Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club

27/01/2025

We're delighted to say that our next Studio Jazz gig at Lighthouse Poole this Friday 31 January 2025 is a complete sellout: Tony Kofi Tenor Legacy. You may be able to get tickets via returns via the Ticket Office by phoning 01202 280000 and joining the waiting list.

Otherwise, there are still plenty of tickets left for two UK international jazz superstars, appearing together in a very special duo at Lighthouse on Friday 14 February 2025: TOMMY SMITH and GWILYM SIMCOCK.

This is a rare chance to see Tommy Smith in Poole in the intimate confines of Lighthouse Studio. Tommy is one of the world’s leading saxophonists. A presence on the global jazz scene since his teenage years, when he toured internationally with vibes virtuoso Gary Burton’s Whiz Kids quintet, Smith has gone on to record with the definitive jazz label, Blue Note and work with myriad jazz greats, including Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius, Dame Cleo Laine, John Scofield, Randy Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Arild Andersen, Dizzy Gillespie and Trilok Gurtu to name but a few. He's released over 30 albums under his own name, for Blue Note Records and others.

Gwilym has carved out a career as one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the European scene. Hailed as a pianist of ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘dazzling’ ability, his influences range from jazz legends including Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, to classical composers including Maurice Ravel, Henri Dutilleux, Béla Bartók and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Gwilym has toured extensively with the cream of British and international jazz artists including Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Bob Mintzer and Bobby McFerrin. He spent five years playing with US jazz megastar, PAT METHENY.

Tickets and more info via the link below.

Our Beacon Cafe is getting into the festive spirit, the decs are up and the lights are twinkling. From lunch or coffee, pre-show diner for two... or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family. Located on the ground f...

24/01/2025

SoundCellar continues its support for all things jazz this Saturday 25 January 2025 in a new venture in partnership with The Mowlem Theatre in Swanage and Swanage Jazz Festival. Local global jazz favourites Thokozile will be opening the season with their joyous, African influenced sounds. Thokozile's debut album has been getting rave reviews (see below). The music starts at 7.30pm and you can get tickets via this link: https://themowlem.com/event/soundcellar-presents-thokozile/

Reviews of Thokozile's debut album:
'A wonderful debut, Thokozile are remarkable' Liverpool Sound and Vision

'A rich joyous mix... Uplifting and optimistic' Bebop Spoken Here

'Just great music... every track is an absolute knockout' The Big Jazz Hullabaloo

'Upbeat, breezy.... accomplished... A fun, enjoyable album' Songlines

'Heartfelt, joyous jazz, rooted in South and Western Africa... Reverberates with festive rhythms, global vibes and touch of London's acid jazz. Soulful Stuff' Jazzismus

'On heavy rotation on the stereo' Fatea magazine

07/01/2025

This Wednesday 8 January 2025, free entry, good beer - what's not to like?

A first collaboration with Jazz at the Brewery, where we're co-presenting the Afro-infused sounds of THOKOZILE at the Triangle Taproom on Poole Hill in Bournemouth.

Entry is FREE and the beer is good, so come on down this Wednesday 8th for a great evening out!

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02/01/2025

A nice little early 2025 jazz bonus next Wednesday 8 January 2025 in a new collaboration between our friends at SoundCellar and the Triangle Taproom in Bournemouth (formerly the Poole Hill Brewery).

BMJC favourites Thokozile play their first gig of 2025 and, if you're a bit cash-stapped after Christmas, admission is free but a hat is passed round at the end of the evening to support the musicians (please do so)! The music starts at 8.30pm.

TONIGHT 8th January, our first gig of 2025 we are beginning a new collaboration with our friends at SoundCellar. For the next 3 months we are hosting 1 show a month for SoundCellar. The first of these will be on Wednesday 8th January at 8.30pm with the African influenced Thokozile. Come down and support live music with a great pint of beer or 3. 'Admission is FREE for most Events but please remember to bring some cash with you for the collection to help support the musicians. KEEP MUSIC LIVE'? Happy New Year.

