The Garibaldi Matinee APPEAL
A Message From Liane Carroll
The Garibaldi Matinee needs your help! We seems to have fallen on some rocky economic ground, with the Saturday & Sunday afternoon gigs struggling to balance the books. A combination of rising running costs and an ongoing cost-of-living crisis is making it increasingly challenging for us, and we are forced to seek additional funding in order to keep the matinee afloat. (Read More)
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THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Saturday 1st November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
The Nigel Price Organ Trio
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The Nigel Price Organ Trio form perhaps the most hard hitting, dynamic and exciting jazz groups on the scene today.
Nigel Price
Nigel is known for his clear, no nonsense, driving approach to jazz guitar and has steadily become one of the UK’s foremost exponents of the instrument. He spent three years with UK funk legends - the James Taylor Quartet, was voted No.1 in the 2016 British Jazz Awards for “best guitarist” and is also a regular performer at Ronnie Scott’s.
His blend of flowing bebop lines and deep blues feeling has made him popular with jazz, blues and funk audiences across the world. He is considered one of the top jazz guitarists in the UK and continues to be a major force in the genre.
Ross Stanley
Ross Stanley is not only one of the greatest ever UK musicians, he also plays a real B3 Hammond Organ, often with 2 Leslie speakers.
Joel Barford
Joel Barford is the man of the moment and has been causing a stir across the UK and further afield with his incredible drumming ability.
"Inventiveness, originality and ensemble playing are terrific."
The Observer
“For me, this is how jazz should be; communicative and inclusive. Jazz performed this way feels like a gift, a ‘here, this is for you’ scenario.”
London Jazz News
THE SUNDAY MATINEE
Sunday 2nd November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
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The Brandon Allen Groove Band
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The Brandon Allen Groove Band is London based saxophonist and composer Brandon Allen’s new groove project. The group performs original groove, funk and a fusion of soul jazz, soundscape and electronica.
Musical influence include Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, John Scofield, Tom Scott, David Sanborn, The Brecker Brothers, The Yellow Jackets, Steps Ahead and David ‘Fathead’ Newman.
Although it’s a relatively new group, the band has already sold out 2 nights at Ronnie Scott’s and has a busy touring schedule in the works for 2025.
Expect funky baselines, otherworldly drum grooves, soaring synthesisers and intricate and intoxicating sax/guitar melodies.
‘…A saxophone heavyweight, at the height of his powers…’
Blues and Soul Magazine
Brandon Allen - Saxes/key/compositions
Mike Outram - Guitar
Jim Watson - keyboards
Chris Attwell - Electric bass
Jamie Murray – Drums
THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Saturday 8th November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
LOST LaTiNOS
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Lost Latinos are a musical troupe specialising in feel-good Latin music, presenting a funky mix of Salsa, Latin-jazz, Brazilian tunes and grooves, and featuring the very talented Gary Wood (Trumpet), Julian Hunt (Keyboards), Rebecca Percival (Congas & percussion), Bryan Paul (bass), and Paul Whistler (drums).
Ushering in a vibe of hot summer sunshine on a rather cold and dank February afternoon, be sure to wear your brightest multi-coloured shirt/top or dress, and bring your dancing shoes.
THE SUNDAY MATINEE
Sunday 9th November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
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Tony Kofi & Friends
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Tony Kofi is a British Jazz multi-instrumentalist born of Ghanaian parents, a player of the Alto, Baritone, Soprano, Tenor saxophones and flute. Having 'cut his teeth' in the “Jazz Warriors” of the early 90’s, award-winning saxophonist Tony Kofi has gone on to establish himself as a musician, teacher and composer of some authority. His fluent and fiery hard-bop style makes him constantly in demand.
He currently leads his own Tony Kofi Quartet, Tony Kofi Sphinx Trio, Future Passed Trio and is also the co-founder with Jonathan Gee of the Monk Liberation Front, a group that is dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk.
Tony’s latest project sees him performing with Alex Webb’s Café Society Swing, Arnie Somogyi’s Jump Monk, Larry Bartley’s JustUS Quartet, Adrian Reid Quartet, a double leaders project with Alan Barnes called Aggregation, etc., etc.
