ft. Karen Whittingham Karen is part of the MJFBF Family! She is a Horsham-based solo vocalist working the West Sussex and Surrey circuit. Italia Conti trained from age eleven to sixteen, she's built a career on range rather than specialism - 1940s through 1980s repertoire, jazz, blues, pop, Motown, soul - and calibrates her set […]
ft. Special solo show with Will James Will James is a London-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter with two albums: The Age of Fear (2020) and Sundancer (2023), the latter recorded in North Hollywood with producer John Wooler - 5x Grammy winner, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison - and LA session players from the Aretha […]
Dress code: 1950s-60s cocktail chic... “New York, New York…for one night only” A magical evening. Join us as we journey through time and place to New York, 1958. The Half Note Supper Club - on the corner of Hudson and Spring Street - opens its doors for one night only. Italian restaurant, jazz club, downtown […]
ft. Vince Dunn, Chris Neill, Jazzy Ron Hosted by outstanding jazz drummer and MJFBF Musical Director Vince Dunn, our jam sessions were hugely popular at last year's festival. So we're doing it all year round now! All levels welcome. Come and play and learn with with the pros in the grand tradition of jazz jams […]
ft. Big Joe Louis UK blues royalty on the roots and trad side. Kingston-born, London-based since the seventies, Big Joe Louis took British Blues Awards Best Male Vocalist in 1993 and 1994. Recorded with Van Morrison and Jools Holland; backed Honeyboy Edwards, Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Mud Morganfield. The sound: Delta-derived juke-joint blues and R&B, […]
ft. Keziah Keziah is a Brighton-based vintage jazz singer specialising in the Sinatra era - Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Doris Day, Dean Martin, the American Songbook as it actually sounded in its prime. She performs solo with backing tracks and full vintage styling; the pitch is atmosphere as much as voice. Credits include The Bluebell […]
Three times a year, Midhurst becomes the place serious record collectors come to dig. The UK's only specialist vinyl fair built entirely around jazz, blues, soul and funk - dealers who know the music, stock worth travelling for, a DJ on a proper system, cold Langham brew on the bar, and the conversation between the […]
H.M.T. feat. “Level” Neville Malcolm Bassist “Level” Neville earned his name in the pocket. Gospel roots, acid jazz London, professional since the early nineties. Credits: Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, Roy Ayers, Gregory Porter, George Benson, Tom Jones, Incognito, Eric Bibb. A musician's musician - earthy tone, economical technique. Tonight as the H.M.T. Trio with Sean
ft. Vince Dunn, Chris Neill, Jazzy Ron Hosted by outstanding jazz drummer and MJFBF Musical Director Vince Dunn, our jam sessions were hugely popular at last year's festival. So we're doing it all year round now! All levels welcome. Come and play and learn with with the pros in the grand tradition of jazz jams […]
ft. Resolution88 The Langham Sessions launches at the foot of the South Downs - new takes on jazz, blues, funk and broken beat. Opening night: Tom O'Grady's Resolution 88. Four albums, sold-out Ronnie Scott's, championed by Gilles Peterson and Craig Charles. Stages shared with Snarky Puppy, Roy Ayers, Marcus Miller. A '75 Rhodes, fat bass, […]
ft. The Fraser Smith Quartet Fraser is a double threat: alongside his incredible hard be-bop tenor sax he also sings in the Chet Baker lineage - understated, melodic, a horn player's vocal - and the switch between blowing and singing shapes the arc of the set. The Quartet is Smith, Rob Barron (piano; Al Jarreau, […]
ft. Manhattan Groove with Carla Hendriks Carla Hendriks is a south-coast jazz and swing vocalist who pairs with saxophonist Paul Stiles. Festival Fringe favourites last year, Carla and Paul's repertoire covers swing, Latin, jazz classics and jazz-inflected pop - Glenn Miller through Michael Jackson. Perfect Sunday
