If you love great live jazz — swing, bop, fusion — St. Ives Jazz Club is the place for you.
Our special monthly nights feature touring artists from across the UK and around the world, while the remaining Tuesdays showcase exceptional local talent from Cornwall and Devon.
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Our special monthly nights feature touring artists from across the UK and around the world, while the remaining Tuesdays showcase exceptional local talent from Cornwall and Devon.
Scroll down to see who’s performing next week.
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1959: The Golden Year of Jazz
17th February 2026
Doors Open @ 6.30pm - No pre-booking seats
Music Starts @ 7.30pm
FREE ENTRY/PWYC
Neil Maya - Sax
Gav Martin - Piano
Kevin Sanders - Double Bass
Gary Evans - Drums
1959 is often considered an extremely influential year in the development of modern jazz with a number of new sub genres within jazz coming to the fore in this year. 1959 spawned some of jazz’s finest albums of all times including of course Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out.
The concept of creating a performance focusing on the music of this seminal year has been developing for Neil over the last couple of years. This is due in part due to his interest in the music of Dave Brubeck due to the band’s very successful Brubeck Project. Neil also has come to realise he has a real affinity with the ‘50s approach to jazz, of which 1959 seems, to Neil, to reach a high point. As a jazz educator Neil is also interested in the different approaches to improvisation that the new compositions in 1959 introduced.
The Neil Maya Quartet has become regular feature at Teignmouth Jazz and Blues Festival. This year we were all very excited about his new project, 1959 The Golden Year of Jazz and we weren’t disappointed!
The band played to a packed room, all of whom were engrossed in the music and Neil’s chatty explanations ahead of each number.
The musicianship and enthusiasm of Neil’s band is as good as you will hear anywhere. If you get the chance to see this great band in action, be sure not to miss it, you won’t be disappointed.
Sarah & Neil Whitmore, Teignmouth Jazz & Blues Club, Nov 2018
All the best
Tom and the Jazz Club team
17th February 2026
Doors Open @ 6.30pm - No pre-booking seats
Music Starts @ 7.30pm
FREE ENTRY/PWYC
Neil Maya - Sax
Gav Martin - Piano
Kevin Sanders - Double Bass
Gary Evans - Drums
1959 is often considered an extremely influential year in the development of modern jazz with a number of new sub genres within jazz coming to the fore in this year. 1959 spawned some of jazz’s finest albums of all times including of course Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out.
The concept of creating a performance focusing on the music of this seminal year has been developing for Neil over the last couple of years. This is due in part due to his interest in the music of Dave Brubeck due to the band’s very successful Brubeck Project. Neil also has come to realise he has a real affinity with the ‘50s approach to jazz, of which 1959 seems, to Neil, to reach a high point. As a jazz educator Neil is also interested in the different approaches to improvisation that the new compositions in 1959 introduced.
The Neil Maya Quartet has become regular feature at Teignmouth Jazz and Blues Festival. This year we were all very excited about his new project, 1959 The Golden Year of Jazz and we weren’t disappointed!
The band played to a packed room, all of whom were engrossed in the music and Neil’s chatty explanations ahead of each number.
The musicianship and enthusiasm of Neil’s band is as good as you will hear anywhere. If you get the chance to see this great band in action, be sure not to miss it, you won’t be disappointed.
Sarah & Neil Whitmore, Teignmouth Jazz & Blues Club, Nov 2018
All the best
Tom and the Jazz Club team
WHAT'S ON 2026
(Live Jazz Every tuesday)
17th February - 1959: tHE gOLDEN yEAR oF jAZZ
24TH February - TBC
3rd March - Martin Jenkins Trio
10th March - TBC
17th March - Shades Of Shearing
24th March - TBC
31st March - TBC
7th April - Boom Slang
14th April - TBC
21st April - TBC
28th April - TBC
5th May - TBC
12th May - Chick Corea Project
19th May - TBC
26th May - TBC
2nd June - poINTLESS bEAUTY
9TH June - TBC
16TH June - TBC
23RD June - TBC
30TH June - eDDIE gRIPPER TRIO
7th July - BD LENZ
14TH jULY - tbc
21ST jULY - TBC
28th July - TBC
4th August - The Music of Tower of Power
11th August - TBC
18th August - TBC
25th August - lOS bANDIDOS - sALSA bAND
1st September - TBC
8th September - TBC
15th September - Simon Spilett (St. Ives September Festival Performance)
22nd September - Derek Nash Quartet (St. Ives September Festival Performance)
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