Verdict Jazz

Roxanne @ The Verdict presents classical pianist Helen Anahita Wilson as she launches her superb album BHOOMA; join us for a multi-sensory transcendental evening of Asian inspired jazz.

“Wow, prepare to be taken by storm!” – The Jazz Mann
Door/food 7.0 pm, music 8.30. Students £12
Not content with in 2016 mounting the UK's record-breaking most-dates (56) jazz tour of all time and this year single-handedly saving the Swanage Festival, supreme guitarist Nigel has now embarked on an even huger project, a nationwide jazz odyssey spanning four whole months. His trio with Peter Whittaker (Hammond organ) and Matt Home (drums) is augmented for this Brighton date wit...h favourite soulmate Greek-born, ex-Berklee Vasilis Xenopoulos on tenor sax. Unmissable.
"Nigel Price is probably the most dynamic and gifted guitarist on the British jazz scene today and this (Heads & Tales CD) is the proof." - All About Jazz • "This is as good as it gets whether you're into guitar, organ, sax, drums or simply great jazz." - Bebop Spoken Here
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Gypsy Jazz special! Do not miss our proprietor Andy Lavender's Birthday and this lively night of gypsy, folk & more! <3

Do not miss your chance to see this amazing 7 piece cinematic fusion group on their debut album tour!
This gig will provide a shuffle zone for those who can't resist the urge to sway! <3

discount on both gigs this weekend and next weeks Jazzy times! -

legendary group’s reunion tour * Julian Siegel (reeds) Phil Robson (guitar) Thad Kelly (bass) Gene Calderazzo (drums) * Door/food 7.0 pm, music 8.30. £15 (students £12)
£5 cashback if you book both weekend gigs (Julian Argüelles’ Tetra Friday 21st)
Reviews of Partisans' 2014 CD 'Swamp':... "Eighteen years on from their debut, this mélange of mischievous, stylish mash-up and virtuosic energy doesn't get old. If anything Robson, Siegel, Kelly and Calderazzo are reaching new heights." - MOJO Magazine #4 Jazz Album of the Year * "Styles shift, time signatures are rapidly juggled, and the resourceful Siegel and Robson cruise through multi-chorus improvisations. There are Afro-Caribbean dances that turn into jazzy wriggles and then crunching guitar rock, slowly winding guitar and bass clarinet melodies that build to garrulous polyphonies, and a sinister slow fusion powered by Kelly's bass-guitar that gets gradually funkier." - Guardian * "Restless, almost reckless energy, delirious listening, consistently thrilling." - BBC Music Magazine
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Premier quartet launch CD with an Iberian touch * Julian Argüelles (saxophones) Ivo Neame (piano) Sam Lasserson (bass) James Maddren (drums) * Door/food 7.0 pm, music 8.30. £15 (students £12)
£5 cashback if you book both weekend gigs (Partisans Saturday 22nd)
"Jazz sometimes gets introduced to mainstream audiences in tones of uneasy reassurance - that it's not weird all the time, it can whistle a happy tune, and occasionally might even be up for a dance. Regular admirers know... that the best jazz - even at its most challenging - needs no excuses. But some very satisfying music undeniably comes from players who can stretch spontaneity to the limit, without breaking the restraints of inviting dances and songs. One such is Julian Argüelles, the multi-instrumental reeds improviser, composer, and founder member of legendary UK big band Loose Tubes. Argüelles is a gifted artist currently in his sophisticated prime: jazz, classical, and multi-cultural folk music all influence him, and distilled Spanish motifs (his mother was Catalonian) give this fine album its character.
Tonadas is the second release by his Tetra quartet, currently featuring pianist Ivo Neame, bassist Sam Lasserson, and drummer James Maddren. From the opening Alalá, Argüelles' nuances of tone (particularly on tenor sax) enrich his swerving fast lines and jolting rhythm shifts, and all four players stretch out between reminders of the tune’s succinct main theme and unmistakably Iberian resolving descents. The purring Bulerías cruises on a throbbing bass hook and pattering drum work; the wistfully mournful Tonadilla explores a lovely central theme, reappraised by each of the melody instruments; Sevilla arrives gruffly in brooding tenor-sax multiphonic sounds, but it soon spurs flying variations from Argüelles and Neame, around the arrythmic insistence of Lasserson and Maddren. Tetra possess immense spontaneous fluency, but Argüelles' atmospheric compositions complete their rich mix of improv and forethought." - John Fordham, Guardian 3/8/18
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Cinematic fusion jazz headed your way - don't miss your chance to check out this explosive debut at The Verdict

