Droitwich Jazz Club
Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, Addis Lane, Cutnall Green nr Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 0NE
Organised by Richard and Pattie Leach the Jazz Club is held in the comfortable surroundings of Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, where there is ample car parking within the grounds. The hall entrance is in Addis Lane and has easy access from the A442 opposite The Chequers pub/restaurant.
The club is held on the 2nd FRIDAY of each month.
NB. There are no bar facilities in the hall so please bring your own refreshments.
Doors open from 7pm with music between 8 and 10.30pm.
Admission is £12 payable in CASH upon entrance.
2025
Swing From Paris
Andy Bowen [guitar], Fenner Curtis [violin], Tomasz Williams [d/bass] and Sam Hughes [guitar]
The band’s Parisien-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing is inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, from Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian and Artie Shaw to Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the master of tango Astor Piazzollo.
Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends
Tad Newton [trombone], Gary Wood [trumpet], ? [reeds], Alan Haughton [piano], Tomas Pederson [d/bass] and Ronnie Fenn [drums]
From Basin Street to Harlem, the Jazz Friends specialise in lively, swinging jazz as the framework for the sounds of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie with diversions into traditional jazz aswell as Rhythm and Blues.
Kevin Grenfell & Richard Leach Slide By Slide
Kevin Grenfell [trombone, trumpet & vocals], Richard Leach [trombone & vocals], Rich Hughes [piano], Simon Smith [d/bass] and Steve Street [drums]
The aim of Slide By Slide is to provide high class entertainment by playing an extremely varied repertoire of music, from traditional jazz and New Orleans street-beat to the Great American songbook and beyond with a smattering of popular numbers from the 1950s and 60s.