Past Events
The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
The Brew-Up!
'The Brew-Up’ is a five-piece band purveying scintillating, groovesome and melodic fare, delivered by five seriously happening players who share a love of this music.
The Last Outdoors Summer Gig with Time Is Of The Essence
Featuring the outstanding saxophonist Ollie Weston, the band performs original pieces ("finely honed, instantly appealing and right up there with any contemporary jazz writing…” ~ The Guardian) and fiesty fare by the likes of Steely Dan, John Scofield and Stevie Wonder.
Dave O’Higgins w/ The Spin Trio
Anybody that is sax player, and anybody that is a fan of great sax players will know about Dave O’Higgins - for all the right reasons: Dave has quite rightly been acknowledged as one of the greatest exponents in the UK (and beyond) of this instrument for several decades!
Steve Waterman w/ The Spin Trio
We are delighted to welcome back the club’s most popular (and equally brilliant) trumpeter, Steve Waterman. It’s hard to know where to start in summarising Steve’s career, given the vast body of first-class work achieved.
John Etheridge & Pete Oxley
John and Pete have worked together in various settings outside of The Spin over the decades that they have been working together and their performances are never without a gingerfizz effervescence - particularly given the spontaneity of the duo setting!
Time Is Of The Essence
The Spin is delighted to be putting on the first full band ‘jazz injector’ gig at The Oxford Artisan Distillery with the groove-meisters, Time Is Of The Essence. Featuring the outstanding saxophonist Ollie Weston.
Huw Warren & Iain Ballamy
We are truly delighted to be presenting Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy at the Holywell Music Room! We had been trying to get these masters long before lockdown, but due to their respective hectic commitments, were never able to secure a date! In very brief, these guys have an enormously varied CV’s.
The Oxley - Meier Guitar Project
We present the Oxley - Meier Guitar Project, a band of five virtuosi musicians. Led by two guitarists with 40 critically acclaimed CDs of original music to their names, this gig will feature their scintillating compositions, taking the listener on an aural journey - via their soundscapes - from Turkey to Brazil.
Alex Hutton Band
"A great British talent and a wonderfully natural pianist" ~ Ronnie Scott
Thus spake he, who without a doubt had heard all of the finest jazz pianists - in his own sitting room, so to speak! But we at Spin inc. agree: Alex really has his own thing happening and it always is music of great charm and excitement that he brings to the club.
Art Themen
Art has had the most extraordinary dual career: for decades, he was a leading orthopaedic surgeon by day, whilst at night, he was performing at Ronnie Scott's with the house band, led by Stan Tracey.
Art began his gigging life with such blues heros as Jack Bruce (of Cream etc.), Alexis Korner and Dick Heckstall-Smith before becoming a much in-demand jazzer in his own right, accompanying such American 'greats' as Nat Adderly and George Coleman.
Mark Armstrong
“pirouetting through Gillespie’s breaks quicker than a hummingbird’s wings”
The above quote from The Times (Alyn Shipton) sums up the fluidity of Mark's playing and we are delighted to have a return visit from this exceptional trumpeter who cut his teeth with the likes of Stan Tracey and Mike Garrick.
Julian Nicholas
" Julian Nicholas is a saxophonist of not only great technical prowess but also delicacy of expression and intensity of feeling. He has exciting and expressive qualities alongside a faultless technique" - The Times
The above quote sums up why Julian has been called to record, tour, write and arrange with a huge array of the jazz gliteratti, including Carleen Anderson, Bobby Wellins, Loose Tubes, Dudu Pukwana, Stan Tracey, Curious Paradise and Claire Martin, among many, many others.
Robin Aspland
Robin is without a doubt one of the UK's greatest jazz musicians - along with being an exceptional all-round musician. His skills have led him to regular touring and recording with the finest of our players: Dave O'Higgins, Cleo Lane, Claire Martin, Iain Ballamy etc.. Robin was also a first-call sideman for such late-greats as Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth and Kenny Wheeler.
Steve Waterman with The Spin Band
Steve is an incredible musician; a trumpeter that reaches those parts iothers can only dream of!
One of the top and most in-demand players in the country, anybody that has already heard Steve will attest that his performances are always thoroughly exciting and engaging experiences. Steve's back-catalogue includes work with such A-listers as Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Vince Mendoza and John Surman, to name but a few.
Tim Whitehead Band
"Those of us who have caught him live have been left in blinking disbelief. It's not just his mastery of the tenor saxophone, phenomenal though it is, but the absolute conviction of his playing that is so impressive" Dave Gelly - The Observer.
Amen to all of the above! Tim is, in our opinion, utterly world class and it a real treat to have him perform at The Spin with his own touring band. What a way to open the new season!
Gilad Atzmon & The Spin Band
We end the 2019 season with one of the most brilliant saxophonists on the planet: Gilad Atzmon. In equal measures, both fearsomely fiery and passionately sensitive, Gilad is a master of many reed instruments (Tenor, alto, soprano saxes, clarinet and bass clarinet.)
Chris Allard & The Spin Band
Chris Allard has become, over the years a 'Spin favourite!' An incredible player who has a fearsome technique, coupled with a flair for melodic and harmonically fascinating composition.
Chris has an ongoing international career (which is why it's been difficult for us to re-book him!) which has seen him touring all over the world with such luminaries as Jacqui Dankworth, Jamie Cullum and Gwilym Simcock.
The Latin Brew-Up!
The Spin welcomes for the first time, this great band which - as the saying goes - does what it says on the tin!
Yeah - fabulous fiesty fare and lucious languid Latino grooves will be served up on this night, bringing the heat of Brazil to an English autumnal night!
Matt Chandler Band
Exceptional guitarist making a most welcome first outing at The Spin.
Hearing this guy left us in no doubt that he should be booked for a date at the club. Please check out the youtube clip below to be in complete agreement with Spin thinking!
David Gordon With The Spin Band
"A richly gifted player with a sparkling style and boundless imagination" - The Independent On Sunday
David has long been one of The Spin's favourite pianists; the quote above really says all that needs to be said!