{"id":8432,"date":"2026-07-02T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8432"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:28:26","slug":"july-2026-gigs-reviews-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8432","title":{"rendered":"July 2026 Gigs &#8211; Reviews and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Paula Jackman\u2019s Jazz Masters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REVIEWS<\/strong>: <br \/>Mark Willis &amp; Julia Hubery. \u201cThanks for a great evening of energy and talent, brilliant ensemble and solo playing. Would love to hear more of the moody complexity of Dark Eyes, especially the slow intro part.\u201d<br \/>Paul, Veronica &amp; Jan: \u201cAs usual an excellent band. All great musicians and a great choice of jazz tunes, especially Summertime.&#8221;<br \/>Malcolm &amp; Gary: \u201cGreat! Loved Summertime. Just a shame I couldn&#8217;t persuade Veronica to do a solo singing it! Lots of old favourites and some new stuff. Super evening\u2019s entertainment. Have them back soon.\u201d<br \/>Juliette, Rosemary &amp; Yvonne: &#8220;Very much enjoyed, as did the band. Very versatile and lots of recognizable tunes. Very well played.&#8221;<br \/>Nick &amp; Heather Anderson and Carol Mort: \u201cAn exceptional band playing tunes that must have made their composers proud. Fabulous band and music.\u201d<br \/>John Carter &amp; Vic Pheasant: \u201dA welcome return for this popular band playing a wide range of traditional jazz numbers. Excellent entertainment.\u201d<br \/>Ann Wilson &amp; Hugh Emsley: \u201cAs polished and professional as ever. A delightful evening.\u201d<br \/>Tony, Phil, Krista &amp; Joan: &#8220;Another very enjoyable evening. Paula&#8217;s rendition of Summertime was memorable. Wonderful repertoire.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"8436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-150x56.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-1536x577.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-2048x769.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-06a-624x234.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paula Jackman\u2019s Jazz Masters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" data-id=\"8437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-1536x935.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-2048x1246.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-04a-624x380.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Watson (Drums), Paula Jackman (Leader, Reeds &amp; Vocal), Hugh Crozier (Keyboard &amp; Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" data-id=\"8438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-1024x526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-1536x789.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-2048x1052.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I-Jul-26-01a-624x321.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Taylor (Trombone), Mark Easener (Sousaphone), \u2018Magic\u2019 Mike Henry (Trumpet) and John Watson (Drums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"#TOP\">Back to top<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=346\"><strong>Contact<\/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\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st\u00a0\u2013 Paula Jackman\u2019s Jazz Masters REVIEWS: Mark Willis &amp; Julia Hubery. \u201cThanks for a great evening of energy and talent, brilliant ensemble and solo playing. Would love to hear more of the moody complexity of Dark Eyes, especially the slow intro part.\u201dPaul, Veronica &amp; Jan: \u201cAs usual an excellent band. All great musicians and a [&hellip;]<\/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-8432","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8432","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=8432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8440,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8432\/revisions\/8440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}