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.

The gifted jazz pianists Jason Rebello and Gwilym Simcock will be performing together on two Steinway concert grand pianos.  Adventurous, sophisticated and technically brilliant, both musicians are stupendous improvisers who blend jazz and classical influences with mesmerising effect. Dovetailing beautifully creative originals, zestful standards and mercurial improvisations, this is a set from two of the most inventive pianists in jazz.  From 8.00pm to 10.30pm at the University of Surrey.

Rising star Emily Masser is an astonishing vocalist, just 20 years of age and attending The Guildhall School of Music. Alex Clarke was a finalist at the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020 and winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards. Her deep respect for the heritage of the music can be heard in a hard-swinging, melodic approach reminiscent of Scott Hamilton and Lester Young, with bop influences of Phil Woods and Cannonball Adderley. With one of the UK’s top pianists. Rob Barron , the ultra-swinging drummer Steve Brown (Scott Hamilton, Barry Harris) and Guildford Jazz’s Marianne Windham on bass.   Food and drinks from 19.00 Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15

As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to bring some of Britain’s finest jazz musicians to a local audience, in an intimate and welcoming “jazz club” environment, and since we started in 2011 we have welcomed over 1000 musicians and 17,000 music lovers to a total of about 250 gigs, organised 40 workshops and 60 jam sessions, put on several events in support of other local festivals and raised £38,000 for charity.