Past Events
The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
Byron Wallen
Byron's always absorbing music genuinely draws in the disparate elements of Africam and Eastern cultures, while retaining true jazz spirit..." The Guardian
Nigel Price
The Spin welcomes back the truly outstanding guitarist, Nigel Price!
Aside from being probably the hardest working guitarist in the country (recent tours of 50+ dates!!), Nigel has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including 'Best Guitarist (british Jazz Award) and 'Best Jazz Ensemble' (Parliamentary Jazz Awards). Nigel has performed over 500 times at Ronnie Scotts, so if that in itself doesn't say something...!!
Theo Travis
The incredible tenor saxophonist returns to The Spin!
Theo Travis will need no introduction to anybody that has an interest in the highest level of jazz, jazz-rock, or - dare we mentin the word - prog! But these catagories need to be mentioned as we are talking associations (world tours!) with, for example: David Gilmour (yeah - he of Pink Floyd); Soft Machine; Gong; Robert Fripp...
Alex Munk's Flying Machines
“Pioneering take on contemporary fusion” Guitarist
"Gritty rock-powered guitar improv" The Guardian
Phil Peskett
Phil Peskett is a thrilling pianist. After studying with Simon Purcell at the Guildhall, Phil became an almost instant fixture on the London jazz/funk circuit, playing with the hippest of hip including Moloko, Natalie Williams, The Cinematic Orchestra and Pete Oxley’s Curious Paradise.
Adam Glasser's SA and Beyond
Adam is one of the few harmonica virtuosos in the world! He is also a great keyboard player.
He also has a KILLER band....and he brings this to The Spin this week.
Gilad Atzmon and the OHE, plus Talinka
One of the most extraordinarily talented saxophonists on this planet, Gilad brings his ever-evolving band to the Spin for a night of outrageously flamboyant - and deeply beautiful - playing!
Tony O'Malley Band
Tony O’Malley is a soul survivor. He co-founded Kokomo in the seventies, who toured with The Average White Band and recorded with Bob Dylan on “Desire”. Meteorite is O’Malley’s eleventh solo album.
Steve Waterman with The Spin Trio
One of The Spin's favourite artists, trumpeter Steve Waterman returns to woo and wow you in his inimitable style for this date.
Aside from being a formidible performer and bandleader, Steve has toured and recorded with such luminaries as Andy Sheppard, Victor Mendoza, John Surman and Carla Bley.
Sheryl Bailey
"...one of the new greats of her chosen instrument" ~ Downbeat Magazine
"A sizzling guitar goddess" ~ All About Jazz
"Her fluidity of style is impressive, her agility uncommon" ~ Jazz Times
We welcome for the first time to The Spin, New Yorker Sheryl Bailey: a musician with a formidable talent, reputation and CV!
Jim Hunt with The Spin Trio
We welcome for the first time to The Spin, the phenomenal tenor saxophonist Jim Hunt.
Jim has hitherto been impossible to book - due only to his years of tireless touring around the world! Aside from the more straight-ahead jazz gliterati, Jim has had long-term collaborations with the likes of Incognito, Amy Winehouse, Brand new heavies, Mica Paris, Anthony Braxton...and the list goes on! His discography with these and other stars is extensive, to say the least.
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 has worked with some of the world’s finest musicans, including: Joey Calderazzo, Joe Locke, Adam Nussbaum, Joe Lovano, Phil Woods, Jimmy Smith, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, Kurt Elling, Wayne Shorter, Eddie Gomez, Stephane Grappelli, Michel Legrand.
THE SPIN 20TH BIRTHDAY PARTY W/ John Etheridge...and special guest Keith Fairbairn (percussion)
The Spin celebrates 20 years of bringing jazz to Oxford, and we hope you will join us for a special night. The great John Etheridge brings his phenomenal guitar playing skills to help us celebrate - John remains one of the iconic heroes of British jazz, working with everyone from Stephane Grapelli to Soft Machine, via John Williams (classical guitar hero) and Andy Summers (guitar hero in the Police). John was not so long ago described by Metheny as one of the greatest guitar players in the world...amen to that. We are also delighted to be joined by the awesome Keith Fairbairn on percussion to add his own particular magic to proceedings; one of the finest percussionists in the UK over many years, it is great to have him join us for the birthday proceedings.
Mark Lockheart With The Spin Trio
Mark is one of the most distinctive and highly regarded jazz musicians in the UK. He has been involved in many groundbreaking groups in British jazz over the last two decades - Loose Tubes, Perfect Houseplants, Polar Bear - to name a few.
Kelvin Christiane with The Spin Trio
Kelvin Christiane has been one of the leading lights of the London jazz scene for many years. A commanding tenor player whose influences stretch from Roland Kirk to Michael Brecker, and one of the few players we know of who can play two horns at once and sound good.
Damon Brown with The Spin Trio
Our pleasure as always to welcome the supreme Damon Brown on trumpet. Damon's playing is steeped in the blues and bebop but always sounds utterly contemporary. A wonderful lyrical player, Damon has been a fixture on the national and international jazz scene for many years.
Mike Walker & Trio Lingvo
Mike Walker is one of the most compelling players in jazz; the guitarist in The Impossible Gentlemen and with unfeasibly long CV that includes the likes of Dave Holland, John Taylor, Peter Erskine, Tommy Smith and so many other great players.
Luca Stoll Quartet
Luca Stoll, one of Switzerland's leading tenor players and a fixture on the New York jazz scene for a decade, brings a great quartet to the club.
Adam Waldmann/ John Law / Mark Hodgson / Corrie Dick
A brilliant quartet comes to the club for this date; the band features Adam Waldmann, one of the finest saxophonists of his generation, and leader of Kairos Quartet; pianist John Law, a virtuoso improviser; Mark Hodgson, one of the finest bass players in Europe, and Corrie Dick, a brilliant and original drummer.
Tom Richards/ Frank Harrison/ Mark Hodgson/ Martin France
A fantastic line-up for this gig; the band features some of the very best players in the UK on one stage.