It's been an unusual time for musicians during the lockdown, but one of the positive things to come out of this period has the be the amount of online recording a lot of us have been involved in! I thought I'd share a few of the projects I've been involved with here! Enjoy! Do I... Continue Reading →

The Lichfield Jazz Big Band, live in action at the Cathedral Hotel Christmas Special 2019! Thanks to John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk for the great pic!  What's coming up then? There's plenty to look forward to in 2020! Gigs with small bands, big bands, jazz bands and pop bands! Plus there's rumour of a new album, and this... Continue Reading →

We had a great trip up to Manchester in March, and were delighted to play at the wonderful jazz club Matt and Phreds! To see some of what we got up to, please enjoy this short clip taken from Suspect in You, our opening tune that night! https://youtu.be/MX4P1_ONNVU

There's loads planned for this summer! My own band have got two great gigs coming up, and Blast Off are out and about regularly too! There's also the Blues & Jazz Festival happening in June, as well as the monthly jazz nights continuing till the end of the year! Here's some of the main highlights...... Continue Reading →

Now listed on my website in much more detail, and with audio samples and a small write up too! There's 8 original Big Band tunes listed for you to have a look at and have a listen to! These charts are now all available to play with your own Big Band! I hope you enjoy... Continue Reading →

Happy New Year!! There's plenty to look forward to this year, with our first three gigs lined up for 2019 all looking to be really good ones! We kick off in January with Chris Gumbley, followed by local lad Nick Brown leading a fine quartet in February, followed by the Nick Dewhurst Band in March... Continue Reading →

https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/jazzlines-free-gigs-nick-dewhurst-band I'm very much looking forward to taking my band to play in Birmingham for Jazzlines at the start of Feb! On Feb 1st we'll be playing the Symphony Hall Foyer as part of the Jazzlines Free Gigs series.  It's always a great gig, so would be lovely to see some friends there! Gig kicks... Continue Reading →

It's been a fun few weeks as the band have had a couple of really enjoyable gigs.  First up was in November, when we played our first gig at the Cathedral Hotel since Lichfield's monthly night moved there.  The band played a selection of originals, plus a Larry Carlton tune, our Stevie Wonder cover of... Continue Reading →