MATT HOLBORN QUARTET

7:30pm, 27 November 2025, Comrades Club, Epsom

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. 

Full line-up:

Matt Holborn - violin

Fraser Urquhart - piano

Simon Read - bass

Joe Dessauer - drums

7:30 – 10pm Thursday 22 January 2026

Simon Spillett Quartet

As one of the truly establishment voices in British jazz as a leading musician and respected commentator, 2026 will see Simon Spillett celebrating his 30th year in the business – so we’re lucky he’ll visit us for our opening gig of the new year. Inspired by the classic Brit-bop of the 1950s and ‘60s, Spillett is a multi-award-winning tenor saxophonist and band leader, of both his own big band and quartet, but he is also a man of letters, as music journalist, essayist and author (penning a major biography of British sax legend Tubby Hayes), as well as face and voice on TV, radio and various jazz podcasts. Expect a swinging selection of bebop, hard bop and post-bop, and hopefully some shared stories and experience. Simon will be joined by his quartet featuring bassist Alec Dankworth, Johnny and Cleo’s son.

Line-up:

Simon Spillett - tenor sax

Pete Billington - piano

Alec Dankworth - bass

Pete Cater - drums 

7:30 – 10pm Thursday 26 February 2026

Mario Bukana 

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

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.