2023 CLUB NIGHTS
THE BMJ COLLECTIVE WITH ALEX CLARKE & DAN NEWBERRY - January 2023
"A terrific performance from this young quintet, who fed off the energy of the crowd to deliver some exceptional jazz. Everyone was a winner musicians, promoters and audience."
WOMEN IN JAZZ IN WALES
February 2023
"A unique multi-media performance featuring seven female jazz musicians currently based in Wales and playing together for the first time as a group. The evening was a terrific success."
YETii
April 2023
"Playing to a full house of enthusiastic and very knowledgeable listeners Yetii shared their own compositions and their arrangements of a fascinating selection of jazz and pop material".
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CHRIS COBBSON AFRICAN JAZZ QUARTET
June 2023
"A “jazz celebration of music from around Africa". It is fair more than to say that this was an excellent live show that made many people very happy."
BMJ COLLECTIVE WITH ROSS HICKS
July 2023
"A well chosen program. Ross Hicks impressed at the piano and, perhaps more significantly, as a composer. His debut recording will be eagerly anticipated."
BMJ COLLECTIVE WITH SARAH MEEK
September 2023
"A fun gig and there was plenty of excellent singing and playing, with Meek and the band presenting a very eclectic and engaging batch of songs."
CLAIRE ROBERTS TRIO
November 2023
"This was a brilliant show and a highly memorable event, with the trio getting one of the most rousing receptions that I’ve ever seen from a BMJ audience. Quite an evening."
DAVE JONES QUINTET PLAY THE MUSIC OF KENNY GARRETT - February 2023
"The immediacy of Garrett's writing, combined with the quality of the quintet's performance saw the audience clamouring for more with several getting to their feet to applaud the band."
HOT CLUB GALLOIS
March 2023
"The energy of the audience had clearly inspired the band, who raised their individual and collective games as a result, helping to turn the evening into a genuine EVENT."
JONNY BRUCE ORGAN QUINTET
May 2023
"Effusive, ebullient, energetic. This was a band doing what they do best, playing the music they love and obviously relishing every minute of it. Magnificent entertainment."
DEBS HANCOCK QUARTET - TRIBUTE TO JAZZ DIVAS
July 2023
"An ambitious and worthy production that sought to both inform and entertain and largely managed to do both in front of a capacity audience."
SIMON SPILLETT PLAYS THE MUSIC OF TUBBY HAYES
August 2023
"One of the most remarkable jazz performances ever seen at BMJ with a brilliant quartet playing in front of a highly supportive full house. It will live long in the memory of those there."
SHIRLEY SMART TRIO
October 2023
"This was a brilliant show and a highly memorable event, with the trio getting one of the most rousing receptions that I’ve ever seen from a BMJ audience. Quite an evening."
