Mar 20 – Martin Veasey with the Rod Kelly Trio
The ‘what if’ situation is always interesting, to me at least. With travelling musicians relying on various bits of electronics and of course, working instruments,…
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Feb 20 – Nat Steele’s MJQ with Grant Stewart
I find audiences fascinating. Their reactions are very telling. When I arrived at this event, I found pianist Gabriel Latchin going through various beginnings and…
Jan 20 – Scott Hamilton Quartet
This was the event of the year. Not the event of 2020, but one from 2019. Quite simply this gig had been arranged in June…
Dec 19 – Catherine Sykes Quartet
What can you say about singer Catherine Sykes that hasn’t been said before? Here she was a performer who is used to the dynamics of…
Nov 19 – Zoltan Sagi Quintet feat. Devon Harrison
We don’t have too many vocalists at Severn Jazz and an evening with a male singer is quite rare – have we ever had an…
Sept 19 – Richard Baker Quintet
Richard Baker and four other members came to Severn Jazz this time last year. They came again this year, but the four other members were…
Aug 19 – Roy Sainsbury Trio Feat. Alex Clarke
New to Severn Jazz was young saxophone and flute player Alex Clarke. She came as one third of Roy Sainsbury’s trio, Roy playing guitar and…
July 19 – David Newton Trio
Dave Newton, a regular at Severn jazz and by now, a favourite with audiences. What is there not to like? First class piano by a…
Jun 19 – Clive Morton Trio
The history of the piano trio goes back a long way in jazz history from the small groups of the twenties right through the fifties…
May 19 – Hopkins Hammond Organ Trio
The Hopkins Hammond Organ Trio have the right name. The Hammond in their name does not apply to the kind of music they play in…
Apr 19 – Roy Sainsbury’s Rhythm Chiefs
What is there to say about this band that hasn’t been said before? Every time they appear, they do not fail to please. They set…
Mar 19 – Kim Cypher Quartet
I know what I like and I like what I know. That’s a phrase which was used in a title by the band Genesis and…