Jack Mac Quintet

Sunday 21st April

From 8.00pm
Jack Mac - Saxophones
Daniel Newbury - Saxophones
Guy Shotton - Piano
Nick Kacal - Bass
Alex Goodyear - Drums

ADM: £4.00

The Sheek Quartet

Sunday 24th March

Hot Club Swing - Steve Williams Trio

Sunday 14th April

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

Mondays 15th April

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

Hot Strings Café

Tuesday 26th March

Heulwen Thomas, Gareth Hall, Hwyel, Maggs and Donnie Joe TBC

8.30pm start

All that Jazz

Tuesday 2nd April

Joe Foley et Al

8.30pm start

Phil Wall's Jazz Band

Tuesday 9th April

Phil Wall, Pete Locke, Vic Partridge and Steve Davis

8.30pm start

Black Cat Jazz

Tuesday 16th April

John Scantlebury, Steve Graham, Tom Whittingham, Sarah Thatcher, Mike Kennedy and Pete Winterhart

8.30pm start

The Keith Little Quartet

Tuesday 23rd April

Keith Little, Ceri Williams, Donnie Joe Sweeny and Jane Williams (Vocals

8.30pm start

From Bristol - The Panama Jazz Band

Tuesday 30th April

Keith Little, Ceri Williams, Donnie Joe Sweeny and Jane Williams (Vocals

8.30pm start

Hackensack

Thursday 7th March

Hackensack is a monthly event held on Thursdays at Cafe Jazz. The focus is on the NEW and the FRESH and operates mainly, but not exclusively within the realm of jazz and improvised music. Double bills every month.

Choose which you pay
Big Price - £10 - for the arts supporter who would like to chip in that bit extra towards Hackensack's longevity and be remembered dearly
Medium Price - £7 - for the awesome audient, supporting the Hackensack without quite the glamour and philanthropy associated with the big price
Little Price - £5 - for the music lover who's thinking "that's all well and good but I’m a student who’s on a budget here and I come to bloody everything anyway so stop pestering me for cash"

FRACCALVIERI / LONG QUINTET

Thursday 21st March 2019

Carlo Fraccalvieri (alto sax) - Ashley John Long (vibraphone) - Dave Jones (piano) - Donnie Joe Sweeney (double bass) - Ian Poole (drums) Drawing heavily on the cool West Coast sound of the 50's and 60's, this new co-led quintet, featuring a front line of Alto Saxophone and the rarely heard Vibraphone, takes it inspiration from the great figures of that era to bring you a clean, straight ahead mainstream sound. From tender ballads to blistering bop, the group covers a wide range of repertoire ranging from the 20's right up to the present day taking in a variety of styles and moods along the way. The quintet is made up of some of South Wales most in demand players who between them, have performed and recording with many of the leading figures in British Jazz.

ADM £6 / £5 concessions

Kathy Davies QUINTET

Thursday 11th April 2019

Kathy Davies and a top line rhythm section of Nigel Hart (keyboards), Paul Hillman (double bass), Julian Tucker (saxophone), Mark Thomas (drums) perform a varied programme of jazz classics opening with great up beat swinging standards; followed by single stand out renditions peppered throughout an evening set marked by originality. (Arrangements by Nigel Hart) . Expect Johnny Mercer, Neil Hefti, Michel Legrand, Fats Waller , Ellington et al.

8pm Start ADM £5 (gig only) or £10 with Vegetarian or Chicken Curry

Jack Lukeman + Lucas & King

Thursday 4th April 2019

“The most magnificent and enigmatic of performers.” Edinburgh Spotlight Magazine – Scotland

Jack Lukeman is an Irish singer-songwriter, performer, raconteur and a whole lot more besides. A platinum-selling, critically acclaimed artist in his homeland, in recent years Lukeman has devoted more of his time to winning a growing fanbase in the UK and abroad. In this regard, he has toured the UK as Special Guest on tours by artists as varied as Imelda May, Jools Holland, The Proclaimers and Neil Sedaka, and is currently promoting “Magic Days”, his latest album of idiosyncratic original songs. Lukeman is a compelling, dazzling stage performer. Incorporating the theatrical and romantic sensibilities of the likes of Jacques Brel, but with genuine melodic appeal and a knack for creating his own ‘magic realist’ world that is peopled by all manner of unusual, picaresque characters, Lukeman is a rare, unusual brand of performer. The best music artists know that the world of the recording studio and onstage are two entirely different mediums – Lukeman’s recordings are colourful, absorbing collections, but it’s in the live environment, where his stage craft and desire to inspire really take flight. Despite the many achievements he has notched up in his lengthy career, Lukeman still has the hunger and drive to take his music to new audiences. In March and April 2019, he takes to the road in the UK with his own headlining shows, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand the unique talent of Jack Lukeman. From clubs to concert halls, theatres to festivals, Lukeman has the performing power and compelling presence to win over the most demanding of crowds.

