Gigs

Jazz At St Andrews; The Gordon Wellard Septet

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: St Andrews Church, Hove

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. […]

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.