02/01/2025

DANIEL CASIMIR SHOW CANCELLED - LIGHTHOUSE STUDIO JAZZ, FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2025

Unfortunately, due to a serious family illness, Daniel Casimir has had to cancel his much-anticipated Studio Jazz show for us on 17 January 2025. We're very much hoping we can reschedule later in the year but, given the uncertainties, if you have already purchased tickets, Lighthouse will be in touch soon (if they have not already done so) to arrange a refund.

In the meantime, we wish Daniel and his family all the very best.

12/12/2024

Delighted to be welcoming the mighty Soothsayers to Studio Jazz at Lighthouse Poole this Friday 13 December 2024 (8pm) where they'll be playing some older classics plus previewing tracks of a very special new project. There are still a few tickets left, via https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/soothsayers/ or by phone (01202 280000) or in person on the night (up to 7.45pm) via Lighthouse Ticket Office.

"Thrilling harmonies…. Seriously infectious dance-floor grooves… goose bump inducing vocals”
The Guardian

"One of the finest slices of Anglo Caribbean fusion since The Specials in their prime……artfully mixing in funk and Afrobeat to their deep dub.”
Uncut

“A deep reggae rhythm section is always a pleasure; so too is an Afro-jazz horn section – put the two together and add some seriously cool singers and some speaker squeezing sonic manipulation and you have a party hit on your hands.’
Jazz FM

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

01/12/2024

Our final gig before a Christmas break is on Friday 13 December 2024 (8pm) (as usual, part of the Studio Jazz season at Lighthouse Poole) and features London's mighty Soothsayers.

Still led by founder members IDRIS RAHMAN and ROBIN HOPCRAFT, and featuring JULIA BIEL and KISHON KHAN in a 7-piece lineup, Soothsayers epitomise the cultural melting pot that is London and its global connections. The band's musical journey has been a varied and wonderful one, from the sublime African influences of seminal debut album 'Lost City' through to the jazz infused heavy dub and reggae of more recent albums, to 2022's 'Soothsayers meet Victor Rice and Friends', which fused the classic Soothsayers sound with Brazilian influences.

It should be a fab party night.

"One of the finest slices of Anglo Caribbean fusion since The Specials in their prime……artfully mixing in funk and Afrobeat to their deep dub.” Uncut

"Thrilling harmonies…. Seriously infectious dance-floor grooves… goose bump inducing vocals”
The Guardian

Tickets available via the link below, in person on the night (subject to availability) or by phone (01202 280000).

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

25/11/2024

We're back this Friday 29 November 2024 in the Studio at Lighthouse Poole with THE XHOSA COLE TRIO. Xhosa, a BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year Winner, sold out last time he came to the Sherling Studio so early booking is advised.

Xhosa will be paying tribute to his musical hero, Thelonius Monk, in this exciting young trio. Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazzlines Ensemble and Birmingham Music Service. He's twice performed at the Proms, received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2019 and Jazz FM ‘Breakthrough act of the year’. As well as his own bands, Xhosa has performed with the likes of Jay Phelps, Soweto Kinch, Arnie Somogyi and many more...

Booking and more info via the link below; or by phoning Lighthouse Ticket Office (01202 280000).

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

14/11/2024

Just a reminder, we have an extra special gig this coming Friday 15 November (7.45pm) featuring 3 superstars of jazz: TIM GARLAND'S LIGHTHOUSE TRIO. There are still some tickets left but they are going quick.

