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SUMMARY:THURSDAY APRIL 23 2026 ALAN BARNES: SAXOPHONES AND CLARINET
DESCRIPTION:Few musicians in British jazz have covered as much ground as Alan Barnes. In a career spanning more than thirty years\, he has recorded over thirty albums as leader or co-leader\, picked up more than twenty-five British Jazz Awards\, and twice been named BBC Jazz Musician of the Year. His session credits take in everyone from Björk to Jamie Cullum. His live work has put him alongside Ruby Braff\, Freddie Hubbard and Humphrey Lyttelton. His current project\, Copperfield\, is a full Dickensian jazz suite for octet — the kind of ambitious\, literary programme that only someone with Barnes’s compositional range and sheer musical confidence would attempt. The Guardian put it well: he plays music rooted in jazz history\, but delivers it with such passion and energy that it sounds freshly made. A genuinely rare talent. Very welcome back to Googlies.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-april-23-2026-alan-barnes-saxophones-and-clarinet/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T190000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY APRIL 30 2026 DOMINIC ASHWORTH: GUITAR
DESCRIPTION:Born in Hamilton\, Ontario\, Dominic Ashworth has made London his home since the 1980s and spent four decades quietly becoming one of the most distinctive guitarists on the British jazz scene. His background is unusually broad: he trained in classical guitar at the University of Toronto\, studied under scholarship in Spain\, and performed at the Havana Guitar Festival before settling in the UK. That range shows in his playing — Bach and Paco de Lucia sit alongside Wes Montgomery and George Benson in his musical make-up\, and the result is something genuinely personal. His most recent album\, Views\, came out in 2024. He is also known as a generous collaborator\, the kind of musician other musicians want in the room. Googlies is glad to have him in ours.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-april-30-2026-dominic-ashworth-guitar/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY MAY 7 2026 SUE RICHARDSON: TRUMPET AND VOCALS
DESCRIPTION:Sue Richardson is that rare thing: a musician who plays trumpet and sings\, and does both at the highest level. Born in Dunstable and rooted in the British mainstream tradition\, she has built a career shaped by Chet Baker\, Clifford Brown and Ella Fitzgerald — and you can hear all three in her playing and singing without her simply imitating any of them. Her 2013 album Too Cool\, a portrait of the life and music of Chet Baker\, made the Sunday Times Top 10 jazz releases worldwide. The Observer noted that she “plays swinging jazz trumpet and sings with a musician’s phrasing.” Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 called her “pitch-perfect British mainstream jazz.” She has performed at the Last Night of the Proms\, played with Humphrey Lyttelton’s band\, and appeared at the EFG London Jazz Festival. We’re very glad she’s back with us at Googlies.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-may-7-2026-sue-richardson-trumpet-and-vocals/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T223000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY MAY 14 2026 TIM WHITEHEAD: SAXOPHONES
DESCRIPTION:Tim Whitehead’s story has one of the great opening lines in British jazz. Born in Liverpool\, son of one of the original writers of Dennis the Menace in The Beano\, his first public performance was as clarinet soloist in a school orchestra concert conducted by a fellow pupil — one Simon Rattle. He then read law at Manchester University before jazz pulled him away from the bar for good. That was 1976. What followed was fifty years of serious\, independent-minded music-making: touring with Ian Carr’s Nucleus and Graham Collier\, a pivotal role in the groundbreaking big band Loose Tubes in the 1980s\, residencies at Ronnie Scott’s\, an Artist in Residence at Tate Britain\, a London Jazz Festival commission\, and a shortlisting for British Composer of the Year. His 1999 album Personal Standards won BBC Music Magazine’s Jazz Album of the Year. The Times called his music “marked by a sense of grace and economy.” That still holds. Googlies is delighted to welcome him back.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-may-14-2026-tim-whitehead-saxophones/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T190000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY MAY 21 2026 ADAM GLASSER: HARMONICA
DESCRIPTION:Adam Glasser was born in Cambridge in 1955 while his South African father\, composer Stanley ‘Spike’ Glasser\, was studying at King’s College. The family returned to South Africa\, and Adam grew up in Johannesburg surrounded by some of the greatest names in South African jazz. He came back to Britain to study European literature at Warwick\, spent time in Paris playing jazz piano\, and somewhere along the way — on a cruise ship\, aged twenty-eight — picked up the chromatic harmonica and never looked back. In the mid-1980s he toured with the legendary alto player Dudu Pukwana. In 1999 he stepped in for Stevie Wonder twice in a single year: once on television with Sting\, and once with the Eurythmics at Party in the Park. He served sixteen years as musical director of the Manhattan Brothers. His most recent album\, SA and Beyond\, released in 2024\, won Best Traditional Jazz Album at the Mzantsi Jazz Awards in Johannesburg in 2025. Jazzwise described it as keeping alive the heritage of South African jazz for modern audiences. There is nobody quite like him. Googlies is very glad he’s here.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-may-21-2026-adam-glasser-harmonica/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY MAY 28 2026 STEVE WATERMAN: TRUMPET
