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** NEW VENUE**

THE SWAN

Restaurant Bar Hotel

14 Gloucester Rd, Almondsbury, BS32 4AA

(just beyond the motorway interchange)

"Funky Sexy jazz to while away the night"

Fridays from 8pm

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JAZZ IN PORTISHEAD  

“A Jazz club has started at Clarence House, High Street in Portishead. The resident band will be the Muskrats Jazz band, whose members are local musicians. They will play mostly traditional jazz, with a touch of more recent numbers. We will invite other bands to perform, and to have some Jam sessions.

8.30pm . Admission will be £3 at the door.

This is the first time that jazz will be played in Portishead on a regular basis, at first on the first Thursday of the month. Please turn up and be entertained. There is a bar and a large car park at Clarence house.

I would like any Interested local musicians to get in touch with me on 01275814434. Charles Baete.”  

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Latin-jazz at El Puerto every Wednesday

The latin-jazz thang is going great at El Puerto on Prince Street in Bristol (7.30pm to 10pm every Wednesday) - we've got a different trio or quartet every week and this year there's been some brilliant musicians with me including Greg Cordez, Valere Speranza, Jon Short, Dale Hambridge, Andy Christie, John Martin, John Lambert, Anders Ollinder, Andy Kinsman, Gary

JAZZ SOCIETY SOCIAL MEETS - tuesdays from 7.30pm

From committee member Jackie Crespin.

"Since The Plume of Feathers closed we have been unable to find a music venue for a Tuesday, due mainly to the financial situation, landlords are not looking to pay out money for bands, some have had to cut payments to existing groups, So we decided to try something a bit different, we have found a small pub that would welcome us with open arms, it has just been refurbished and has a very friendly atmosphere, the staff are great and although there is a room upstairs for live music eventually it is still a work in progress, however, until that is sorted we can use their sound system to play our kind of music and have a good evening.

The pub is The Horse and Groom, it is situated behind the Council House, a number 8 bus will take you to College Green and is a 2 minute walk from there and there is a car park opposite and on road parking outside , all in all a good spot, to get to parking just turn down by the Mauritania, easy."

If you are a Jazz Society member and would like email updates between the quarterly newsletters, please email Jackie Crespin, jdlcrespin@btinternet.com  

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Ian Storrer has a new website "Jazz @ the Albert"

with news of gigs he is promoting and other news.

http://jazzata.com/Gig04.html

Coming Soon

UGETSU featuring Yutaka Shiina (Japan)

Tuesday 6 March at Colston Hall 2

Ambrose Akinmusire (USA) and the Robert Mitchell Trio (UK)

Tuesday 27 March at Colston Hall 2

The NEW YORK STANDARDS Quartet (USA) featuring Gene Jackson

Wednesday 11 April at Colston Hall 2

Colston Hall 2, Colston St, Bristol, BS1 5AR

See the new website for more Colston Hall booking details;

http://jazzata.com/Venues.html#colston

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MEMORIES OF JAZZ IN BRISTOL

"My Kind Of Town"

By Dave Hibberd

Relaunched in a Special limited "Tribute" Edition:

Featuring the stories and photographs from the original book, plus

 additional pages & pictures from Dave's career in Jazz - with narrative by his brother Vernon & colleague Dave Collett.

Unique full cover design!

Previously unreleased picture by celebrated artist Beryl Cook

Permission for use very kindly granted by John Cook, The Trustees of Beryl Cook's estate and  The Dave Collett Trio.

Cover price £12.50 plus £1.50 p&p

Jazz Society Member discounted price £10.00

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Seeking other jazz musicians

Andy Wood plays electric bass and is interested in meeting others who like playing  traditional/ NewOrleans/Dixieland styles with a view to forming a band email: eargine@madariaga.freeserve.co.uk 

If you would like to promote yourself  or your band on this website, please 

FEATURED BANDS

The Bristol Blue Five           Geoff Nichols Good Vibes Band  

The Robin Reece Jazz & Rock Band                 The Dave Collett Trio

The Blue Notes

Would you like your band to be featured on this website?  Have you at least one Bristol Jazz Society Member?

Send details to the webmaster