{"id":7059,"date":"2025-04-03T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=7059"},"modified":"2025-08-23T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:19:43","slug":"april-2025-gigs-reviews-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=7059","title":{"rendered":"April 2025 Gigs – Reviews & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

9th<\/sup> – John Maddocks Jazzmen<\/p>\n

REVIEWS<\/strong>:
Julia Hubery & Mark Willis: \u201cThe off-the-chart fabulessity, combined with energy, commitment and quality of the band made me smile all night. Especially loved Froggy More Rag<\/em>, the sinuous, snaky Last Smile Blues<\/em>, Perdido Street Blues<\/em>, Washboard Wiggles<\/em>, also a great New Orleans Shuffle<\/em>. Loved Chris\u2019s superbly sincere singing. A great night, thank you so very, very much.\u201d
Dean & Mary: \u201cGreat music. Very entertaining, (especially when the pianist inadvertently had the transpose key pressed!)\u201d
Roger & Lesley: \u201dAnother great evening from John Maddocks Jazzmen. They never fail to provide entertainment.\u201d
Gary & Malcolm: \u201dA good evening listening to very good musicians. Lots of energy and unusual numbers we rarely hear. Superb entertainment. First visit by Bill Gyford on banjo.\u201d
Trish & Barry: \u201cGood old trad jazz played with vim, vigour and va va vroom.\u201d
Maureen & John Carter: \u201cA couple of personnel changes since the last visit by this very popular south coast band.  Excellent performance right from the off. A superb evening\u2019s entertainment.\u201d
Gwyn, Gill & John: \u201cGreat to have this band back playing pure traditional jazz. Hope the come back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The John Maddocks Jazzmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Maddocks (Leader, Reeds & Vocal), Bill Gyford (Guitar & Vocal) and Chris Connor (Trumpet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Satterly (Keyboard & Vocal), Bill Guyford (Guitar & Vocal) and John Maddocks (Leader, Reeds & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Connor (Trumpet), John Hall (Drums), Simon Wyld (Trombone) and Pete McCurrie (Electric Bass & Tuba)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Hall (Drums), Simon Wyld (Trombone) and Pete McCurrie (Tuba & Electric Bass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

23rd<\/sup> – Kevin Grenfell’s Jazz Giants<\/p>\n

REVIEWS:
Julia Hubery & Mark Willis: \u201cThanks so much for: an evening of fantastic energy & commitment: one of the best trombonists we hear; wonderful trumpet and great moments of the \u2018windys\u2019 playing off each other; a fantastic rhythm from double bass and drums to love.\u201d
Phil, John, Tony & Phil: \u201dReally good nought.  Great humour.  Great entertainment.  Chris is quite good as well!\u201d
Tony Baily: \u201calways a 5-star show.  Come back soon.  Great band.\u201d
Jan, Veronica, Paul & Bob: \u201cAs usual, a great band of musicians.  Very entertaining and keeping the audience amused at the same time.\u201d
Tim & Andrew: \u201cBrilliant as always.  Even the pianist was on form\u201d!
Rita & John Porter: \u201cA great evening of great music.  Great vocals.  Enjoyed the gig very much.\u201d
Jim & Margaret Bevington: \u201cSuperb entertainment as well as great music.\u201d
Maureen & John Carter: \u201cWith the sad, untimely loss of Jeremy Huggett, Kevin has changed the sound of the band by replacing him with a trumpet player.  What hasn\u2019t changed is the exciting style, mainly down to Jules on drums.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin Grenfell\u2019s Jazz Giants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Newman (Keyboard), Simon Smith (Double Bass) and Kevin Grenfell (Leader, Trumpet, Trombone & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Simon Smith (Double Bass), Kevin Grenfell (Leader, Trumpet, Trombone & Vocal), Julian Aldrige (Drums), Gary Wood (Trumpet, Vocal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright \u00a9<\/strong>\u00a0of these photographs is owned by Malcolm Swire, Roger Lygoe, Jim Bevington or Jan Almond and they may not be reproduced or copied without their express permission. \u00a0To request permission, please go to the form on the\u00a0Contact<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page. \u00a0To discourage unauthorised use, the quality of the photos has been reduced from the originals, but the originals are still available. \u00a0The photos were not necessarily taken at the gig mentioned above<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

9th – John Maddocks Jazzmen REVIEWS:Julia Hubery & Mark Willis: \u201cThe off-the-chart fabulessity, combined with energy, commitment and quality of the band made me smile all night. Especially loved Froggy More Rag, the sinuous, snaky Last Smile Blues, Perdido Street Blues, Washboard Wiggles, also a great New Orleans Shuffle. Loved Chris\u2019s superbly sincere singing. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7059","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7059"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7372,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7059\/revisions\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}