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Buy tickets online https://www.wegottickets.com/event/452836

Lucas & King

Based in the south of England, Lucas & King are two hugely distinctive musicians who draw on 60's pop, cabaret, blues and country amongst other influences to create an utterly captivating and completely unique sound.
The combination of Bo Lucas’s “country vocals of a sultry lounge kitten” (Music Music) and Hayleigh King’s spare ”distant, reverb-laden twang-some” (Plunger) guitar style and their superb original songs creates powerful, atmospheric music that defies categorisation and sets them apart from their peers.
They were finalists in Glastonbury’s emerging talent competition in 2017 earning slots on 3 separate stages and they went one better in 2018 when they were crowned winners of the prestigious Fender Undiscovered Artist prize. Their self-titled debut album was released in Nov 2018 to universal acclaim:

“Staggeringly good debut album…it’s clear that Lucas & King have vast amounts of talent” ***** Maverick

“Sounds like the work of a much more mature act, loaded with vintage-sounding reverb guitar and emotive vocals. The songwriting runs the gamut from heartfelt balladry to uptempo hoedown fare in a wholly authentic way.” Country Music

“Lucas & King are as new as yesterday, with a promise for tomorrow so bright you gotta wear shades.” ***** R2

“Lucas & King create post-modern noir classic…Bo Lucas and Hayleigh King’s eponymous debut album has captured the haunting cinematic atmosphere that Plunger admired at their live shows, creating a soundtrack for a Brighton Blue Velvet or Fargo-on-Sea.” Plunger

“Already winners of the prestigious Fender Undiscovered Act Of The Year, it’s hardly going to take anything for this remarkable and classy duo of young women becoming megastars around the world!” Rocking Magpie

Nothing On You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40xDU9c6JZ4
The Heart Is A Lonely Wanderer https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=MVlguq9EzgI
Dancing To No Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNFkzdEEFU
Truly Not Yours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQR-0nB5of8
Last Night (Strokes cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNY2BRIHIjU
Brunswick Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E51uz_3b81k
Black And White Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCkFcB7f1o

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

Café JAZZ is available for hire on 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

Café Jazz - Saturdays

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

Free admission

7-10pm

Dansette

Café Jazz Friday 15th March

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

Bella Collins and special guests

Wednesdays 20th March, 3rd & 17th April 2019

From 8pm onwards
Free Admission

The Bay Rum Hounds

Wednesdays 27th March, 10th & 24th April 2019

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

From 8pm onwards
Free Admission

The Bella Collins band

Fridays 22nd March and 26th April 2019

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

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

The Fugitives

Friday 5th April 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)

The Brothers Blue

Friday 29th March 2019

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Jimmy Mac's Blues Band

Friday 12th April

High energy Funky Blues/Rock & Classic Soul

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

The Marc Davies Band

Friday 1st February 2019

The Marc Davies Band are currently electrifying audiences, playing their own songs and a wide selection of blues rock including music by Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, The Doors, Cream, John Lee Hooker, Rory Gallagher and more. Numerous gigs throughout the UK including a recent spot supporting Eric Bell of Thin Lizzy have seen the band steadily building a reputation due to some fiery guitar playing, soulful vocals and an incredibly tight rhythm section comprised of Huw Owen on bass (Wenfflam) and John Munro on drums (Pino Palladino, John Sloman, Gary Moore, David Kopfler).

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

Fortunate Sons

Friday 8th March 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)

Junior Hacksaw

Friday 22nd March 2019

Three-piece Blues Rock’n’Roll Band

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)

The Bella Collins Band

Friday 26th April

Lead Guitar: Luke Doherty
Lead Vocal And Harmonica: Paul Morgan
Drums and Backing Vocals: Simon Parratt
Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals: Ant Biggs

Admission £4.00 (£3.00 concessions)