Young Musician of the Year, 2016
The above award, by far the most prestigious in the UK, was so justifiably won by Alex for her stunning, free-flowing improvising and the totally uncluttered, melodic direction of her playing.
Byron Wallen’s Hurricane Bells
The Spin is delighted to welcome back one of the UK’s great trumpeters, Byron Wallen, with a brand new project featuring the cream of the UK's young-generation players.
Damon Brown w/ The Spin Band
Having self-exiled himself to South Korea some years ago, it is now a rare treat to find ace trumpeter Damon Brown back on our island; the Spin is delighted to have secured this date with one of the club’s all-time favourite musicians. Damon is one of those trumpeters whose totally fluid improvising is always imbued with references to the blues.