{"id":8238,"date":"2026-04-30T10:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8238"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:52:02","slug":"may-2026-gigs-reviews-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8238","title":{"rendered":"May 2026 Gigs – Reviews and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

6th<\/sup> \u2013 Jazz Caf\u00e9.  See JazzCafe<\/span><\/a> on the Band Blurbs page<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews:
<\/b>Andrew & Tim: “Great gypsy Jazz.  Well played easy listening!  We thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Paul, Bob, Veronica & Jan: “WOW!!  One of the best bands with excellent all round musicians and a fabulous choice of music.  Please book them again.”
Anon: “Good to see them again – we love the sound.  Good choice of music.”
Barry & Trish: “Another enjoyable evening listening to some good musicians with a different sound.”
Nick & Heather and Carole: “A great variety of numbers played with great expertise fronted by Mike Piggott.  Fabulous music and good humour.”
Phil, Linda, Joan & Chrystal: “Outstanding musicianship.  A a very enjoyable listen with a relaxed feel.”
Robert & Brenda: “Five brilliant musicians playing swinging Jazz in the Django style.  Let’s have them back again.”
Malcolm: “Great return of this band with the lovely style of Hot Club de France<\/a>.  Great blend of violin (Grappelli-like) by Mike Piggott & guitar (Reinhardt-like) by Nils Solberg, plus the saxophones and jokes of Al Stewart, with the rhythm guitar of Doug Pruden, not forgetting Trevor Britton on double bass. Book them again please.”
Lesley: “My kind of music superb evening enjoyed every minute and the jokes.  Loved Mike’s violin playing, hope to see them again soon.”
Roger: “Great evening’s entertainment with five very talented musicians playing Le Jazz Hot.  <\/em>Very enjoyable with great audience rapport.”
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Jazz Caf\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Al Stewart (Leader & Saxophones), Doug Pruden (Guitar) and  Trevor Britton (Double Bass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nils Solberg (Guitar & Vocal) and Mike Piggott (Violin & Cabasa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mike Piggott (Violin & Cabasa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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20<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> – <\/span>The Jake Leg Jug Band.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 See<\/span> Jake<\/span><\/span> on the Band Blurbs page. <\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews:
<\/b><\/span>Gary, Veronica, Bob and Paul: \u201cA brilliant evening\u2019s entertainment by a group of excellent musicians playing a wide range of instruments, some of them very original. \u00a0Thee band members had good humorous inter-actions, which was transmitted to the audience.\u201d
Julia & Mark: \u201cA superb evening.\u00a0 We were smiling non-stop at the quality, energy and fantastic togetherness of this band, both instrumentally and in vocal harmony. \u00a0Love how they sing everything with total conviction. \u00a0Highlights were, harmonies on I\u2019ll Fly away<\/em>, the intensity of Lighthouse <\/em>and the gorgeously eerie St. James Infirmary. <\/em>\u00a0Just fantastic.\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait for them to come back.\u201d
Lesley & Roger: \u201cA Wonderful evening\u2019s entertainment from just five very talented musicians, playing so many different instruments. \u00a0Let\u2019s hope they can come back soon.\u201d
Rick P and Colin T: \u201dProbably the best band we\u2019ve seen at Gosport Jazz Club.\u00a0 Excellent.\u201c
John & Gill: \u201cFantastic talent, fantastic evening. \u00a0They are never disappointing. \u00a0What an amazing selection of instruments, very impressed by the musical saw playing.\u201d
Dean & Mary: \u201cVery enjoyable night. Fantastic harmony and singing. \u00a0When can we have them back!!! \u00a0Amazing selection of instruments!!!\u201d
Tony & Jenny: \u201dBrilliant, interesting band. Great to hear blues & gospel – different to the normal bands at Gosport. \u00a0Never seen such an array of percussion or the jug and saw being played! Great harmonica playing and harmony singing. \u00a0Best band we\u2019ve seen here!!\u201c
Rita & John: \u201dWe really enjoyed tonight\u2019s gig. \u00a0Strong vocals and a great selection of music from a very talented band.\u201d<\/b>
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The Jake Leg Jug Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Warren James (Banjo, Guitar & Vocal), Duncan Wilcox (Leader, Double Bass & Vocal) and Danny Blyth (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Mandolin, & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Danny Blyth (Mandolin, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Vocal) and
Gabriel Garrick (Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gabriel Garrick (Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion & Vocal) and Liam Ward (Harmonica, Jug, Washboard, Saw, Percussion & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Liam Ward (Harmonica, Jug, Washboard, Saw, Percussion & Vocal)<\/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":"

6th \u2013 Jazz Caf\u00e9.  See JazzCafe on the Band Blurbs page Reviews:Andrew & Tim: “Great gypsy Jazz.  Well played easy listening!  We thoroughly enjoyed it.”Paul, Bob, Veronica & Jan: “WOW!!  One of the best bands with excellent all round musicians and a fabulous choice of music.  Please book them again.”Anon: “Good to see them again – we love […]<\/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-8238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8238","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=8238"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8329,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8238\/revisions\/8329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}