Good Tuesday Dear Jazz Fans. 

I hope you are all looking forward to another Thursday Night of jazz at “The Hedsor Social Club” (as we used to chant every week!), because it really is a great place to enjoy top quality modern jazz.

Recently I have been able to compare the Hedsor Jazz Experience, with jazz experiences in other London jazz venues, and I can assure you that the music we get at Hedsor is every bit as good, with the same or better known jazz musicians and the comfort level way above that of some other London jazz venues. AND, please note, the liquid refreshment prices are definitely cheaper at Hedsor Jazz!!

So who have we got coming this week (May 26th) to Hedsor? We have a wonderful combination of Duncan Lamont Jr on reeds with Mike Innes on trombone. Plus Ken McCarthy will be on keyboard, Martin Hart on drums, and as always a surprise bass player. All of our guest bass players are good, but some are SUPRISINGLY good!

Now I have been nagging on for years about the need for more people in the audience, and I must underline this. It has sometimes become an embarrassment when so few turn out to listen to such great jazz musicians. Please consider if you really do want to watch the latest soap opera or comedy show on TV because it means you can stay in your slippers, or for you to go past your front door to support something you know you really do enjoy with shoes on!! If it would make you feel more able to come out and support live jazz, please bring your slippers with you! To help in that decision we have some future jazz gigs for Hedsor Jazz.

On June 2^nd we will be presenting our cheque for Ukraine to some special guests. We raised over £1000 on our night of Jazz for Ukraine and we are going to donate this to some local people who are actually themselves delivering aid to the refugees of the Ukrainian conflict to Poland. To accompany this event we will have Al Nicholls on tenor sax who will be joined by Terry Hutchins on guitar, plus our usual rhythm section led by Martin Hart.

June 9^th has Lester Brown (tpt) back with Mark Aston on reeds (I missed their last appearance, by being in Wexham Park A&E!).

June 16^th we have a powerhouse presentation (no nothing to do with Microsoft!). Stuart Henderson will be alongside Al Nicholls. If you do manage to come out and bring your slippers make sure you have your socks on. 

Further ahead we have in A.S. on July 28^th that long awaited celebration of Alan Grahams life in music. Lots of guests, party food and a whole variety of musicians will join Alan. Something not to be missed and still yours for only £10 a head.

p.s  A.S. = After Swanage!! The Swanage Jazz Festival is returning on the weekend of 8^th  to 10^th July. This is obviously going to be in SWANAGE!

In August there will again be some party food on August 18^th when we welcome Alan Barnes to Hedsor for the first time. He will be accompanied by Stuart Henderson.

October 20^th, no food but that great combination of Nigel Price and Vasilis Xenopoulos.

Below, pictures from last weeks Hedsor Jazz with Lester Brown and Frank Walden

Below that some pictures from “another place”, in Isleworth, West London. I went and saw that great pianist John Horler