Saturday 17th February

£18.00 inc VAT(in advance only no tickets on door)

7.30pm start (doors open 7.00pm)

Elliott Rooney is an all round great musician. Talented pianist, excellent vocalist, composer, arranger, teacher and choral leader. We think he excels in a small band format and that’s how he’ll be appearing at Woodstock Jazz on Saturday 17th February. He’ll be musically imagining how two all time favourite jazz musicians would have worked together - singer (and piano-accompanist) Nat King Cole and pianist supremo (who also sang beautifully), Oscar Peterson. Elliot has chosen a top class set of musicians to help bring this exciting project to life: saxophonist Jay Riley, bassist Paul Jefferies and drummer Jasper Morrissey.

Friday 29th March

£18.00 inc VAT(in advance only no tickets on door)

7.30pm start (doors open 7.00pm)

Mr B.D. Lenz is an award winning guitarist and composer from New Jersey, U.S.A and he’s as dextrous as a musical Octopus! Imagine Mike Stern, Pat Metheney and Stevie Ray Vaughan re-packaged in one great player and you’ve got some idea how this amazing musician sounds. Of B.D, the press says:

"...Part of the reason for his accessibility is that he not only fuses jazz and rock, he compliments it with warm chords of funk, soul, and rhythm & blues..." – New York Times

"Contemporary jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz lays down a funky, jamming vibe...integrating catchy good time grooves with moodier, blues-inflected pieces" – USA JazzTimes

At Woodstock Jazz, B.D. Lenz will be working on stage with a hand picked trio of celebrated UK musicians: The excitingly dextrous, award winning alto saxophonist Matt Wates, hard driving bassist Paul Jefferies and the much in demand drummer Mark Whitlam.

Friday 26th April

£20.00 inc VAT(in advance only no tickets on door)

7.30pm start (doors open 7.00pm)

Marco Marconi is a hugely talented, vivacious and exciting piano player. With a background in classical music he moved to the UK from his home in Umbria, Italy in 2012 to play jazz and since then he has been impressing jazz audiences with his musical wit and charm. He has worked with most of Britain’s top jazz and many international heroes including the great US bassist Mark Wade, work class saxophonist Max Ionata and jazz singer Lauren Bush. He has recorded his own solo and band albums and for this evening’s concert we have asked Marco create a show with two equally inventive players - bassist Paul Jefferies and drumming sensation Alex Goodyear

Friday 31st May

£20.00 inc VAT(in advance only no tickets on door)

7.30pm start (doors open 7.00pm)

Andy Hooley first made a name for himself as one of the highest ranking clarinettists and saxophonists in the Royal Airforce. He’s a band leader of great skill and sensitivity, an expert arranger and he has one of the finest tones of any reeds player you’ll hear today. He’s turned his hand to many styles of music but he always turns back to jazz - his first love since a boy playing in brass bands in his native Manchester area. Andy will present a show that brims with melody featuring bebop and swing styles. Creating music onstage with Andy will be another northern ’star’ the drummer Gaz Hughes, ace London pianist Jonathan Taylor and bassist Paul Jefferies.

Friday 28th June

£20.00 inc VAT(in advance only no tickets on door)

7.30pm start (doors open 7.00pm)

Returning by popular demand, the fabulous blues singer / guitarist plays the blues and more! Bob Bowles has been performing at Blues clubs and conventions to critical acclaim for over 20 years and that sense of assertiveness and confidence really shows! A voice that blends Peter Green & Eric Clapton and a superbly edgy guitar style that is drenched with bluesy inflections will have you gripped from the very first bar. Bob’s chance meeting with jazz saxophonist Dom Franks has produced an out front partnership that really produces bluesy magic and the excellent rhythm team of Paul Jefferies on double bass & bass guitar and ever popular drummer Mike Cypher keeps the quartet pin-point sharp and grooving.