Jack Mac Quintet

Sunday 16th February

From 8.00pm
Jack Mac - Saxes
Daniel Newberry - Saxes
Guy Shotton - Piano
Ashley John Long - Bass
Alex Goodyear - Drums

ADM: £5.00

Marky Dawson

Saturday 1 February

From 8.00pm
Marky started teaching himself piano at 14. At 18, whilst studying at The London College of Music, he started working as a resident musician in bars and clubs
It’s here he developed his fast and wild Rock n Roll style piano playing skills along with his ability to interact with an audience. Taking requests and heckles, becoming an experienced showman. He mixes his versions of classics with his own catchy songs and some jokes. He’ll make sure you’ll sing along! He hates to sit still and has often been described as a Piano test Pilot.
Marky is a charismatic entertainer with a voice most often compared to Freddie Mercury (His EP “First Takes” and included a seminal version of “Radio Gaga”) and Piano chops to make Jerry Lee Lewis blush. You will be entertained with the intimacy of a blues club, the performance of stadium act quality, and the fun of the pub. Remarkyble.

ADM: £6.00 / £5.00 cocnessions

Kevin Lawlor Trio

Thursday 13th February

From 8.00pm
Irish jazz drummer Kevin Lawlor has carved out a jazz scene in the town of Wexford in south east Ireland and is the director of Jazz at CWSM. He is a bandleader as well as sideman for many jazz and improvised music projects in Ireland and further afield.
This year marks 10 years since his collaboration with Welsh pianist musician Dave Jones. In that time they have recorded together on 4 albums as well as supporting musicians from USA, UK and Ireland in live performances and most recently a 2019 UNESCO International Jazz Day event in Wexford commended in a letter from their ambassador Herbie Hancock.
The performance will feature new music familiar to Jones and Lawlor as well as new music for an upcoming 2020 album.

Kevin Lawlor - drums
Dave Jones - piano
Matheus Prado - bass

ADM: £6.00 / £5.00 concessions

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Hot Club Swing -

Sunday 9th February

Local musicians are invited to join in for an acoustic ‘gypsy jazz’ jam in the first set (6.30-7.30).
Just £4 to participate and for the evening.
Tickets £5 on the door / Students £3

JAZZ JAM SESSION featuring The Mark Fortnum Group

Sunday 2nd February

HOUSE BAND
FOLLOWED BY DISCO

Saturday Nights at Café Jazz

Resident House Band from 7.00pm until 10pm followed by our Resident DJ until 2.00am. Every Saturday!

Admission: £2.00

Saturday Nights at Café Jazz

Easy Street

Wednesday 19th February

Easy Street are: Alexa Dene (vocals and flute) Eurig Morgan (trumpet) Steve Van Koningsveld and John Clayton (guitars) Derek Howells (bass) Keith Niblett (drums).
With their unique line up and sound Easy Street present cool jazz, and laid back bossa-nova with the emphasis on the ‘great American songbook’. They have played with stars such as Claude Deppa, Tina May and Eddie ‘Guitar’ Burns and at venues from the Queen Elizabeth Hall to Brecon Jazz Festival. Chill out guaranteed.

8.30pm start

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

Café JAZZ is available for hire Sunday and Monday evenings FREE of charge for musicians. We will allow you to use our equipment (subject to availability) and we will staff the bar. You can make a cover charge on the door All styles of music considered.

Please ring us on 029 20232161 if you are interested.

Café JAZZ is also available for hire for Birthday, Retirement, Anniversary Parties etc.

Jon Crespo Quartet

Every Saturday at Café Jazz

Jon leads a funky hard-edged quartet playing standards, funk and Latin tunes

Free admission

7-10pm

Dansette

Café Jazz Friday 21st February

Dansette is a 7-piece band that specialises in playing sweet soul music straight out of the 60s. In support of a distinct vocal sound the band features a tight, tight, tight rhythm unit augmented by a killer three-piece horn section to deliver a collection of soul classics from the likes of Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett et al. Come feel the heat, tap your feet and you'll have to dance when you get the chance.

Admission £4/£3 concessions

Bobbie-Jo and the Knock

Friday 17th January

Admission £4/£3 concessions

Bella Collins and special guests

Wednesday 5th February

From 8pm onwards
Free Admission

The Bay Rum Hounds

Wednesday 12th & 26th February

The Bay Rum Hounds feature harmonica and guitar. Playing country blues, hokum, early Chicago style electric, gospel and swing.

From 8pm onwards (Wednesdays), Free Admission
Friday 10pm, adm. £4 /£3 concessions

The Bella Collins Band

Friday 28th February

The band plays a mix of Blues, jazz & soul, also playing a number of self penned originals.

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Hot Strings Café

Tuesday 4th February

Heulwen Thomas, Violin and Co.

Admission £4.50 (£4.00 members, £2.00 students)

Grangetown Bumps

Tuesday 11th February

Dave Wood, Stan Stephens, Sarah Thatcher and Mike Kennedy

Admission £4.50 (£4.00 members, £2.00 students)

All that Jazz

Tuesday 18th February

John Foley and Co.

Admission £4.50 (£4.00 members, £2.00 students)

Jane Williams

Tuesday 25th February

John Foley and Co.

Admission £4.50 (£4.00 members, £2.00 students)

The Fugitives

Friday 6th December 2019

It might get loud, it might get sweaty but it'll definitely be rocking !!!
From Bayonne to Bristol, the Basque country to Barry Island they are still just as lairy, and just as hairy. For the 16th year in succession, they have been voted the 4th best R&B outfit within a radius of 8.7 miles of Whitchurch village. By the most modest of estimations, they have now played almost 1000 gigs. That’s 1000 Princess Margaret jokes and 1000 times Jason has tripped over the microphone stand. Good things never change. The Fugitives. Still the same, still brilliant.

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Fortunate Sons

Friday 8th November 2019

Fortunate Sons are a band of musicians who have come together out of a passion for music that is honest, driving and emotive. They play with purpose.

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Marc Davies Band

Friday 7th February

Three-piece Blues Rock’n’Roll Band

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Junior Hacksaw

Friday 23rd August 2019

Three-piece Blues Rock’n’Roll Band

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Jimmy Mac's Blues Band

Friday 14th February

High energy Funky Blues/Rock & Classic Soul

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Dansette

Friday 21st February

High energy Funky Blues/Rock & Classic Soul

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

LUKE DOHERTY ANSD SIMON PARRATT

Thursday 28th November 2019

Back by popular demand we see the return of this fab duo and what a treat it is for you. With the immense guitar skills, crazy good vocals and the magic that comes out of that Cajon, (effectively a small box to the non-drummers!)...this will be an amazing night of acoustic rock 'n' blues!

DANIEL NEWBERRY QUARTET

Thursday 23rd January

Led by current RWCMD student Dan Newberry. Daniel Newberry and Dick Hammer (tenor sax) Guy Shotton (organ) Alex Goodyear (drums)