One of the joys of the club is that customers help.
attends most gigs, and discreetly takes flashless photographs.
We have used them on our
, but we thought that it would be good to start a
chronicle of pictures for each gig.
Click on the pictures below to see a high resolution version. These are all Copyright ©
Tom Green Septet - 27 March 2015
Seven young musicians came with Tom's brilliant writing, and blew their asses off. A wonderful gig.
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The band
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Tom Green
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Matthew Herd on soprano
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James Davison on flugel
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Sam Miles
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Sam James
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Misha Mullov Abbado
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Scott Chapman
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A new angle on the band
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Tom Green
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Matthew Herd on alto
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James Davison on trumpet
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Sam Miles
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Derek Nash Picante Latin Band - 20 March 2015
A brilliant evening of Latin music written by Derek Nash and Dominic Ashworth that had a very crowded Fleece Jazz dancing.
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The band
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Derek Nash on tenor
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Dominic Ashworth
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Neil Anguilly
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Robin Jones
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Andy Staples
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Mark Cecil
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The band (with Mark hidden)
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Derek on baritone
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Dominic
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Neil
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Derek on alto
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You could not have asked for a better evening.
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Tim Whitehead: Turner and the Thames, 13 March 2015
This brilliant project starts with Tim improvising at the sites of the paintings, and leads to a brilliant quartet evening.
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The Band
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Tim Whitehead on tenor
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Jonathan Gee
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Oli Hayhurst
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Eddie Hick
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The band again
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Tim on soprano
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Jonathan
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Oli
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Eddie
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Tim on bass clarinet
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Tim's instruments
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The house
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Christine Tobin: It might as well be spring - 6 March 2015
Christine gave us Cohen, Kern, Strayhorn, Rogers/Hart. Every word had the meaning she intended.
Her band was superb.
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The band
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Phil Robson
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Dave Whitford
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Gene Calderazzo
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The band, a little frontal
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Phil
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Dave
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Gene
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Josh Kemp Quartet - 27 February 2015
A lovely gig from this fine quartet.
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The Band
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Josh Kemp on Tenor
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Dick Pearce on Trumpet
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Pete Whittaker on Organ
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Chris Higginbottom on Drums
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Josh
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Dick on Flugel
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Pete
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Chris pensive
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Horn Duet
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Peter loves the look of the instruments (so do I).
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Robin Phillips Trio - 20 February 2015
Robin is a consumate entertainer, lover of the verses of songs and of vocalese. The trio gave us
an excellent gig.
Note Peter Fairman's interest in black and white.
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The Trio
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Robin Phillips
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Joel Humann
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Alex Best
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This band had lots of angles on jazz tunes.
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Robin at the piano
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Joel in black and white
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Alex with a tacit enjoying Robin and Joel
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A colourful performance shown in black and white
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Peter Oxley and Nicolas Meier - 13 February 2015
Two guys, 9 guitars, world class technique, world class imagination. What a gig!
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Peter Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Pete semi-acoustic, Nic nylon strings
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Peter Oxley: semi-acoustic
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Nicolas Meier
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Pete and Nic: Pet semi-acoustic, Nic 12 string steel
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Peter: semi-acoustic 12 string
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Nic: Steel string
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Pete: semi acoustic
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Nic: 11 string Oud
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Pete and Nick in the sound check
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Tammy Weis and Tom Cawley - 6 February 2015
I think our photographer, Peter, has been smitten.
It was a wonderful gig, with great singing and playing, composition and lyrics.
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The Band
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Tammy Weis
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Tom Cawley
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Julie Walkington
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Dave Ohm
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Tammy and Tom
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Tammy
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Julie
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Dave
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Tom
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Peter likes Tammy
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a lot.
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Can't wait for the return of this group.
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Simon Spillett: Tubby's Anniversary - 30 January 2015
80 years before this great gig, Tubby Hayes was born. An exciting,
exhausting and wonderful tribute.
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The band
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Simon Spillett
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John Critchinson
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Alec Dankworth
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Clark Tracey
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Band from another angle
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Simon soloing
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John driving...
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Alec soloing
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Clark listening
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A gig to stand in the memory.
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Georgina Jackson - 23 January 2015
With Don Weller and Mick Hutton stranded with a dead car in Cockfosters, George Double and
Chris Ingham had to work quickly. They got us a great singer (BBC Big Band, etc.) and excellent
bassist Rob Palmer.
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The band
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Georgina Jackson
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Chris Ingham
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Rob Palmer
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George Double
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Georgina on trumpet
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Georgina singing
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Chris Ingham
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George Double
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Rob Palmer
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One more of Georgina - great gig.
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Oh La La - 16 January 2015
A charming evening of chanson and jazz from this excellent band
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The band
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Fifi la Mer
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Kit Massey
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Colin Oxley
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Julian Bury
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Fifi
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Colin
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Kit
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Fifi sans accordion
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Alex Garnett Quartet - 9 January 2015
Wonderful gig, wonderful presentation from Ronnie Scott trained Alex.
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The band
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Alex Barnett
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Liam Noble
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Michael Janisch
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James Maddren
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The band again
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Alex doing standup
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Liam Noble
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Michael Janisch
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James Maddren
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Alex, full picture of the Cohn sax.
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Fletch's Brew - 2 January 2015
A standing ovation much deserved.
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The band
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Mark Fletcher
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Carl Orr
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Jim Watson
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Freddie Gavita
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Steve Pierce
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The band had lots of angles
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Mark
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Freddie
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Carl
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Jim
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Steve
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A stunning way to start 2015
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