{"id":8161,"date":"2026-04-09T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8161"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:20:06","slug":"april-2026-gigs-reviews-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8161","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 Gigs – Reviews and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

8th<\/sup> – John Maddocks Jazzmen.\u00a0 See Maddocks<\/a><\/span> on the Band Blurbs\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

REVIEWS<\/strong>:
Jan, Veronica & Paul: \u201cAn excellent evening, entertaining us all with great jazz!!\u00a0 John Maddocks is a great entertainer.\u00a0 And, as usual, all brilliant musicians.\u201d
John, Gwyn & Gill: \u201cWhat a slick, professional band.\u00a0 Good sounds from the seven pieces.\u00a0 Hope they can come here more than once a year.\u201d
Jim & Margaret Bevington: \u201cNice variety; some familiar, some not, and a few seasonal tunes.\u00a0 Lovely trombone playing.\u201d
Nick & Heather Anderson and Carole Mort: \u201cA great performance with John Masddocks in great vocal refrain. Extremely brilliant band.\u201d
David & Chris Beckett: \u201cA superb evening.\u00a0 Sharp from the first tune.\u00a0 I particularly liked Last Smile Blues.\u201d
<\/em>Andrew & Tim: \u201cAfter tonight\u2019s performance we can see why this band is in such great demand.\u00a0 Fantastic.\u201d
Tony & Jenny Billings: \u201cBrilliant, very professional band.\u00a0 Really clear, precise sound.\u00a0 Clarinet & piano players exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Maddocks Jazzmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Satterley (Keyboard), Kevin Scott (Banjo) and John Maddocks (Leader, Reeds and Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pete McCurrie (Double Bass), Tom Connor (Trumpet), Simon Wyld (Trombone) and Sy Gorelick (Drums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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22nd<\/sup> – Forest Hills Owls<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 See Forest<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on the Band Blurbs\u00a0page<\/p>\n

REVIEWS<\/strong>:
Gwyn, Gill & John: “Music to make you smile and tap your feet, an amazing selection of mutes too. \u00a0We look forward to seeing them again next year.”
Tony & Jenny: “Brilliant! \u00a0A really professional band. \u00a0The percussionist was really enjoying himself with syncopated cymbal and wood block playing, a real pleasure to see.”
Juliette and Yvonne: “A very enjoyable evening, really authentic sounds of the 20s and 30s. Loved the vocals and would have liked to hear more of them.”
Gary, Malcolm: “Authentic 1920s lesser known tunes played in Temperance 7 style, but only 6 of them! \u00a0Six great musicians and nice to hear a Bass Sax. \u00a0Lovely evening\u2019s entertainment – lets have ’em back!”
Barry & Trish: “A very pleasant evening, enjoyed a different sounding band again.”
Lesley & Roger: “We are very lucky at GJC to be entertained by some excellent bands, for us this authentic 20s sounding acoustic band was the best of all. \u00a0Real musicianship, original arrangements, painstakingly copied from the original recordings, and all played with energy and enjoyment. \u00a0A great evening. Come back soon.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael McQuaid (Alto Saxophone & Clarinet) and Nicholas D Ball (Drums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Harry Evans (Trumpet) and Martin Wheatley (Banjo & Guitar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a9 of these\u00a0photographs\u00a0is 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\u00a0\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":"

8th – John Maddocks Jazzmen.\u00a0 See Maddocks on the Band Blurbs\u00a0page. REVIEWS:Jan, Veronica & Paul: \u201cAn excellent evening, entertaining us all with great jazz!!\u00a0 John Maddocks is a great entertainer.\u00a0 And, as usual, all brilliant musicians.\u201dJohn, Gwyn & Gill: \u201cWhat a slick, professional band.\u00a0 Good sounds from the seven pieces.\u00a0 Hope they can come here […]<\/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-8161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161","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=8161"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8232,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161\/revisions\/8232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}