Dave Limina, Hammond organist and Chair of the Piano Department at Berklee College, meets UK pianist and organist Ross Stanley who is the two times winner of a British Jazz Award in the organ category. Dave has performed and recorded all over the world with  Blues Music Award winners Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Ross Stanley was awarded an organ scholarship at Marlborough College. He completed a BMUS in classical and jazz piano at Guildhall in 2004 and is a regular member of the Jim Mullen Organ Trio, the Mark McKnight Organ Quartet and the Jacqui Dankworth band.  Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 at The Stoke, Stoke Road, Guildford GU1 4JN

An exciting quintet led by two award-winning young jazz musicians, trumpeter James Davison and trombonist Callum Au, with an evening of swinging music bringing the atmosphere and vibe of 50’s and 60’s jazz to life. Inspired by the music of the classic 1960s Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet, the band plays a selection of hard-swinging originals and covers of some of the best of their repertoire. With the Sam Watts on piano and Matt Skelton on drums, and Marianne guesting on bass. From 19.15 to 22:15

Featuring arrangements of festive favourites by pianist Paul Edis and performed by Jo Harrop alongside a 9-piece band, A Jazzy Christmas is heading to Guildford this December for our Christmas Concert in St. John’s Church, Farncombe!  You can expect to hear classic Christmas hits such as ‘Santa Baby’  rubbing shoulders with hits like ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ as a Brazilian samba. With Freddie Gavita (trumpet) Robert Fowler (alto sax), Matt Anderson (tenor/soprano sax), Rory Ingham (trombone), Gareth Lockrane (flute), Johanna Burnheart (violin), Paul Edis (piano), Marianne Windham (double bass) and Matt Home (drums).

Stefan Redtenbacher's Funkestra continues the successful BEAT series with an exciting mix of fresh, high energy jazz funk, inspired by the legendary Funk Brothers, Average White Band and Brecker Brothers.    “A pure slice of unalloyed, joyful Funk.” – Steve Rubie (606 Club London). 

We’re delighted to welcome back the hugely popular MOSCOW DRUG CLUB - a heady and waggish mix of Jazz French musette Latin Grooves and New Orleans Swing, combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen & Eartha Kitt.  Moscow Drug Club deliver an intoxicating and intimate musical experience you won’t soon forget!  From 19.15 to 22:15.

Stan Getz and Cal Tjader had an especially successful partnership in the late 1950s, leading an all-star sextet including Scott La Faro, Vince Guaraldi, Eddie Duran and Billy Higgins. The sextet led by tenor player Mark Crooks and vibraphonist Nat Steele celebrates this collaboration, playing selections from their 1958 album. They also perform standard and originals by Tjader and Guaraldi. With guitarist Colin Oxley, bassist Lorenzo Morabito, pianist Matyas Gayer and drummer Mark Taylor. 

SoulTime! Is an exciting jazz quartet co-led by pianist Leon Greening and trumpeter Steve Fishwick. Dedicated to the repertoire of the pianist Bobby Timmons, SoulTime! pays homage to Bobby Timmons’ whose compositions, such as ‘This Here’, ‘Dat Dere’, and ‘Moanin’, were pivotal for groups like Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet. With Steve Fishwick – trumpet, Leon Greening – piano, Matt Home – drums and Marianne WIndham – bass.

The quartet performs a wide sweep of Argentinian tango music, from the golden era of the 1920s and '30s, through to the tango nuevo masterpieces of Piazzolla, and on to contemporary composers. El Chamuyo takes this repertoire as a starting point for improvisation, blurring the boundaries between tango and jazz. The quartet regularly performs at milongas for tango dancers! Featuring virtuoso violinist Kamila Bydlowska, jazz pianist Adam Dyer, Simon Cook on chromatic bandoneon and Juampi Mauro on double bass. 
From 19.15 Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 at Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP.

Classically trained composer, sought after collaborator and 5 times Grammy award-winning pianist Bill Laurance has built a career uniquely blending genres of music that seem to be at stylistic opposites with each other. Laurance has been demonstrating his creativity and improvisation for many years as a founding member of Snarky Puppy. Recently, he released the highly acclaimed album "Where You Wish You Were" (ACT Music) together with Michael League. His latest release "Affinity" is a tribute to the jazz pianist Bill Evans and shows Laurance's striving for individual interpretations.