This is comfortably the most intimate venue Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio will be playing on their 20th anniversary tour, which also takes in the London and Manchester Jazz Festivals. The concert will be accompanied by projections of artwork produced especially for the tour by the Turkish artist Esra Kizir Gokcen. If you don’t know Lighthouse Trio’s work, it’s a fascinating, acoustic exploration of the boundaries between jazz composition and improvisation. As well as saxophonist Tim Garland, the trio also features the legendary Gwilym Simcock on piano, making his first Studio Jazz appearance for many years, and Asaf Sirkis on drums / percussion

In order that everyone can see the projections, capacity is down to 112 in the Studio so, though there are still tickets available, we suggest you book very soon, to avoid disappointment

Tickets via the link below or by telephone (01202 280000) or in person at Lighthouse Ticket Office, subject to availability....
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/tim-garland-lighthouse-trio-20th-anniversary-tour/

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Twenty years ago Tim Garland launched his Lighthouse Trio, a truly unique and formidable acoustic band where interplay is paramount. 2024 sees the 20th anniversary of this international trio that features pianist Gwilym Simcock and drummer/percussionist Asaf Sirkis.

Garland’s association with the prodigiously talented and much-praised Simcock goes back a long way. Both share a broadly similar musical approach that’s informed by a blend of fusion, folk, and classical forms, while the formidable Sirkis, a drummer and percussionist with a well-deserved reputation as one of the best in the business, seems at home in any environment, but here masterfully employs a bespoke kit of middle eastern frame drums perfect for the setting.

The trio’s three albums (If the Sea Replied, Libra and Lighthouse) capture their stunning agility and lyrical sensibility, with both Garland, whose seventeen year association with Chick Corea made his name widespread, and the now-world-renowned Simcock (Pat Metheny Band) sharing compositional input.

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

11/11/2024

We're back this Friday 15 November 2024 at Studio Jazz, Lighthouse Poole with a very special concert.

TIM GARLAND'S aptly named LIGHTHOUSE TRIO is on its 20th birthday celebratory tour. As well as international jazz superstar Tim on saxophone (Tim made his name with Chick Corea), the trio also features another superstar, GWILYM SIMCOCK, on piano (Gwilym is Pat Metheny's pianist of choice) as well as wonder drummer / percussionist ASAF SIRKIS.

The event is all the more special in that it will also feature projections by artist ESRA KIZIR GOKCEN to accompany the music. Tickets are restricted to 112 so everyone can properly see the projections, so get in quick if you want to come. Tickets are available via the Ticket Office (01202 280000) or online via the link below (or in person during daytimes at Lighthouse ticket office). More info via the website below.

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

29/10/2024

Our next gig in the Studio at Lighthouse Poole is this Friday 1 November 2024 at 7.45pm and features the MARK NIGHTINGALE / ALAN BARNES SEXTET.

An all-star band will be playing a selection of jazz classics and standards from the 20th century, written for jazz instrumentalists, and reinterpreted by some of the giants of the British jazz scene. In this hard driving, swinging concert, the band will perform new arrangements, created specially for this evening, of some of the original great jazz tunes.

The band will play nothing other than Great Jazz Tunes, including potentially material such as:

A Night In Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie
Canteloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ornithology – Charlie Parker
Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael
Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Voyage – Kenny Barron

There are still tickets available via the Lighthouse Ticket office on 01202 280000 or in person at the venue, or via this link https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/.../mark-nightingale.../

We hope to see you there!

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20/10/2024

We don't have a gig this coming Friday 25 October 2024 but why not check out the fab SoundCellar, also in Poole, instead....

Next Friday 25th at The Grasshopper, Parkstone ...our first ever gig featuring the harp (in over 14 years!), when we present THE HARPER TRIO .official

Electronic harpist and SoundCellar returnee, sax star Josephine Davies Music, bring their unique sound to Poole (with not a guitar in sight!)

Tix thru https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar for an 8pm start

15/10/2024

Our Studio Jazz season at Lighthouse is back this Friday 18 October 2024 with 'Jay Phelps presents Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue' - its a complete sellout so apologies if you've missed out, but you can always try the Lighthouse Ticket Office for returns on 01202280000.

