Derby Jazz What's On

HARRISON SMITH - tenor and Soprano saxophones LIAM NOBLE - piano MARK SANDERS - percussion

In response to requests from the participants in last year’s WAY TO BLUE workshops Matt Ratcliffe has devised a new series of workshops focused on the…

Earlier this year Derby Jazz and mjazz commissioned Gary Reader to develop a new version of his longstanding MOJA project through which he champions and…

Master drummer-band leader Clark Tracey celebrates the music of his late father, the pianist-composer-band leader Stan Tracey.

Basil Hodge - piano Tony Kofi - saxes Dave Whitford - bass Matt Fishwick - drums Pianist and composer Basil Hodge has been a mainstay of the British Jazz…

Classic Hammond organ-led quartet - 'hip' Blue Note era grooves This exciting Hammond organ-led quartet - featuring sax, guitar and drums – bring alive…

Xhosa Cole returns to Derby Jazz for the third time. This time with a variation of his new project ‘FreeMonk’ which explores, abstracts and collages Monk’s…

Singer/pianist Jonathan Gee brings his unique blend of blues and contemporary jazz vocal to Derby Jazz ranging from Ellington through Ray Charles, to…

Charles Mingus composed some of the greatest jazz ever written. Most bands avoid playing this great music for fear of sounding both too much like and…