Peterborough Jazz Club

14/10/2026

Coming up next at the Club is a great concert featuring USA top saxophonist Greg Abate plus an all-star Quintet on:
Saturday, 21st November. Music starts 7.45pm.

Already 40+ tickets sold

We are delighted to welcome back to the Club after a gap of nine years the great USA saxophonist and flautist Greg Abate, always a great favourite for his emotionally charged, technically brilliant and expressive playing. Greg’s career spans over 40 years, starting as lead altoist with Ray Charles and Artie Shaw bands and then developing his solo career in the States. Steeped in bebop, but always melodic, he recorded his first album live at Birdland, New York in 1991 and subsequently has released 18 CDs under his own name, including two albums recorded with the great Phil Woods, the last being in 2016 shortly before Phil passed away. Greg is also an adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies at Rhode Island College and is also a very active jazz clinician with sponsorship from the Conn-Selmer Instrument company. In the Downbeat magazine (USA) readers poll, Greg is frequently voted year on year as one of the top five saxophonists in the world. Joining Greg for this concert will be the brilliant vibraphonist Nat Steele and a great rhythm section with top pianist Leon Greening and the very highly rated duo of Arnie Somogyi on double bass and drummer Matt Skelton. Don’t miss one of finest saxophonists in the world today leading an all-star quintet.

To book tickets, please follow the link below:

https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/events/peterborough-jazz-club-greg-abate-quintet/ -booking

Otherwise you can obtain tickets by contacting the Key Theatre box office in person or by telephone- 01733 852992- Monday to Friday 12.00-16.00.

We are delighted to welcome back to the Club after a gap of nine years the great USA saxophonist and flautist Greg Abate, always a great favourite for his emotionally charged, technically brilliant and expressive playing.

26/09/2026

Upwell Jazz Club presents a great gig tomorrow, Sunday 27th September.
All the details can be found on the following link:

Val Wiseman's tribute to the Divas of Swing. The Divas in question being Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday.

21/09/2026

The next concert at Peterborough Jazz Club features the brilliant young female saxophonist, ALEX CLARKE, who is without doubt a rising star on the British jazz scene. Joining Alex in the front line of her Quintet is ace trumpeter MARK ARMSTRONG and the rhythm section is led by the superb pianist DAVID NEWTON.

Concert date: Sunday, 11th October. Start time: 7.45pm

Venue: The Studio Theatre, Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough PE1 1EF.

Full details of the concert plus the link to book tickets can be found below:

https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/events/peterborough-jazz-club-alex-clarke-quintet/

Tickets can also be booked by contacting the Box Office at the Key Theatre either by phone (01733 852992) or in person Monday-Friday 12.00-4.00pm.

Award winning young saxophonist, Alex Clarke, is making her first appearance at the Club leading her own quintet, which also features the superb trumpet of Mark Armstrong.

16/09/2026

Unfortunately, Jim Mullen is unable to appear at Newnham Jazz Club, Cambridge this Friday, 18th September due to illness and as a result the gig has had to be cancelled. If you have bought tickets on Eventbrite, you will be able to receive a refund.
Jim is very sorry to disappoint everyone and we send him our very best wishes for a speedy recovery.

09/09/2026

Excellent gig in Cambridge on Friday, 18th September, start time 8.00pm with the fabulous guitarist JIM MULLEN and his QUINTET.
The band line up is:
Jim Mullen (guitar), Laurie Jacobs (saxophone), Pete Whittaker (piano), Laurence Evans (double bass), Dave Ingamells (drums).

Venue:
Newnham Croft Social & Sports Club,
Hardwick Street
Cambridge,
CB3 9JA

Tickets: £18 (£15 Club members) plus booking fee:
Tickets available at the door or can be booked in advance on the Eventbrite website- just search Jim Mullen : Cambridge.

Limited availabilty of tickets/ bar at the venue.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear one of the greatest jazz guitarists in the world today, together with an exciting band playing a selection of jazz standards plus a few tunes rarely heard.

06/09/2026

The first concert of the new season at Peterborough Jazz Club is fast approaching on Saturday, 19th September, 7.45pm start, featuring 'Soultime' a great Quintet with five of the finest jazz musicians in the UK. The super front line of trumpeter Steve Fishwick and saxophonist Alex Garnett is backed by a fabulous rhythm section, led by the virtuoso pianist Leon Greening. The music will be soulful, exciting buit always melodic and the concert is for sure one not to be missed.

