ADRIAN COX returns to Steyning, together with his Quartet, for his annual New Year concert and for this appearance, Adrian has invited trumpet star and club favourite ENRICO TOMASSO to join him on the front line for what is set to be an evening of the very finest world class hot jazz. As well as Adrian and Enrico the line-up will include DENNY ILETT, guitar & vocals; WILL BARRY, piano; and SIMON READ, bass. This opening night concert is always a favourite, so book early to ensure your seat. The meeting opens our new 2025 season and is our membership renewal evening.

Doors open early at 7.00pm, so join us in a glass of fine wine and renew your membership for the coming year: annual membership is £15.

Andy Dickens’ lively trumpet and flugelhorn playing evokes the warmth and exuberance of Mardi Gras New Orleans, the heat of Chicago club land, and the excitement of small-band New York swing. This hand-picked quintessential sextet has a wry presentation style and a range of popular irresistible jazz from the carnival trumpet and dancing street-beat of Dr John’s New Orleans through to the driving swing of Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson. This is a band that is as entertaining as it gets, promising a wonderful evening of fine music and wholesome good humour. The band line-up will be: ANDY DICKENS, trumpet; MARK ASTON, trombone & baritone sax; AL NICHOLLS, tenor sax; SANDY BURNETT, bass; ROD BROWN, drums; and TIM HASKINSON, piano.

Saxophonist, Jo Fooks, is a brilliantly inventive player and composer, with her infectious enthusiasm, excellent technique and deliciously warm tone so enduring to her audiences. After recording her debut album "Here and Now!", the legendary British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton invited her to join his eight-piece band. Humph's fun filled and melodic approach to music was to become a big influence in her own compositions; she also recorded and performed with Acker Bilk, Tina May, Joe Temperley, Scott Hamilton, Elkie Brooks, and many others. The band line-up will be: JO FOOKS, sax; JACQUI HICKS, vocals; MARK EDWARDS, piano; ANDY CLEYNDERT, bass; and BUSTER BIRCH, drums.

Bobby Worth is a drummer par excellence who started to play drums aged just eleven, becoming professional in 1966 aged 17 and being the first drummer for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. He has played with several big bands, including the BBC Radio Orchestra. He brings together his quartet of outstanding musicians, with JULIAN MARC STRINGLE, clarinet & sax; DOMINIC ASHWORTH, guitar; PAUL MORGAN, double bass; and BOBBY WORTH, drums. It promises to be an evening of great standards and exciting modern numbers.

Leon Greening's fluently assured hard-swinging style epitomises the best on the contemporary UK Jazz scene. His extraordinary solos, inspired by the likes of Bud Powell, Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly and Victor Feldman, keep the audience on the edge of their seats and mark him out as one of the finest pianists this country has ever produced. Leon’s trio features the brilliant young double bassist ADAM KING, who won the 2015 Worshipful Company Of Musicians Young Jazz Musician Of The Year award, and the UK’s premier jazz drummer STEVE BROWN.

Backed by his group of top London based musicians TJ plays an extraordinary blend of music that transcends the boundaries of jazz, blues, soul, country and gospel. His distinctive voice and unique personal stage manner brings both the band and the audience together to create an intimate yet exciting atmosphere that is rarely equalled. TJ with his band have toured extensively both in the UK and overseas including many sell-out performances at London’s famous Ronnie Scott’s. The line-up will be: TJ JOHNSON, piano & vocals; AL NICHOLLS, tenor Sax; NILS SOLBERG, guitar; WESLEY GIBBENS, drums; and SIMON READ, double bass.

Lana-May is one of the most charismatic women on the jazz scene today, an incredible clarinettist, vocalist and bandleader. Her unique and passionate approach to the music of New Orleans has already gained her an incredible reputation with multiple sold out shows in London’s West End. So get on your dancing shoes and prepare to hear the clarinet played in a way you have never heard before! The band line-up will be: LANA-MAY, clarinet & vocals; GEORGE WEBSTER, piano; MIKE COMBER, double bass; DR STEPHEN CASS, drums; and MORTIMER HODGE, banjo.

With ENRICO TOMASSO, trumpet; MARTIN LITTON, piano; ‘SPATS' LANGHAM, guitar, banjo and vocals; GRAHAM HUGHES, trombone and sousaphone, EWAN BLEACH, clarinet and sax, RICO’S HOT FIVE covers many of the early styles but is takes its line up from Louis Armstrong’s recording band in Chicago 1926. This brilliantly outstanding band delights in the irresistible contrapuntal improvisation of this swing era, with jazz reminiscent of Bix Beiderbecke and his peers, their playing breathing new life into this golden age of Jazz. Expect your favourites and some lesser heard gems amongst the tributes to the great exponents of this genre.

ALAN BARNES and DAVID NEWTON have been playing duets for some forty-two years. These multiple award winning musicians cover a vast repertoire from Louis Armstrong to Chick Corea and have developed an incredible empathy and telepathic sympathy which only comes from their long experience together. David is one of the greatest solo jazz pianists this country has ever produced and Alan is a multi-reed musician playing all the saxes, clarinet and bass clarinet. Together with ADAM KING, bass and MATT FISHWICK, drums, the emphasis, as always, is on swinging, accessibility and interplay. Expect a hugely entertaining programme of straight ahead jazz flawlessly played and interspersed with lots of anecdotes peppered with humour.

ALAN BARNES and DAVID NEWTON have been playing duets for some forty-two years. These multiple award winning musicians cover a vast repertoire from Louis Armstrong to Chick Corea and have developed an incredible empathy and telepathic sympathy which only comes from their long experience together. David is one of the greatest solo jazz pianists this country has ever produced and Alan is a multi-reed musician playing all the saxes, clarinet and bass clarinet. Together with ADAM KING, bass and MATT FISHWICK, drums, the emphasis, as always, is on swinging, accessibility and interplay. Expect a hugely entertaining programme of straight ahead jazz flawlessly played and interspersed with lots of anecdotes peppered with humour.