“There is so much respect in jazz circles for Tony Kofi.” Jazzwise
“Passionate… superb… heartfelt” The Guardian
Tony will be joined by:
JAMIE GLEW-OSBORN (guitar)
SAM MONTERO (keys)
TOM PURR (bass)
STU RUSSELL (drums)
THE SUNDAY MATINEE
Sunday 16th November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
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The James Allsopp Group
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James Allsopp is an award winning saxophonist, composer and teacher of the Alexander Technique
The group plays original compositions and brings together a line-up featuring trumpeter Chris Batchelor (Loose Tubes) electric bassist Tom Herbert (Polar Bear, Beth Gibbons) percussionist Zands Duggan (Melt Yourself Down) and rising star Dave Storey on drums.
The band's album has been produced in collaboration with Ben Lamdin (Nostalgia 77) and the psychedelic, dub aesthetic of the production enhances and deepens the atmosphere of the record.
This is joyous, life affirming music. Deceptively simple, deeply melodic with a healthy dose of the other worldly.
Supported by Northants Contemporary Jazz (NC Jazz)
THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Saturday 22nd November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
Frankensteinian #29
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Following the cancellation of this session due to the now legendary ‘Garibaldi Beer Famine’, all originally scheduled players were amazingly free for this alternative date - it’ll be a blast!
The Frankensteinian is a regular feature of The Garibaldi Live’s matinee music programme. Featuring some of the best jazz and blues musicians from around and about the shire (and beyond), the Frankensteinian is an assemblage of individual talent, fused into a convocation of euphonious wizardry. The result can only described as a musical performance of monstrous proportions.
With the following line-up, you can be assured of a melting pot of jazz, blues, funk and everything that grooves.
Line-up:
Cliff Brown - bass
Mark Griffiths - guitar
Jules Hunt - keyboards
Steve O'Gorman - sax
Alan Savage - drums
THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Saturday 29th November 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PMFREE ENTRY (DONATIONS REQUESTED)
Laura B and her Band
Laura B and her Band have previously performed at the major events in the UK and Europe, such as; the London Royal Festival Hall, Twinwood Festival, Vintage at Goodwood Festival, Hep Cats Holiday Weekenders; Breda Jazz Festival in Holland, Radio Modern events in Belgium, Brecon Jazz Festival. Summer Jamboree, Vintage Roots, Moondogs and Swing on the Beach festivals in Italy; Screamin' Festival in Spain; Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll weekenders #48 & #49 and the fifties revival events, The Rhythm Riot & Atomic, where Laura was billed as the 'UK's New Diva of Rhythm and Blues' in 2009.
Laura is also a regular guest with the Italian band, The Goodfellas/Benny & The Cats and the 18 piece Abbey Town Jump Orchestra for performances at the Summer Jamboree Festival in Italy and has been a guest of Mike Sanchez on shows in the UK and Europe.
THE SUNDAY MATINEESunday 30th November 20253:00PM - 6:00PMFREE ENTRY (DONATIONS REQUESTED)
Connor Selby
Honesty and authenticity are the two words that have always been at the heart of the music of the young British troubadour Connor Selby. Having moved around as a child between the UK, US, and UAE before settling in his birthplace in Essex, he has always had a burning passion for the authentic rootsy music of the US.
It’s easy to see why his soulful blend of blues and emotionally introspective song-writing, sitting alongside his impressive guitar playing, ticks all the boxes for so many blues fans in the UK today. There’s a timeless melancholic quality to his music, relatable in its honesty and openness.
Voted “Young Artist of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022), Selby's debut album release, the self-titled Connor Selby, has picked up numerous plays on national radio, and in particular, BBC Radio 2. He has already ticked off an impressive bucket-list of leading UK venues, including Wembley Stadium, where he opened for The Who in July 2019. He has since gone on to play Hyde Park (London) with Pearl Jam, Stereophonics and Johnny Marr in the summer of 2022, and toured the the UK as the opening act for blues and rock luminaries Robert Cray and Beth Hart.
