Claire Jones Jazz Ensemble

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Giles' Church, Oxford | Oxford, EN

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Unique interpretations from an eclectic range of jazz, Latin and contemporary material, played by four superb musicians..
About this Event

The evening will feature one of the ensemble's hallmarks: their very diverse interpretations of a wide range of jazz genres, including songs from the famous standards repertoire. Expect plenty of foot-tapping, up-tempo material, (Jazz Beatles + quality rock 'n roll) and more modern modal jazz (Chick Corea), folk jazz (Scarboro' Fair), a jazz-classical piece (Andy Scott's 'Everything is Still'), and post-bop instrumentals with harmonized vocals.

Claire Jones trained at the Guildhall School of Music and went on to develop a fine jazz voice and a keen ear for jazz language. She has sung in various jazz ensembles including Pressure, Stormy Weather and Language Games and has performed at many jazz venues in the South East including the Vortex and the ‘Outside In’ festival.


She “blends the voice into the fabric of the music, improvises and bends notes like an instrument, a trick only the most vocally blessed can achieve”.


The Ensemble incudes:

- Award-winning saxophonist and Professor of Saxophone at the Guildhall School of Music with a wealth of experience across a variety of genres. Alastair's performance highlights range from Montreux and London Jazz Festivals to the BBC Proms, He can also be heard on film and game soundtracks including Deadpool and Wolverine, Call of Duty and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. He's also a performing artist for Henri Selmer Paris, Vandoren UK, Buffet Crampon and Key Leaves. Alastair is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

- one of the UK’s best bass players with a propulsive yet melodic style. Steve has recently performed as part of a multimedia experience of live jazz, artwork and visual projection inspired by the Nine Muses. He's also been playing recently with Diedre Cartwright and he's touring again this year with the Vintskevich trio in Europe.

- jazz educator and a superb jazz pianist of 30 years’ experience. He currently works as a freelance jazz pianist, playing with many different ensembles, including The Kim Cypher Band, The Lee Jones Quartet and his own trio. He's also the regular pianist with the Radio Days Big Band.

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St Giles' Church, Oxford, United Kingdom

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