Award-winning James Allsopp and his band are amongst London’s most in-demand jazz musicians. The evening will be a thrilling tribute to American master saxophonist Stan Getz, known in his lifetime as ‘The Sound’. The programme will feature music from Getz’s rich back catalogue, with lush ballads, lilting bossa novas and swinging standards. We will be in illustrious company as James is Professor of Saxophone and Clarinet at Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama; he is also Professor of ‘Alexander Technique’ at Royal College of Music. The bandline-up for the evening will be: JAMES ALLSOPP, tenor saxophonist; COLIN OXLEY, guitar; ANDREA DIBIASE, double bass; and DAVE STOREY, drums.

This will be an evening of scintillating musicality provided by Richard Leach and his band. Richard ventured on to London’s jazz scene playing alongside musicians like Humphrey Lyttelton, Terry Lightfoot, Johnny Dankworth and many more. He led his own Northside Jazz band for twenty-six years with top names such as George Webb, Harry Gold, Joe Daniels, John Bestable, Bruce Turner, Beryl Brydon, Roy Williams and Digby Fairweather, all guesting with the band. Richard's street band this evening will feature: RICHARD LEACH, trombone; TONY PIPKIN, cornet; ZOLTAN SAGI, clarinet & alto sax; SPATS LANGHAM, banjo; NICK WARD, drums and percussion; and DAVE DEAKIN, sousaphone.

Steyning Jazz Club is honoured to host The Harry Strutters Jazz and Blues Band. Highly applauded and admired, the band specialises in recreating the jazz and hot dance band music of the 1920s and 1930s, with its characteristic drive, wit and allure. Having toured widely throughout the UK, Europe and Scandinavia they will feature the effervescent vocalist MARLENE HILL from America, with MEGS ETHERINGTON on trumpet and vocals; MARTIN NICKLESS, reeds; PAUL TAYLOR, trombone; MARTIN LITTON, piano; MAURICE DENNIS, banjo and guitar; PETER MCCURRIE, bass; and GRAHAM COLLICOT, drums. Founded originally many years ago in Brighton, this is a band that goes from strength to strength, providing an evening of irresistible swing, rhythm and glittering musicality.

"I Never Knew Jazz Could Be Like This!" An exploration of what jazz is and an invitation to embrace its variety. Big House are an established five-piece band based in Arundel, playing their own unique style of jazz-funk-groove-afro- latin mash-up. Predominant in their own extensive catalogue of original tunes and subversive interpretations are melody, groove and excitement. Their tunes are instantly catchy and the interplay and empathy between musicians leads without fail to an exhilarating live performance. The band line-up, plus guests, will be: MIKE CAREY, keys; MIKE COMBER, bass; STEPHEN CASS, drums; PAUL HODGSON, sax and flute; DAVID HEPWORTH, trumpet and flugelhorn; DON MANSON, trombone; and JIM BERNARDIN, percussion.

British pianist and composer Gabriel Latchin has made a name for himself as one of the UK’s finest musicians, praised internationally by critics and world renowned musicians alike. Known for his effortlessly swinging and compelling performances, Gabriel was recently praised by The Guardian as the best straight-ahead jazz pianist to appear in the past few years. Now a major highlight on the UK jazz scene, The Gabriel Latchin Trio, with GABRIEL LATCHIN, piano; JOSH MORRISON, drums; and JEREMY BROWN, bass, take inspiration from Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock, although the evening's concert will pay tribute to the music of George Gershwin, the pre-eminent American composer. The Man I Love, the trio’s fifth album, features new arrangements of all-Gershwin favourites, including Summertime, Someone to Watch Over Me and I Got Rhythm.

Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox is a leading authority on New Orleans music, bringing an authentic and electrifying voice to the idiom. As a celebrated exponent of the style, Adrian has dedicated his career to preserving and pushing the boundaries of early jazz, earning praise for his masterful technique, deep historical knowledge, and infectious energy on stage. Adrian will be bringing his outstanding Trio featuring the New Zealand born guitarist HONEY BOULTON and Parisian bassist ALEX GILSON, a true world class power house that leaves audiences spellbound. The evening will feature his new “CLUB CROCO” album which delves into alternative repertoire from the early jazz era, capturing and expressing the timeless essence of the music, delivered with an abundance of charisma and flair by Adrian and his trio. The meeting opens our new 2026 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.

Charlotte Glasson is a multi-instrumentalist, band leader and session player, playing all the saxophones, flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and viola, and she returns to Steyning with her band to celebrate her new album, Cosmo’s Cosmos. This is her eighth album, mining a rich seam of Latin and world music influences; sunshine music, woven with smiles. Her versatile contemporary jazz and diverse originals are all laced with her bluesy, expressive sax work; indeed, her witty, exuberant, genre defying music restores one’s faith in true jazz. The band line-up will be: CHARLOTTE GLASSON, saxes; MARK BASSEY, trombone; CHRIS KIBBLE, piano; LLOYD COOTE, sousaphone and double bass; and SAM GLASSON, drums.

Since Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band stepped back from performing live concerts in 2013, Acker Bilk's trombonist, Ian Bateman, has been keeping the flag flying for British traditional jazz with a series of jazz productions. He is ideally placed to do this, having spent many years with Terry Lightfoot and his Jazzmen, Humphrey Lyttelton and Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. The evening will feature music recorded by Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Terry Lightfoot, Chris Barber, Alex Welsh, Humphrey Lyttelton and many more. The band will feature: IAN BATEMAN, trombone; ALAN BATEMAN, trumpet; TREVOR WHITING, clarinet/saxes; THOMAS 'Spats' LANGHAM, banjo/guitar; CRAIG MILVERTON, piano; TOM CLARKE-HILL, bass; and NICK MILLWARD drums.

Pure Brubeck, a recreation of the great Dave Brubeck Quartet of the fifties and sixties: Take Five, Blue Rondo à la Turk, Unsquare Dance, tunes that are heard as often today as they were at the time of their creation, perhaps even more so. The legacy of Brubeck's quartet is all around us and his music will be lovingly and authentically re-created for us by four of the best musicians in the UK today. The quartet line-up will be: SIMON BATES, Sax; PAUL HARRIS 'Harry the Piano', piano; JEFF LARDNER, drums; and DOMINIC HOWLES, bass. This will be unadulterated Brubeck, played in his immutable style, illuminating the virtuosity of the original iconic Brubeck quartet.