Fleece Jazz News

Ray Gelato Giants - 21 June, £20

Sat, 8 Jun 2013 11:23:06 +0100

With the Ray Gelato Big Band, dancing and a buffet available from 7pm till after the interval. Music doors open at 7.30.

The Devora Suite will be graced by one of the best swing bands in Europe. Spruce up your jive, bring your dancing shoes, or just enjoy first class big band music from the master, Ray Gelato.

From Jim Connell, "Ray, a wonderful sax player and superb frontman, is a London boy heavily influenced by the likes of Sinatra, Bennet and Prima, and with his 'Italiano/Americano/Big-Band-Gangster-Jazz-Band' at full pelt, it felt like a Scorsese movie. Dressed in sharp suits the band thundered through two sets of fantastic music, mainly classics, with a few songs penned by Ray himself."

Alan Barnes and David Newton - 28 June, £18

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:36:40 +0100

Alan Barnes and David Newton With Alan Barnes reeds & David Newton piano. And both of them with stories to tell. We have enjoyed these great musicians in duo form with others in the past, but not together. Don't miss this special evening.

Plea for Support

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:47:19 +0100

Please look at www.fleecejazz.org.uk/useitorloseit.shtml.

We have moved to Stoke by Nayland Club

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:02:35 +0100

As you probably know, we are now at Stoke by Nayland Club. The venue is excellent: accessible, both bar food and fine dining, lots of parking.
We had a stunning first gig is with Martin Taylor and Alison Burns.

We are here every Friday at 8pm with world class musicianship on show.
Do come see us in our new venue.

Daves Blog - 15 June 2013

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:59:40 +0100

Mari Wilson, Alistair Gavin and James Nisbet delighted us last night.

One talks about singers that tell good stories, but Mari both sings and narrates stories. Technically she is so spot on that you don't see the technique even if you are looking for it. She sang stuff from her new album, some familiar, some not, with a range of emotional content. She is so in tune with her material that the audience is drawn closely in.

Alistair is a "go to" accompanist, I am told by many singers. He is unfussy on the piano, and always seems to be in the head of the singer. He did a stint as a backing singer in one number as well.

James plays an acoustic guitar, no stomp boxes. He wrings the biggest range of tonalities out of it that I have heard. When asked, he says his left hand is his stomp box array. He gets tons of senior work as a session musician and it is clear why. He is a very good backing singer as well.

Next week will be special. We are in the Devora Suite, with an excellent buffet available, and arguably the best swing band in Europe, so bring your dancing shoes, or just sit back and enjoy the music.

See you there,
take care,

Dave

Fleece Jazz at Stoke by Nayland Club News

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:23:08 +0000

Sixteen years of the very best in modern jazz every Friday night at 8.00pm.Please join us at the beautiful Stoke by Nayland club with superb facilities and food. Phone 01787 211865 for tickets.

Yes, we have moving again, to the Stoke by Nayland Golf club (up market again, but prices will remain the same, the jazz will be as good, same committee...).

Food and accomodation at Stoke by Nayland Club on gig nights

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 09:58:11 +0100

Call 01206 262836 to reserve. I have only sampled the bar food, which was excellent and very good value for money (no reservation needed).
All reports on the restaurant have been very good indeed.
They have from time to time superb deals on accommodation.

Download the brochure to save us money

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:50:06 +0100

You can now download our mailinglist directly. If you wish, you can go to our mailing list page and say you want email only, www.fleecejazz.org.uk/mailinglist.shtml or email me at dave@fleecejazz.org.uk to say so. This will save us a stamp.

Student Reduction in Price

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:36:28 +0100

We have a policy of offering tickets to full-time students with a 50% per ticket reduction (proof of status required) - Box Office 01787 211865 or