Past Events
The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
Ben Castle With The Spin Quartet feat. Pete Whitaker
Without doubt, Ben is one of the finest tenor players around these shores. In the last twelve months, he has been as busy as ever, playing the Proms with Paloma Faith, playing a host of jazzy festivals in the company of people like Kurt Elling, Lianne Carroll and Guy Barker, and taking his own latest project, Tombola Theory out on the road.
Mark Armstrong With The Spin Trio
Mark Armstrong is one of the leading jazz/latin trumpet players in the UK; in addition to a fiendishly busy gig/touring schedule, he finds time to be Professor of Trumpet at the Royal College of Music and Music Director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra - neither of which is terribly surprising when you hear him play.
Julian Nicholas With The Spin Trio
Julian Nicholas has been at the forefront of British and European jazz since his joining Loose Tubes, the seminal UK big band in 1988, on tenor saxophone. Since that time, Julian has gone on to work with a host of European and American artists such as the great pianist, Kirk Lightsey, legendary Hammond organist, Jimmy Witherspoon and Harry 'Sweets' Edison.
Juliet Kelly With The Spin Trio
Juliet has worked with many outstanding musicians including Courtney Pine, Talvin Singh and Carleen Anderson as well as opening for high profile performers such as Georgie Fame and US Grammy award-winning group Take 6. She has forged a career in the relatively uncharted waters of the jazz singer songwriter, released three albums to critical acclaim and performed in venues around the world.
Roger Beaujolais With The Spin Trio
Roger Beaujolais is seen by many as the hippest and grooviest of players around. He has been at the forefront of jazz in the UK for over 20 years and in that time has played vibes with the very best players around - he is featured on over 40 albums and has himself released about a dozen CDs as leader. His CV includes work with artists as diverse as Robert Plant and Roni Size but it is his jazz playing that has attracted critical acclaim.
Dave O'Higgins With The Spin Trio
“O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out.” - The Observer
A delight to welcome back one of the finest tenor saxophonists that these isles have produced as Dave launches our autumn programme with a bullet!!
Nigel Price With The Spin Trio
The guitar player' guitarist - Nigel Price is widely recognised as one of the most exciting players working on the London jazz scene. Nigel came to prominence in the James Taylor Quartet and since then has gone on to work with just about every serious jazz musician in the business. A fantastic player at the top of his game.
Benet McLean Quartet
This could be one of the gig's of the year at the club. Benet McLean is an extraordinary pianist and brings a stellar band with him to the club. Without doubt, one of the most exciting and virtuosic pianists working in British jazz - his music is a fascinating blend of contemporary jazz, funk and stride!!!!
Chris Allard With The Spin Trio
One of the most inventive and accomplished guitar players in the UK, Chris Allard has become the first choice guitarist for many of the world's leading artists and has performed at major festivals and prestigious venues around the globe, including the Barbican Hall, Montreux Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s, Nuremberg Festival, Maison Musique Torino Italy, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Edinburgh Festival, Brighton Dome, Duoro Jazz Festival Portugal, The Royal Festival Hall.
Dave Gordon With The Spin Trio
Dave Gordon is unique, playing at the very highest levels in jazz and baroque music. As a jazz pianist, you will have seen Dave in the company of Andy Sheppard, Theo Travis, Chris Garrick, Jacqui Dankworth and many other top performers; in the classical world.
Orphy Robinson & Pat Thomas
Orphy Robinson is one of the most exciting and in-demand improvisers around - his recent forays with Blacktop on the London scene as well as his touring with Nigel Kennedy are testimony to his range of vision and technique on marimba and vibes. He has been at the forefront of British jazz since 1985 when he came to the attention of the jazz world in the Jazz Warriors
THE SPIN 15TH BIRTHDAY PARTY W/ John Etheridge & Late Show Special Guest
A very special occasion and one that we hope you can join us for, as The Spin celebrates 15 years with a birthday bash. The 15 years roughly translates into 670 shows and a collective audience of about 50,000 over the same period.
For this unfeasibly festive evening, we are really proud to welcome the musician who played with the Trio on the first date in 1999 - John Etheridge, regarded by many as one of the world's leading jazz and fusion guitar players and a world class performer.
Tim Whitehead With The Spin Trio
Tim Whitehead was born in Liverpool , the son of one of the original writers of Dennis the Menace in the children’s comic, The Beano! His first public performance was as solo clarinettist in his school orchestra’s rendition of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, conducted by his fellow pupil, the now knighted, Sir Simon Rattle. Since that time, he has gone on to become one of the most distinguished saxophonists in UK and Europe.
Phil Peskett With The Spin Trio
Phil is pianist of choice for a host of top players and singers on the British scene; you will hear him backing everyone from Jim Mullen to Polly Gibbons and more. A mix of Keith Jarrett and Lyle Mays,
Snake Davis With The Spin Trio
Expect saxophonic fireworks from one of the great, and without doubt, one of the most recorded of British saxophonists. Snake has always managed to combine technical flair with r’n’b passion and stands comparison with the great soul/jazz artists such as David Sanborn, Grover Washington and Wilton Felder (The Jazz Crusaders).
Chris Allard Band
One of the most exciting guitar players on the scene, Chris Allard comes with an all star group to the club that features Brandon Allen (saxes), Ross Stanley (keys), Oli Hayhurst (bass) and Nick Smalley (drums). With a new album out last year, ‘Jupiter Island’, the group have performed throughout Europe from Ronnie Scotts, London to Maison Musique in Turin.
Art Themen With The Spin Trio
Without doubt, one of the most influential and respected of British tenor players of the contemporary period. Art's career began with his working on the London blues scene with Jack Bruce and Alexis Korner. From there, he went on to establish his reputation as a great jazz player - one of his most enduring associations was with another great - Stan Tracey – with whom Art played for over a twenty year period.
Julian Costello Quartet
A pleasure to have Julian Costello come to the Spin for the first time, bringing with him an extremely accomplished quartet. The band have released four albums to date: Edge of Distinction (May 2011) Der-Da-Di-Da (2009) Cake and Consequences (2004) and Tea and Scandal in 1996, all being well received in the jazz press and Julian's compositional skills can be heard on Channel 4 and Jazz Fm.
Theo Travis With The Spin Trio
Saxophonist and flautist Theo Travis is a jazz adventurer with an international reputation as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. More precisely, he is also regarded as one of the foremost saxophonists and flautists in progressive music in the world. He has performed and recorded with Gong, Soft Machine Legacy, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson Band, Bill Bruford, Keith Tippett, and works regularly with Zappa’s drummer of many years, Chad Wackerman.
Gilad Atzmon With The Spin Trio
Gilad Atzmon needs little introduction to UK jazz audiences - since arriving in the UK 20 years ago, he has gone on to have a huge impact on the scene - Robert Wyatt described him as 'the best musician living in the world today'.