The best in Live Jazz at the Park Inn Hotel, Southend
Every Wednesday
8:30 – 10:30pm
Free Entry
Playing Modern, Be-Bop, Fusion & Avant Garde,
featuring Special Guests
The Venue
Find Jazz825 on the first floor bar at the Park Inn Palace Hotel, to the right as you step out of the lift. Grab a table or bar seating, with food and drink served all evening.
Getting There
Train
Southend Central (c2c Line) located in the middle of Southend High Street.
Southend Victoria (Greater Anglia Line) located at the opposite end of the High Street.
Bus
Southend Central Bus Depot is approx 4 minute walk
Parking
The Royals Shopping Centre Car Park is directly opposite the venue and is open 24hrs.
Alexander Street Car Park is close by, with a pedestrian pathway through to the high street.
Alternatively, street parking can be found locally.
Park Inn Hotel
Church Road, Southend-on-sea
SS1 2A
What's On
“Its easy keeping jazz musicians together. You simply have to have a gimmick and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!”
– Duke Ellington
24th December
CLOSED
31st December
CLOSED
7th January
QUNITRET
Dynamic Scottish saxophonist Rob Hall teams up with Germany’s most outstanding jazz guitarist Philipp van Endert to present a programme of lyrical & adventurous new music. With their extensive touring experience, they have produced dozens of recordings with the participation of luminaries such as Kenny Wheeler, Jim Mullen, Lee Konitz, and composed new music from soloists to orchestras.
Rob Hall – Saxophone
Philipp van Endert – Guitar
Tony Gooderham – Piano
Dominic Howles – Bass
Trevor Taylor – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
14th January
Legends of Jazz Guitar
Andy Watson presents a review of the various playing styles of Jazz Legends from Wes Montgomery to Geroge Benson to Peter Bernstein & John Scofield.
Andy has established a remarkable reputation as a session & contract musician he has worked in most major West End theatres and in TV, radio & recording studios throughout the land and overseas. His performing credits are legion and highly diverse, including work with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia, Opera North, and many leading jazz players.
Andy Watson – Guitar
Zak Barret – Saxophone
Sam Edwards – Piano
Terry Gregory – Bass
Simon Harwood – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
21st January
Chenenko
Tonight we celebrate the genius of John Surman, a virtuoso on both the Baritone, Soprano saxophone & Bass clarinet. In particular, his many recording that featured John McLoughlin on guitar such as “When Fortune smiles” & “Extrapolation”. For over 60 years John was at the forefront of British Jazz in particular with bands such as “The Trio” “SOS” & Mike Westbrooks quartet.
Mick Foster – Baritone Sax
Dave Whiting – Guitar
Tony Gooderham – Piano
Dominic Howles – Bass
Trevor Taylor – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
28th January
STEVE WATERMAN
Steve Waterman is a professor of Jazz Trumpet at Trinity College of Music in London and visiting Jazz Trumpet specialist at The Royal Northern College Of Music and The Welsh College Of Music And Drama. Steve runs his own Annual Contemporary Big Band Jazz Weekend with Alan Barnes, and also teaches on many summer jazz courses and has conducted numerous Trumpet master classes and workshops ranging in size from small groups to big bands throughout the UK and in Spain, Finland, Latvia, South Africa, and Cuba.
Steve is very committed to Jazz education. He has co-written with John ONeil a highly acclaimed Jazz Trumpet tutor book -THE JAZZ METHOD FOR TRUMPET published by Schott & Co. and is currently releasing the Steve Waterman E-Learning Jazz Education Series for Trumpet.
Steve Waterman – Trumpet
Nick Tomalin – Piano
Dominic Howles – Bass
Simon Harwood – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
4th February
TOMMASO STARACE
Tommaso has performed and collaborated with many great musicians including Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Cobham, Jim Mullen, Liam Noble, Jonathan Gee, Roger Beaujolais, Paolo Pellegatti, Attilio Zanchi, Fabrizio Bosso, Tino Tracanna, Paolo Fresu, Gianni Giudici and Academy Award Winning composer Dario Marianelli. He continues to seek inspiration and nurture his jazz expertise by taking part in jazz seminars and classes led by some of the greatest musicians alive, including Dave Liebman, Miguel Zenon, Vincent Herring, Ted Nash.
