Feb 6 : Fleet Jazz Club : Lunchtime Jazz : I’ll be playing with Hugh Turner, guitar, and Marianne Windham, double bass. I’ll be on all my flutes and am excited about this one! Tickets £10 (cash or card) on the door. The Harlington Function Room, doors open 11.20am, performance times 12 to 1pm. No pre-booking needed
Feb 16 : The Annie Parker Trio at Windsor Jazz Club, in The Hope Live Music Bar, Alma Road. Doors open 7.30pm, music at 8pm. Delighted to be asked to this new jazz club!
Feb 22 : P’jam : Dinner Jazz at The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT with Phil Craddock piano, Marianne Windham bass, Jim Wade drums and me on my flutes! Music from 8pm Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations.
April 4 : La Mort Subite will be playing at the Purple Turtle, Reading – unfortunately I can’t join them this time as I’ll just have had a “procedure” which prevents me but get along for some balkan gypsy/Eastern European/arabic music at 8.30-10.30pm! it’ll be a blast! Free entry. 18+ID required
April 16 *NEW VENUE!* Jazz at the Swan with P’jam, 8pm
The Swan is at Three Mile Cross, just south of junction 11 of the M4. Good car park. Music from 8pm, but if you get there before 7.30pm you can get your drinks in at Happy Hour prices!Free entry
We would particularly like to get a good crowd along to this one and show the staff at the Swan that we mean business! Please come along and support live jazz and the start-up of a new venue – you will get lots of jazz brownie points!!
Here is the Jazz in Reading link : https://www.jazzinreading.com/2025/04/16/?cat=2&future=all
April 21 : Limpopo Groove plays Piwnica Restaurant (The Polish Club) in Reading, 7.30pm.
Another good car park! This is part of the Village Easter Festival run by the Retreat and Lyndhurst pubs in Reading. We are playing the “After Party” at Piwnica. Here’s what the website says :
After Party: Limpopo Groove
@ Piwnica (The Polish Club)
19:30 – 21:30
Limpopo Groove will be playing out and closing The Village Easter Festival 2025.
#Afro-jazz dance, #Funk
Piwnica, 81 London Road, Reading, RG1 4DX
Phone: 0118 958 9908
Free entry, but table reservation (and fab food!) advised…
April 22 I am guest at Fisherman’s Cottage with the house band, music starts 8pm. Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennet Side, Reading RG1 3DW.Excellent food available. Free entry, but donations welcome…in fact, expected!
April 26 : P’jam : Dinner Jazz at The Angel Woolhampton RG7 5RT with Howard King replacing Marianne Windham on double bass for this one.Music from 8pm Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations.
May 9 : Route Ginger : Windsor U3A at The Hope, Alma Road 10.45-12.15am
May 14 : Blue Magoo : Care home booking – a special one for a good friend
May 20 : Guest spot at Fisherman’s Cottage 8pm – for details see above
May 23 : Route Ginger : private booking
May 31 : P’jam : Dinner Jazz at The Angel Woolhampton RG7 5RT with Phil Berry replacing Marianne Windham on double bass for this one. Music from 8pm Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations.
June 14 : Limpopo Groove : private booking
June 18 : Blue Magoo : Care home booking
June 18 : Jazz at The Swan 8pm with Phil Craddock, keys, Barry Griffin, double bass and Jim Wade, drums. For details see above (especially the happy hour info!)
June 20 : Live Jazz At The Relais 7-9.30pm with Lawrie Wright, piano, Howard King, double bass, Jim Wade, drums and me on flutes. Here’s the Jazz in Reading link : https://www.jazzinreading.com/2025/06/20/?cat=2&future=all
June 21 : La Mort Subite headlining at Góbéfest! Cathedral Gardens, Manchester. For details follow link : https://gobefest.com
June 28 : Dinner Jazz At The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT 8pm with Lawrie Wright piano, Howard King bass, Jim Wade drums. Here’s the Jazzin Reading link : https://www.jazzinreading.com/dinner-jazz-at-the-angel-pjam-8/?future=all
July 4 : P’jam : Live Jazz At The Relais At Regatta Time 7-9.30pm Phil Craddock piano, Marianne Windham bass, Jim Wade drums and me on flutes. Here’s the Jazz in Reading link : https://www.jazzinreading.com/2025/07/04/?cat=2&future=all
July 11 : Guest Spot at Goring Community Jazz Club! In Goring Village Hall 8pm. With Nick Hill, piano, Howard King, double bass and Mike Goff, drums. Delighted to be invited back to this lovely jazz club.
July 17 : Blue Magoo : Care home summer party booking for my friend