On those periodic occasions when I travel down to London for a few days my first priority is to ensure that my schedule allows me to be free to visit the Spice of Life on a Wednesday lunchtime where you can hear some of the best lunchtime jazz in the UK and, on occasion, maybe even the world!
Apart from the jazz, the beer's acceptable, the food looks tempting and it's always good to chat with David Burr who organises the gigs.
However, as of September 2 the sessions move from Wednesdays to Mondays but, as can be seen from the programme below, nothing else changes ...
September.
2 Andrew Oliver’s
Vitality Five
Enrico Tomasso (trumpet); David Horniblow (bass sax, clarinet); Andrew
Oliver (piano); Martin Wheatley (banjo); Nick Ball (drums).
9 Jack Honeyborne
All-Stars
Steve Waterman (trumpet); Vasilis Xenopoulos (tenor sax); Jack
Honeyborne (piano); Julian Bury (bass); Denis Smith (drums).
16 Ned Bennett’s Harlem Meer Cats
Ben Cummings (trumpet); Jeff Williams (trombone); Ned Bennett (alto
sax, clarinet); Colin Good (piano); Sandy Burnett (bass); Chris Nickolls
(drums).
23 Jack Honeyborne
All-Stars
Mike Henry (trumpet); John Wurr (alto sax, clarinet); Jack Honeyborne
(piano); Julian Bury (bass); Denis Smith (drums).
30 Arifa Hafiz’s Arifa’s Reefers
Mike Soper (trumpet); Ewan Bleach & Will Scott (reeds); Jean-Marie
Fagon (guitar); Colin Good (piano); Louis Thomas (bass), Arifa Hafiz (vocals)
Mon. 7 Oct. David
Horniblow’s King Oliver Tribute
Normally £7-£8 Food + Real Ales 12:30pm
Spice of Life, 6 Moor St., Cambridge Circus, London W1D 5NA. Telephone enquiries: 0208 647 2114.
LancePhoto taken on a visit last year - Sara Dowling (vocals); Paul Higgs (trumpet); Al Nicholls (tenor); Martin Guy (drums); (not shown)Tim Huskisson (piano); Pete Morgan (bass).
1 comment :
This is lovely. keep it up.This is so lovely.
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