Past Events
The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
Jon Shenoy With The Spin Trio
The club welcomes a great tenor player to the club to guest with the trio for the first time. Jon Shenoy is pretty stunning - one of the leading players amongst the newer generation of British jazz musicians.
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 Costello Quartet
The Julian Costello Quartet kicks off our autumn programme with a bang; the group come to the club as only the second date of a UK/European tour and they should definitely be on your Autumn list of gigs to see. This tour promotes their new and well received album, Transitions.
Gilad Atzmon With The Spin Trio
We bring the great Gilad Atzmon to the club for our final date before the summer break. Gilad is without doubt one of the most compelling performers in contemporary jazz - his range of influences and his musical vision are breathtaking.
The ‘Toots’ Project
The Toots Project is a group committed to celebrating the music of the great Belgian jazz musician - Toots Thielemans. Toots was a harmonica and guitar player who worked with THE greatest players in the history of the music, and his death in 2016 marked the passing of one of the most inventive players in jazz.
Tony O'Malley With The Spin Quartet
A very special guest comes to the club for this show - Tony O'Malley is one of the great vocalist/pianists of the last 30 years on the UK music scene, delivering his unique blend of soul, jazz and funk. One of the funkiest pianists you will hear and an incredible vocalist.
Phil Peskett With The Spin Trio
The great Phil Peskett comes to the Spin and reveals why he is one of the unsung heroes of UK jazz - a fantastic pianist who can build solos skyhigh and has a touch and drive to his playing that few can match.
Chris Allard With The Spin Trio
One of the busiest players around, Chris Allard has played guitar for some of the biggest names in jazz and beyond - Tim Garland, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Gwilym Simcock at venues from Ronnie Scotts to the Royal Festival Hall and the O2 arena - in other words, the real deal.
Julian Nicholas With The Spin Trio
One of the club's favourite performers and one of the country's leading saxophonists, Julian Nicholas has worked will some of the most innovative groups in British jazz such as Loose Tubes and Brotherhood of Breath, and played with some outstanding American and European artists as well - pianists Kirk Lightsey and Emil Viklicky.
Paul McCandless With Charged Particles
We are delighted to be putting on one of the great saxophonists in contemporary jazz - Paul McCandless with a stellar group from San Francisco, Charged Particles.
Paul McCandless is a jazz superstar - he was won three Grammys, has played on over 200 albums with artists such as Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Wynton Marsalis, Lyle Mays, Steve Reich, Al Jarreau, Carla Bley, and Bela Fleck, to name a few.
Alex Hutton With The Spin Trio
'Alex Hutton is one of UK Jazz's hidden treasure' The Jazz Mag
One of the most exciting pianists at work in the UK, Alex's playing sparks and sparkles, bringing in Latin, funk and jazz all into the mix.
Dave O'Higgins With The Spin Trio
“O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out.” The Observer
Dave O’Higgins has been one of the leading saxophonists on the UK and international jazz scene for thirty years.
THE SPIN 19TH BIRTHDAY PARTY W/ John Etheridge
Now in its 19th glorious year...what can we say except that we hope you can join us for another memorable milestone for the club in the company of the more than memorable John Etheridge - for many, the guitarist of the last few decades in this country.
The Ridouts
Young they may be but Tom and Alex Ridout, both finalists in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2017, come with their dad, Mark Ridout on guitar, to show that the future of the music is in good hands.
Jose Fallot/ Etienne Brachet Band
Two of Paris' most sought-after musicians bring their stella band to the Spin for their first UK tour. José Fallot on bass and Etienne Brachet on drums - a first-call ryhthm section in France - have a massive discography between them plus a CV that includes gigs and recordings with such heavyweights as Mike Stern and Birelli Lagrene!
Time Is Of The Essence
Time is of the Essence bring their splendid fusion of Hammond jazz to the club. A mix of 60s groove, contemporary originals and standards.
Oxley-Meier Guitar Project
'The Oxley - Meier Guitar Project' bring their fiesty fare to The Spin as part of their extensive spring tour, performing selections from their current album, 'The Colours Of Time'. A 4-star review in The Observer described the leaders thus:
"When it comes to empathy, this duet of guitar vituosi comes close to perfection"
Jamie O'Donnell With The Spin Trio feat. Alex Hutton
Flying fingers, exuberant solos and incredible chops characterise Jamie's alto playing. Jamie continues to wow audiences on the London jazz scene, and we are delighted to welcome him to Oxford for a night of standards, originals and fingers.
Martin Shaw With The Spin Trio
Martin Shaw is, as we say, the finished article, and one of the leading trumpet soloists in the UK. Martin gets heard everywhere from the BBC Big Band to the Proms via Jamiroquai and so on. A simply superb player and interpreter of the American songbook.
Jonathan Kreisberg & Nelson Veras
One of THE great guitarists in contemporary jazz, Jonathan Kreisberg comes with the equally stellar Nelson Veras - two supreme guitar players on one stage.