DESCRIPTION:Steve Waterman has been one of Britain’s most consistently respected jazz trumpet players for decades\, working across the British\, European and international scene since his student days at Trinity College of Music. His discography runs to eight albums under his own name\, and his wider credits are formidable: he has recorded on the ECM label with both John Surman’s Brass Project and the Carla Bley Big Band\, and worked alongside Andy Sheppard\, Mal Waldron\, Tony Coe and Graham Collier among many others. In December 2002 he performed at the Havana Jazz Festival as a guest of Chucho Valdés. He co-wrote The Jazz Method for Trumpet\, published by Schott\, and teaches at Trinity College of Music\, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Welsh College of Music and Drama. He also runs an annual Contemporary Big Band Weekend with Alan Barnes — who\, as it happens\, plays Googlies just five weeks before him. A serious musician with a warm and swinging sound. Very welcome back\, Steve!
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/thursday-may-28-2026-steve-waterman-trumpet/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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SUMMARY:John Etheridge on Guitar at Googlies Thursday June 4 2026
DESCRIPTION:Few guitarists have navigated as much musical territory as John Etheridge. His career stretches from the progressive rock of the early 1970s through to his pivotal years with Soft Machine\, where he stepped into Allan Holdsworth’s considerable shoes — and made the role entirely his own. He received the Musicians’ Company Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025\, joining a roll-call that includes Ronnie Scott and Dave Holland. Pat Metheny is among those who have praised him unreservedly. Catch one of Britain’s most complete guitarists in the intimate setting of Googlies\, where he truly shines.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/john-etheridge-on-guitar-at-googlies-thursday-june-4-2026/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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SUMMARY:Louise Cookman - Vocals. At Googlies on Thursday June 11 2026
DESCRIPTION:Louise Cookman is one of the leading big band\, jazz and swing-era vocalists in the UK\, with a rich\, velvety voice\, instinctive musicality\, and a warm\, witty stage presence that has won audiences over for more than two decades. A former vocalist with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and a regular guest with the BBC Big Band\, she has sung on Radio 2\, 3 and 4\, and performed at Ronnie Scott’s\, the Royal Festival Hall\, and Cadogan Hall. Up close at Googlies\, her command of a song — and a room — is something to savour.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/louise-cookman-vocals-at-googlies-on-thursday-june-11-2026/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T223000
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SUMMARY:Pete Long Multi-Instrumentalist Playing at Googlies on Thursday June 18 2026
DESCRIPTION:Pete Long is a remarkable multi-instrumentalist whose career has taken him from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where he played all five saxophone parts plus flute\, bass guitar and trumpet\, through to touring alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Chick Corea and five years with Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. He has led the award-winning Echoes of Ellington orchestra and directed the Big Band at Ronnie Scott’s. These days Pete is a regular and much-loved face at Googlies\, he’s the kind of musician who makes the impossible look effortless.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/pete-long-multi-instrumentalist-playing-at-googlies-on-thursday-june-18-2026/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T223000
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SUMMARY:Ian Bateman on Trombone at Googlies Thursday June 25 2026
DESCRIPTION:Ian Bateman is one of the finest jazz trombonists in Europe\, equally at home across every style the instrument demands — from bop to big band — and a first-class reader whose versatility has opened doors throughout the profession. His credits include Acker Bilk’s Paramount Jazz Band\, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra\, Echoes of Ellington\, and session work at Abbey Road with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra. \nA keeper of the great British jazz tradition\, Ian brings wit\, warmth and world-class slide technique to everything he plays \nAn outstanding way to close out the month at Googlies.
URL:https://www.googliesjazz.co.uk/event/ian-bateman-on-trombone-at-googlies-thursday-june-25-2026/
LOCATION:Googlies Jazz Supper Club\, Botany Bay Cricket Club\, Enfield\, Middlesex\, EN28AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Thursday Night Gigs
ORGANIZER;CN="John Jarvis":MAILTO:googliesjazz@btinternet.com
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