St. Ives September Festival
This year we have an exciting program of world class musicians performing throughout the two weeks of the festival. To book your tickets please click on pictures which will head you over to our box office.
St. Ives September Festival
This year we have an exciting program of world class musicians performing throughout the two weeks of the festival. To book your tickets please click on pictures which will head you over to our box office.
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Tuesday 16th September 2025 Doors Open @ 6.30pm, Music starts @ 7.30pm £20 Entry Doors Open @ 6.30pm Music Starts @ 7.30pm Over a career spanning more than 25 years, award winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price has become widely acknowledged as one of the hardest working musicians in the business. Musically, his blend of flowing bebop lines, deep blues sensibility and his mastery of chording continue to delight audiences and fellow musicians alike. His career highlights include a support show for Gladys Knight at The Royal Albert Hall and an appearance on Van Morrison’s recent album Keep Me Singing. Starting his professional career in his early 20s, Nigel toured Europe with various reggae and funk bands before settling on a solo guitar career and turning his attention to jazz. Citing early influences as Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Nigel honed his craft by attending gigs and sitting in with the players of the time. Nigel has played on more than 50 albums including 5 as a leader, spent ten years with acid jazz outfit The Filthy Six, was a member of James Taylor’s band for 3 years (with whom he recorded 5 albums) and performed with the legendary David Axelrod. He has also taught at The International Guitar Foundation at King’s Place, London. He has worked tirelessly to organise his own tours (including a 56 date tour in late 2016) and has picked up a Parliamentary Jazz Award (Best Jazz Ensemble, 2010), a nomination for a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2014) and a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2016) along the way. Nigel is a regular performer at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club where he has made more than 500 appearances. ---------------------------------
Louise Parker Quartet Wednesday 17th September 2025 Doors Open @ 6.30pm, Music starts @ 7.30pm £16 Entry Doors Open @ 6.30pm Music Starts @ 7.30pm Louise Parker - Vocals Sarah McDonagh - Saxophones Tom Quirke - Piano Ross Williams - Bass Drums - Damian Rodd Citing Nina Simone and Billie Holiday as major influences this lovely, relaxed, swinging mainstream jazz singer includes work alongside some of the UK’s most established jazz musicians, including the likes of Dave Newton, Alan Barnes and Humphrey Lyttelton, with whom she also recorded as well as being asked to perform at his Memorial concert at the Hammersmith Apollo. “A totally genuine jazz performer…a perfect lesson in feeling and phrasing” The Jazz Rag; “Sweetly soulful jazz vocals” Jazzwise ------------------------------------
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Charlie Wood Trio
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Doors Open @ 6.30pm, Music starts @ 7.30pm £20 Entry Charlie Wood is a singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose work incorporates elements of jazz, blues, traditional r&b and popular music. Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Charlie headed down the Mississippi to New Orleans at seventeen, spending a few formative years soaking up the music and culture of the Big Easy and playing keys with local favourites like Charmaine Neville. He returned to Memphis in his early twenties to join the band of legendary blues guitarist Albert King, with whom he toured the US and Europe. Having established a musical reputation for himself, Charlie took up a long-standing residency with his Hammond organ trio at King's Palace on Beale Street. The gig became known to touring musicians and locals alike, attracting impromptu sit-ins from B.B. King, Georgie Fame, Joey DeFrancesco, George Coleman, Mulgrew Miller, Alvin Batiste, and many others. In October 2014, Wood became the 136th recipient of a Brass Note on Beale Street, the Memphis equivalent of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other recipients include such musical luminaries as Elvis Presley, Al Green, and Isaac Hayes. Wood is an accomplished and prolific singer/songwriter with numerous original releases under his belt, including "Southbound" and "Who I Am" on Ben Sidran's GoJazz label and "Flutter and Wow" on Memphis-based Archer Records. His original song “Promised Land” won the 2016 U.S.A Songwriting Competition, Jazz category. His song “Never Gonna Stop New Orleans” was recorded by legendary New Orleans soul singer Irma Thomas for the soundtrack of “The Big Uneasy”, a documentary film by Harry Shearer. Wood has also become a sought-after and highly original composer/arranger, with recent works performed by the BBC Big Band, the RTÉ Orchestra, the Brodsky String Quartet, the Carducci String Quartet & others. Now living in the UK with his wife, celebrated British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth, Charlie continues touring and recording regularly. Notable performances have included the London Jazz Festival's "Jazz Voice" at the Royal Festival Hall, BBC Radio 2's "Friday Night Is Music Night" at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Radio 2's "Jools Holland Show," and numerous other concerts throughout the UK and Europe. "Remember the first time you heard Dylan, or Springsteen, or Costello, or Waits? Charlie Wood delivers that same jolt." *– Jazz Times * "I fell in love with this man's voice the moment I heard it. He is the essence of soul and blues. I am so lucky to have sung on the same stage as him." *– Paloma Faith * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Jaqui Dankworth Wednesday 24th September 2025 Doors Open @ 6.30pm, Music starts @ 7.30pm £22 Entry Doors Open @ 6.30pm Music Starts @ 7.30pm Join Jacqui Dankworth and her world-class trio for a night of spectacular music celebrating the release of Jacqui's stunning new album, "Windmills". The concert will feature classic songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Sérgio Mendes and many others, specially arranged for Ms. Dankworth by US pianist (and Jacqui's husband) Charlie Wood. Jacqui Dankworth is one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK. Known primarily as a jazz singer, Jacqui’s unique musical palette also draws on folk, soul, classical, blues, and other influences. Her concert appearances and numerous recordings showcase her virtuosic, seemingly effortless mastery of a variety of genres. Jacqui’s new album “Windmills” (“…one of the year’s most captivating jazz offerings” - Peter Quinn, Jazzwise) is a vocal tour-de-force of classic songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Sérgio Mendes and others, and features some of the very best of UK jazz and classical musicians, including the *BBC Big Band*, the *Carducci String Quartet*, and the *Bedazzle!* string section, with arrangements by pianist Charlie Wood. Recent recording projects include “Rocking Horse Road”, an album project with The *Brodsky String Quartet* (2022, Chandos Records) and filming/recording at Abbey Road Studios with artist *Sonia Boyce* for the original performance art piece “Feeling Her Way”, which won the Golden Lion at the 2022 Venice Biennale and toured the UK and Canada. Television appearances include the BBC TV’s “Jazz 625: One Night Only” with *Gregory Porter*, *Joshua Redman* & others, as well as live performances and interviews on *BBC Breakfast*, the *Paul O’Grady Show*, and *The One Show*. “One of our finest singers, regardless of category” - *Clive Davis, Sunday Times* "A subtle control of dynamics and a voluptuous tonal richness that seems to make almost any material sound special" *- John Fordham, The Guardian* “With Charlie Wood’s sumptuous arrangements completely enveloping the magnificent voice of Jacqui Dankworth, this hour-long collection of 12 songs is one of the year’s most captivating vocal jazz offerings.” EDITOR’S CHOICE - *Peter Quinn, Jazzwise* |