“Starace swings magnificently. The quintet plays exquisitely and Tommaso Starace plays alto as it should be played…” John Gilbert, www.ejazznews.com
“Signor Starace is a shrewd operator. He plays alto and soprano sax with impressive post-Parkerian felicity and Italian flair. 21/12/2005” Jack Massarik
Free entry (band donations welcome)
11th February
MANDALA - Art Ensemble of Chicago
Mandala is a sanskrit word largely meaning ‘Circle’, and that’s really what this group is about, experimenting with different players. The current six piece group morphed from a smaller unit when a larger frontline was required ,and stayed together as it is now because the trumpet, Sax, trombone frontline offers many more possibilities for both past classic jazz as well as original material.
Dave Jago – Trombone
Zak Barret – Saxophone
Ted Porter – Trumpet
Tony Gooderham – Piano
Geoff Harriss – Bass
Trevor Taylor – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
18th February
NITESPRITE
The music of Joshua Redmond
Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. With a career spanning over three decades, Joshua Redman remains a vital force in contemporary jazz. A bridge between tradition and innovation, performance and mentorship, intellect and emotion. His music continues to invite listeners into a world where every note tells a story and every performance becomes a shared moment of human connection.
Zak Barret – Saxophone
Dan Banks – Piano
Ben Hearn – Bass
Simon Harwood – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
25th February
CATHERINE LIMA - "Love the XYZ of it"
London-based Jazz and Big Band singer, Catherine regularly performs with some of the finest jazz musicians in town. Catherine’s large repertoire includes jazz classics/blues/latin/swing/big band. She also writes and performs her own songs.
Drawing on influences such as Anita O’Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Patricia Barber, Barbra Streisand and Peggy Lee, she has a warm expressive tone that she uses expertly to create moods from sultry to joyous. Whether performing an intimate set with duo or trio or fronting a big band, her personality comes through with each song.
Zak Barret – Saxophone
Dave Whiting – Guitar
Tony Gooderham – Piano
Ben Hearn – Bass
Trevor Taylor – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
4th March
Tribute to BILL EVANS
- The art of the Trio
More than 40 years after his death, Bill Evans continues to exert an enormous influence on jazz. He was one of the most talented, yet tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch & his reform of the chord voicing system. He recorded over fifty albums as leader and received five Grammy awards.
“Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall” Miles Davis
Nick Tomalin – Piano
Dominic Howles – Bass
Simon Harwood – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
11th March
RAY RUSSELL
Internationally renowned English session musician and experimental Jazz/Rock guitarist, additionally skilled as an award winning record producer and composer.
Ray Russell is an indefatigable session musician, he has collaborated with George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Phil Collins, Scott Walker, Art Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye, Heaven 17, Lulu and Tina Turner (check out “Let’s Stay Together” on Private Dancer) to name only a few.
Tim Whitehead – Saxophone
Jim Watson – Piano
George Rusell – Bass
Ian Palmer – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
18th March
The ANDREW NOBLE Quartet
Andrew Noble is a versatile keyboardist who has etched his indelible name into the UK music scene. Since arriving in London, Andrew has immersed himself in a wide variety of musical genres and ensembles, as well as compose for a number of short film projects. He has performed with saxophone masters such as Derek Nash, Gerald Albright, Steve Cole, Alex Garnett, Paul Taylor, Peter King, Brandon Allen, has worked with guitarists Jim Mullen, Carl Orr, Guthrie Govan, singers such as Anastacia, Omar, Kenny Thomas, Lee John of Imagination, Ola Onabule, Lily Dior, Vanessa Haynes, X Factor finalist Roberta Howett,
Andrew Noble – Piano
Alex Hearn – Guitar
Terry Gregory – Bass
Simon Harwood – Drums
Free entry (band donations welcome)
25th March
The Sounds of ECM
Tonight Trevor Taylor presents the sounds & music of the world famous ECM music label that has produced world wide jazz stars such as Keith Jarret, Jan Garbarek and Gary Burton.
ECM released over 3000 albums during a 40 year history. Their legacy is one of the most creative & successful European Jazz production companies of all time.
Ted Porter – Trumpet
Zak Barrett – Saxophone
Dan Banks – Piano
Alex Keen – Bass
Trevor Taylor – Drums
Free Entry (Band donations welcome)
13th August
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