VERDICT NEWS: Music/new door/essential oil classes & gorgeous all day breakfasts :) - https://mailchi.mp/…/verdict-news-music new-dooressential-oi…

Scoop sold out on Sunday with his EP release and supporting bands - you can expect more of the same from him as host to a stripped back set form 4 different bands tonight!!

This week and next, acoustic sessions & sell out shows - book in!! - https://mailchi.mp/…/this-week-and-next -acoustic-sessions-s…

https://www.facebook.com/events/315028132 407153/ tomorrow night folks!!! Verdict Jazz Roxanne at The Verdict

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power violinist bops for the people * Benet McLean (violin) Mark Edwards (piano) Nigel Thomas (bass) Winston Clifford (drums). Door/food 7.0 pm, music 8.30. Students £12 (see note below).
Besides the recorded bebop pioneers of the 1940s, Benet says he grew up listening to Tommy Chase's "Groove Merchant" (1987) which featured Kevin Flanagan on tenor sax and a certain young Mark Edwards on keys. Ah, nostalgia time! Does anyone remember those hot, sharp-suited nights back at Con...cord I?
Multi-talented Benet (he also plays piano, sings, composes and paints) claims "straight-ahead bebop violin - played hard for the people!" as his current direction, but his latest inspired, must-hear CD "The Bopped and the Bopless" (2016) suggests a wider palette. "This is as fine an example of cross-gendering as you'll find in a long day's pogoing across the great divide. Suddenly the divide doesn't seem that great!" - Jazz Journal
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OMG hashtag SEPTEMBER LOL what? September is here and so ARE GIGS YES. Did that grab your attention? I can't believe its September... jeeez..... -

Stockholm based rising folk singer songwriter Nathalie Nedeljkovic will be supporting Scoop Monty at his single release show at The Verdict this Sunday!
Discount tickets available online now!
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/447765< br>

This fantastic pianist will be joining us on the 29th of September, 15 years to fame, a healthy obsession with jazz and played with some of our great friends, Jim Mullen & Alan Barnes ...
Make sure you get a seat and head to wegottickets now!

This isn't jazz!? No it's an essential oil workshop - hosted monthly in the cafe <3

This Friday, catch brilliant young saxophonist Alex Hitchcock with his quintet here at The Verdict, with James Copus (trumpet), Will Barry (piano), Joe Downard (bass) and Jay Davis (drums). "A fantastic young talent... undoubtedly one of the stars of the future" – Helen Mayhew, Jazz FM
Book now to avoid disappointment: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/435900

Lovely relaxed venue, what a jazz club should be

Just back from New York, Blue Note, Village Vanguard and tonight I am going to Brighton's best jazz club.

I love this venue..I have been to many event nights in the basement...very romantic room, good for parties,performance nights...and the owner is splendid character and goes above and beyond to make everything just fit, for whatever the occasion.Outdoor space and great coffee...(drinks licence).X

All the way around, brilliant. Nice people, great jazz, good beverages! Nice to patronize a club that supports young musicians.

Lovely relaxed venue, what a jazz club should be

Just back from New York, Blue Note, Village Vanguard and tonight I am going to Brighton's best jazz club.

I love this venue..I have been to many event nights in the basement...very romantic room, good for parties,performance nights...and the owner is splendid character and goes above and beyond to make everything just fit, for whatever the occasion.Outdoor space and great coffee...(drinks licence).X

All the way around, brilliant. Nice people, great jazz, good beverages! Nice to patronize a club that supports young musicians.