The venue is the Studio Theatre at the Key Theatre, Peterborough which is a small intimate space with great acoustics. Full details of the concert, venue and booking on line can be found below:

https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/events/peterborough-jazz-club-steve-fishwick-quintet/ -booking

Tickets are selliung well and can also be purchased over the telephone or in person at the Key Theatre Box Office Monday-Friday, 12.00-4.00pm (Tel. 01733 852992)

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22/07/2026

The New Season at the Jazz Club is not far away and we have a great band kicking off things with 'Soultime' featuring a fabulous front line with trumpeter Steve Fishwick and saxophonist Alex Garnett, backed by the superb Leon Greening trio. The band draws its inspiration from the iconic jazz of the 1950's and 60's featuring reworkings of music from legends of the hard bop era, such as Art Blakey, Bobby Timmons and Lee Morgan. If you enjoy exciting, hard driving, quality jazz this is just the concert for you!
Date: Saturday, 19th September 2026
Music starts: 7.45pm.
Venue: The Studio Theatre, Key Theatre, Peterborough
Further details and the link to book tickets can be found below:
https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/events/peterborough-jazz-club-steve-fishwick-quintet/
You can also book tickets by phone or in person at the Box Office, Key Theatre: 01733 852992 (Mon-Fri 12.00-16.00)

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13/07/2026

Concert alert! This coming Sunday, 19th July is a concert at the New Theatre entitled 'Timeless Voices of Jazz' bringing years of experience, performing at venues across the world, with a band rooted in the heart of the UK’s vibrant jazz scene.

Timeless Voices of Jazz celebrates the great vocalists whose sound continues to resonate across generations. Inspired by icons such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Diana Krall, the band pays tribute to the singers who shaped jazz through their artistry, storytelling and unmistakable swing.

Their show honours the legends who defined the jazz vocal tradition while bringing their spirit to life for today’s audiences. Through these timeless songs, the band and singers showcase why jazz remains one of the most expressive and enduring art forms.

Collectively, the musicians have performed with an extraordinary list of world-class artists, including Amy Winehouse, Gregory Porter, Michael Bublé, Jacob Collier, Jamie Cullum, Sting, Stewart Copeland, Branford Marsalis, Mark Murphy, Van Morrison, Robbie Williams, Roy Ayers, Westlife, Christina Aguilera, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Sister Sledge, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Humphrey Lyttelton, Jools Holland, Buddy Greco, Sir John Dankworth, Charlie Watts, Michel Legrand, Shirley Bassey, Anton Du Beke, and the Ronnie Scott’s Allstars.

Timeless Voices of Jazz brings the elegance, warmth and emotion of classic jazz vocals into the modern era—capturing a sound that truly lives up to its name.

The concert starts at 5.00pm and will finish well before the World Cup Final starts. Tickets are available via the New Theatre and Box Office.

06/05/2026

Some very sad news to pass on to you all. The very fine trumpeter, Nick Hill, sadly passed away yesterday. Despite his blindness which afflicted him in his early twenties as a result of diabetes, Nick became an excellent trumpeter and also a well known promoter of concerts on the Cambridge scene and also further afield. His knowledge of the music was vast and he learnt hundreds of jazz standards and composed some fine tunes himself. Never to be daunted by his blindness, he often played up to 5/6 gigs per week (as well as working full time) and would happily travel by himself on the train from his home in St Neots to Kettner's restaurant in Soho for a trumpet/piano gig in the evening and then get the train home, walking the mile or so from the station at 1.00am, with his blind stick as his comapnion.
Nick played at Peterborough Jazz Club a number of times, the first being in January 1994 with guitarist Dave Cliff. The highlights of his playing career were concerts at Pizza-on-the-Park and Dean Street Pizza Express Jazz Club as well as many gigs at Soho Jazz Festival.
Locally he arranged and played at hundreds of gigs at the Elmtree pub and Hot Numbers, Cambridge and mentored many young musicians in the area to develop their own super talent. The great trumpeter, Art Farmer, met Nick a number of times at Peterborough Jazz Club and they had some great discussions together. The photo (by Mark Heath) shows Nick in his prime.

03/05/2026

TICKET UPDATE: ONLY 25 TICKETS LEFT FOR OUR FABULOUS UPCOMING CONCERT WITH MARK NIGHTINGALE SEXTET, THE LAST CONCERT IN THE CURRENT SEASON.

Concert date: Friday, 15th May 2026. Start time 7.45pm

THE SEXTET FEATURES IN THE FRONT LINE, NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FINEST TROMBONISTS IN MARK NIGHTINGALE, BUT ALSO THE BRILLIANT ALAN BARNES AND JAMES DAVISON.

Futher details of the concert and the link to book tickets can be found on the following:

https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/events/peterborough-jazz-club-mark-nightingale-sextet/

Otherwise, you can book tickets by calling the Key Theatre Box Office on 01733 855992 (Mon-Fri 12.00-16.00)

Mark Nightingale (trombone), Alan Barnes (saxophones), James Davison (trumpet), Graham Harvey (piano), Jeremy Brown (double bass), Ian Thomas (drums).