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Jazz at The Joker; Lucy Pickering Quartet

    Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
    Time: 6:00 PM
    Location: The Joker, Preston Circus, Brighton
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    Join vocalist Lucy Pickering quartet for an evening of American Songbook classics from likes of Gershwin, Rogers + Hart and Cole Porter as well as a renditions of jazz favourites from Ela Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.

    The Speakeasy Jazz Club; Sam Carelse

      Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
      Time: 8:00 PM
      Location: The Wick Inn, Hove
      Join The Chris Coull quartet, with vocalist Sam Carelse for an evening of swing-jazz and the great American songbook at the Speakeasy Jazz Club, above The Wick inn, Hove!

      Jazz At St Andrews; The Gordon Wellard Septet

        Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
        Time: 6:00 PM
        Location: St Andrews Church, Hove
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        Drummer Gordon Wellard brings his all-star seven piece group to St Andrews for the first time; regulars will be familiar with Alan Barnes (tenor sax) and Chris Coull (trumpet) plus new faces in the group; Nick Mills (trombone), Sam Braysher (alto sax), Nick Tomalin (piano) and Alex Keen (double bass). Gordon has a great Bluenote […]

        Chichester Jazz Festival; The Re-Birth Octet play at Pallant Suite

          Date: Friday, June 23, 2023
          Time: 6:45 PM
          Location: Pallant Suite, Chichester
          Birth of the Cool is surely one of Miles Davis’ greatest albums. Recorded almost a decade before it’s release in 1959 it was Miles’ first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans and alongside other cutting edge musicians like Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, Gunther Schuller. The Re-Birth Octet was formed in 2021 by Brighton based musician Chris Coull. […]

          Andy Panayi at The Speakeasy

            Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
            Time: 8:00 PM
            Location: The Wick Inn, Hove
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            Join us at Brighton and Hove's outstanding venue for mid week live jazz, above The Wick Inn on Holland Rd. Arrive by 7.30pm to secure your favourite seat (or PM me to reserve). This week its award winning saxophonist Andy Panayi, with backing from trumpeter and host Chris Coull and band. Andy Panayi is one […]

            The Chris Coull Octet’s ‘Ellingtonia’ at Ropetackle Arts Centre.

              Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024
              Time: 8:00 PM
              Location: Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea
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              Trumpeter and band leader Chris Coull leads his octet full of inspired be-bopper shining in every position. From UK horn stars Andy Panayi (reeds) and Gabriel Garrick (trumpet) to the hard swinging rhythm section of Peter Cater (drums) Terry Seabrook (piano) and Rhys Lovell on bass the swash buckling style let’s fly with aplomb. The […]

              Lewes Con Club; Chris Coull / Dan Cartwright Quartet play the muisc of Monk

                Date: Sunday, October 9, 2022
                Time: 2:00 PM
                Location: Lewes Con Club
                Chris Coull (trumpet) and Dan Cartwright (sax) play this popular gig at a fine pub with great food and drinks, with Terry Seabrook (organ), and Joe Edwards (drums) providing the rhythm section. Playing the music of legendary jazz composer and pianist, Thelonious Sphere Monk.

                Oli Howe with The Chris Coull Quartet at The Speakeasy Jazz Club.

                  Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
                  Time: 8:00 PM
                  Location: The Wick Inn, Hove
                  Since forming his band 'HOWES3', more recently Oli has began working on 3 new projects due for release in 2022 while touring and collaborating alongside artists such as YolanDa Brown, The House & Garage Orchestra, David Mrakpor, Jackson Mathod, Tortured Soul and Freak Power amongst others. Playing tonight at The Spekaeasy, with Angus Bishopn (drums) Paul Whitten (bass) and Chris Coull (trumet / […]

                  Brighton Fringe 2025; Alan Barnes at The Speakeasy Jazz Club

                    Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
                    Time: 8:00 PM
                    Location: The Wick Inn, Hove
                    The Speakeasy Jazz Club is proud to be part of this year's Brighton Fringe Festival! ALAN BARNES; A towering giant on the British jazz scene for over five decades, Alan’s sax and clarinet playing has grabbed the attention of fans throughout his illustrious career. Equally adept on the mic with his funny and captivating banter, […]