LIVE TOP QUALITY JAZZ RETURNS TO EPSOM!
2025 DATES
We're delighted to present our 2025 programme for Epsom Jazz club at The Comrades Club, Epsom.
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We're delighted to present our 2025 programme for Epsom Jazz club at The Comrades Club, Epsom.
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No membership necessary, open to all
Attend every time or just the once, you'll receive the same warm welcome
Every seat is at a table, strict 70-person capacity limit, no-one gets a bad view
No booking fee charged, early bird and under 30s discounts
Not a raffle in sight
Everyone welcome - come join us!
2025
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Epsom Jazz Club - autumn season 2025
7:30pm, 25 September 2025, Comrades Club, Epsom
Andy Davies
Award-winning Welsh trumpeter, composer, writer, comedian and actor (no less) Andy Davies makes a very welcome return to the club, after last playing for us in Epsom in 2023. Andy has hosted the famous Wednesday-night Upstairs Jam Session at Ronnie Scott's for getting on for a decade and a half, is a resident musician at Alfie's in Soho, has recorded two of his own albums and played Chet Baker in the play "Speedball". As sideman, Andy has performed and recorded with the likes of Ian Shaw, Tony Kofi, Guy Barker's big band, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars and Nigel Kennedy, and his international appearances include a tour of Japan that culminated in a sold-out show at the Tokyo Opera House. Enjoy bebop and hard bop next to some cooler sounds in a quartet including Epsom's own Nigel Price on guitar.
Line-up:
Andy Davies - trumpet
Nigel Price - guitar
Mirko Scarcia - bass
Jamie Murray - drums
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7:30pm, 23 October 2025, Comrades Club, Epsom
Mario Bakuna
London-based guitarist, singer, composer and band-leader Mario Bakuna is a driving force on the home and international scene taking Brazilian jazz to audiences as far afield as Egypt, Madagascar, Canada and Azerbaijan, while closer to his adopted home Mario has played many of the UK venues that count, including the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott's and the Jazz Cafe, as well as jazz clubs and festivals around Europe. In his home town of Sao Paulo, Mario Bakuna studied with prominent musicians including Roberto Bomilcar, the pianist who played with Frank Sinatra during his visit to Brazil, and between touring extensively, Mario has recorded two albums: 'Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia' and 'Brazilian Landscapes'. Expect a rich night of Afro-Brazilian jazz, samba, bossa nova and post-bossa nova.
Line-up:
Mario Bakuna - guitar and vocals
Roberto Manzin - tenor saxophone
Fernando Demarco - bass
Caio Mamberti - drums
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7:30pm, 27 November 2025, Comrades Club, Epsom
Matt Holborn Quartet
Join Matt Holborn's quartet in their celebration of jazz violin pioneer Stuff Smith with selections from Smith's repertoire and new music inspired by his legacy. While less famous now than Stephane Grapelli, Stuff Smith was one of the foremost violinists of the swing era. Matt Holborn is one of the leading jazz violinists in the UK, being a founding member of the London Django Collective who has played in musical comedian Bill Bailey's touring band and written the book Enclosure Studies for Jazz Violin. Matt will be very welcome back to the club, having played for us back in 2022 when the London Django Collective came to Epsom.
Line-up:
Matt Holborn - violin
Fraser Urquhart - piano
Simon Read - bass
Joe Dessauer - drums
It's worth noting that Epsom Jazz Club has been launched as a not-for-profit community project, with the sole ambition of bringing Nationally and Internationally renowned Jazz Musicians to venues in the Borough of Epsom and Ewell, Surrey.
Other than our nominal promotional and venue/equipment hire expenses, all the ticket revenues go directly to the professional musicians.
It is never intended that Epsom Jazz Club be a private entity or profit-making. In fact, we are a subsidary of Epsom Music (Registered Charity No. 1197449).
Should ticket revenues exceed event expenses, we seek to either make improvements to our concert evenings or introduce some discounts for the young.
Be the first to know about future gigs - send us your email via the contact page for our newsletter.
Bringing live Jazz music to venues in Epsom and Ewell
Epsom Jazz Club supports the effort to raise funds for Jazz Clubs up and down the country - see the Grassroots Jazz website for more information.