Selby's latest recording, The Truth Comes Out Eventually was released in August 2025 via Provogue Records
THE SUNDAY MATINEE
Sunday 7th December 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PMFREE ENTRY*
Trio Kane
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Trio Kane is a guitar led trio performing reworks of celebrated popular songs. The band comprises Luca Boscagin (Guitar), Davide Mantovani (Bass) & Davide Giovannini (Drums).
LUCA BOSCAGIN is an accomplished guitarist with over 25 years of experience in the music industry. He started his career as a professional musician in the early 1990s and led the band Jazzbreakers from 1995 to 2010, where he played a vital role in re-arranging famous rock songs for the band's two albums.
DAVIDE MANTOVANI was born in Ferrara, Italy in 1965. His interest in music started at four with the piano. He then progressed on to the guitar, and from there to the electric and acoustic bass. His father was one of the founders of the Ferrara Jazz Club (now a major Italian venue). That enabled him to meet, and sometimes jam with, some of the greatest Jazz legends including Al Grey, Phil Woods, Chet Baker.
DAVIDE GIOVANNINI is a composer, drummer, percussionist, vocalist and producer. He leads his Brazilian-Jazz group Minas Project and with Master Tabla Drummer/ Producer Kuljit Bhamra he recently formed Spiders Tango. He was part of the Afro-Cuban percussion duo Afroshock. He worked with Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Bjork, Lisa Stansfield, James Galway, Vanessa Mae, Marcos Valle, Roy Ayers, Toninho Horta, Marlena Shaw, Cubanismo, Snowboy, Herman Olivera, Alex Wilson, Down To The Bone, Dennis Rollins’ Funky Funk, Jim Mullen, Bobby Watson and many more.
THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Sarurday 13th December 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
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Jim Mullen Organ Trio
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Jim Mullen, born in Glasgow in 1945, is a jazz guitarist and long-time collaborator of Dick Morrissey, a band noted for its part in the British jazz-fusion movement in the 1970s.
Mullen was guitarist with Pete Brown & Piblokto!, with whom he recorded two albums in 1970. He also played with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, appearing on the band's first three albums along with future Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. Mullen then joined Kokomo and later toured with the Average White Band.
It was while both musicians were touring the United States with AWB in the mid-1970s that Mullen met tenor saxophone player Dick Morrissey, and throughout the 1980s, he found critical notice as joint leader of the British jazz funk band Morrissey–Mullen.
Mullen played and recorded with, among others, Mose Allison, Hamish Stuart, Joanna Eden, Tam White, Claire Martin, Mike Carr, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dave O'Higgins and Georgie Fame, Sinan Alimanović, David Tughan, Jimmy Smith, Terry Callier and Frank Holder. Mullen has recorded as part of The AllStars, a collective of session musicians on their Paul McCartney-produced album All About the Music, alongside special guests Jocelyn Brown, Hamish Stuart and Angelo Starr.
Mullen has won multiple British music awards, including "Best Guitar" in the BT Jazz Awards (1994, 1996 and 2000).
Supported by Northants Contemporary Jazz (NC Jazz)
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THE SATURDAY MATINEE
Sarurday 20th December 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
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The Excellos
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The Excellos are London. UK based band formed in 2009, named after and influenced with Excello Records, the premier American Swamp Rock Blues Record label in the 50’s. The Excellos are originally a 3 piece band. From time to time guest musicians have appeared on Recordings and Live shows.
Stompin' Rockabilly and Blues Bop played hard and dirty! The Excellos deliver a solid brand of Rockin' Blues that'd be rough, tough and hard to bluff for any other band raised this side of the pond. Gaining their name from the famous 1950s American Blues record label, they play with the authority and gusto of a blues band that grew straight out of the Mississippi mud.
These guys have been wowing crowds at many Blues and Rock 'n' Roll joints the world over.
Playing both classic Excello Swamp rock and original swamp rock with Excello Roots. Unlike most bands who’s original’s can’t match their influence’s covers, The Excellos originals exceed them! Quite simply they are "The Beatles of Swamp Rock". The Excellos are straight out of a 1950s drive-in movie or TV series, battling zombies and supernatural geeks. Check out those incredible Sideburns!