If you have missed out, why not consider coming to our next couple of gigs, though. The Mark Nightingale / Alan Barnes Sextet comes to town on Friday 1 November, and will be playing a selection of jazz classics and standards, including from the 'Kind of Blue' era. In this hard driving concert, these two multi-award winning giants of British Jazz - Mark Nightingale on trombone and Alan Barnes on saxophones - lead an all star sextet in new arrangements, created specially for this evening, of some of the original great jazz tunes. The band will play nothing other than Great Jazz Tunes, including:

A Night In Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie
Canteloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ornithology – Charlie Parker
Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael
Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Voyage – Kenny Barron

Read more and get tickets online here: https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/mark-nightingale-alan-barnes-sextet/

Then, on 15 November, we have a really special, immersive concert, complete with accompanying projections, when 3 giants of jazz come to Studio Jazz, as the aptly named LIGHTHOUSE TRIO, on their 20th anniversary tour. Chick Corea's saxophonist of choice, and ECM artist, Tim Garland, brings with him the masterful Gwilym Simcock on piano (Pat Metheny's pianist of choice) and master drummer / percussionist Asaf Sirkis. So that everyone can see the special art projections by Turkish painter and printmaker Esra Kizir Gokcen, capacity is reduced for this concert, so get in even quicker to avoid missing out! More info, and tickets, here: https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/tim-garland-lighthouse-trio-20th-anniversary-tour/

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

01/10/2024

It seems like ages but we're back with our new 2024/25 season starting this Friday 4 October 2024 in partnership with Lighthouse Poole Studio Jazz.

We have a fantastic programme booked right up to next June. We start off on Friday 4 October with legendary saxophonist ART THEMEN and his new QUINTET, which has one of the very best rhythm sections around, plus Mark Armstrong replacing the sadly unavailable Laura Jurd on trumpet. It should be a cracking opener.

Art Themen- saxophones
Mark Armstrong - trumpet
David Newton - piano
Arnie Somogyi - bass
Clark Tracey - drums

Read more, and purchase tickets, via this link: https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/art-themen-laura-jurd-quintet/

Other gigs up to the end of January are:

Friday 18 October 2024: Jay Phelps presents Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/jay-phelps-presents-miles-davis-kind-of-blue/

Friday 1 November 2024: Mark Nightingale / Alan Barnes Sextet
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/mark-nightingale-alan-barnes-sextet/

Friday 15 November 2024: Tim Garland Lighthouse Trio (featuring Gwylim Symcock and Asaf Sirkis): 20th anniversary tour
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/tim-garland-lighthouse-trio-20th-anniversary-tour/

Friday 29 November 2024: Xhosa Cole Trio
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/xhosa-cole-trio/

Friday 13 December 2024: Soothsayers
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/soothsayers/

Friday 17 January 2025 (co-promotion with SoundCellar Poole): Daniel Casimir
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/daniel-casimir/

Friday 31 January 2025: Tony Kofi Tenor Legacy
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/tony-kofi-tenor-legacy/

From lunch or coffee, pre-show dinner for two…or just because! Reserve a table now and enjoy a delicious locally sourced menu that will go down a treat with friends and family.

13/09/2024

Another fab gig happening courtesy of SoundCellar this Saturday 14 September 2024, in the beautiful setting of Sandy Hill Arts at Corfe Castle. More details and ticket links below.

Released today on the incredible ECM Records 'Za Górami' the debut album by ALICE ZAWADZKI, FRED THOMAS and MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO

See them LIVE tomorrow night here in Dorset in our collaboration with Sandy Hill Arts in their beautiful Corfe Castle setting

Can't make it to Dorset tomorrow? Watch the livestream (or watch for up to a month afterwards)

Tickets live and livestream thru https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

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27/08/2024

SEPTEMBER JAZZ GIGS ALERT! Coming up in Poole courtesy of our friends at SoundCellar...

16/08/2024

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