News Splash You all know the song ‘April in Paris’ – right? First featured in the 1932 Broadway musical ‘Walk a Little Faster’ and written by Yip Harburg (music) and Vernon Duke (lyrics). He’d never been to Paris so he had to get a brochure from a travel agent to get him in the mood to write the words…  In the song, a woman sits in a Paris café drinking wine. It’s April, of course. But instead of remembering some past romantic encounter, she has never been in love. She wishes she had been so that she’d have something to remember. Doris Day sang it in the film ‘April in Paris’ – but the ve ..read more

Hello and welcome to February, a month which often gets a bad press largely on account of the weather but which has actually got a lot going for it. You’re wondering what that could possibly be? Well for a start it’s short, at 28 days (but 29 this year! A bonus day!) the shortest month of the year. Lots of nice things are short… (please stop right there – Ed.) It has Valentine’s Day mid-month – cue chocolates, flowers, dinner and a show. You could even buy some for someone else too. The daylight is stretching out noticeably now. The February credit card bill i ..read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Music Lovers! Well here we are, first-footing into your inbox with a virtual bottle of Scotch and piece of coal, to wish you the very best for 2024! We’ve already almost forgotten that other year – what was it now – but we know it had highlights such as… Gigs is Germany; London (2 x St.Martin-in-the-fields, Ronnie’s and Dean St Pizza Express Jazz Club);  “The Maximalist” – Neal’s 2nd album; Tennis Finals; Quiz Night fundraiser; and of course Neal playing for the opening and new weekly residency at what is now judged by Condé Nast as “The ..read more

Hello lovely jazz fans! And so we reach the last month of another highly successful Splash Point Jazz year. Where did 2023 go to so soon, without much more than a sniff of summer, not to mention a completely sodden Autumn! Looking back, we can see exactly where it went: in a flurry of top-notch concerts, from Elaine Delmar to Zoe Schwarz, and Xhosa Cole to Bruce Adams. It was the year of Neal’s album launch ‘The Maximalist’, and the start of his residency at the amazing London Raffles hotel in Whitehall (see above). Then there were: the Tennis Finals; anot ..read more

Ah, Mr Bond… As promised last month, October is the month for those EXTRA SPECIAL gigs in London… covering London’s two top jazz clubs and London’s brand new and and most expensively-converted hotel (£1.7Bn !) We’ve had to keep this under wraps for 5 months while going through the Tender process… but we can now tell you (in case you missed our Social Media over the weekend)… Exactly 17 years after Neal played at Raffles Singapore… Neal had the huge honour of playing for the opening weekend (29+30th Sept) at the incredible new Raffles London! It was a fantastic weekend, and the bui ..read more

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Hello lovely Splash Pointers! You’ve probably been looking out for us in your inboxes – and here we are, with a round-up of July’s gigs, plus some photographic highlights from last month – one of our busiest ever! [How times have changed since the unmentionable 2 years ago – Ed.] There are a busy few weeks in prospect for what we hope will be the highest of high summers, from the scorching bluesy vocals of Zoe Schwarz to Brandon Allen’s sizzling tenor sax, with a lot of breezy good-time gigs in between. Read on and be dazzled and amazed… (well, entertained at least, hope ..read more

Hello jazz peeps! And here we are, in June, the mid-point of the year… Not quite bustin’ out all over but there’s still time. Meanwhile, if it’s HEAT you want, may we suggest warming yourselves up at one of the Splash Point gigs below, where the temperature will definitely be pushing the mercury up! But first, here are some of the highlights from May: Previously, at Splash Point Jazz: May started in style courtesy of Jane Tuff with Neal Richardson at the glorious Buxted Park Hotel for Bank Holiday jazz lunch. (Next one Sun 6th Aug) Alex Clarke, at Sea ..read more

Hello June Jazzers! We have an absolute bumper bundle of gigs for you this month! We’re not expecting to see HM The Queen at any of our Jubilee gigs, but you never know, and we wouldn’t turn her away… After the Jubilee, the big news is Neal’s mini-Tour of his “Not” King Cole show to Germany ??! And then Neal’s 7-piece Band play the Eastbourne Tennis Finals for the 14th Year! (Serving up music for the Pimms-on-the-lawn immediately before the matches) We round off the month with Andy Panayi’s Student Big Band at Eastbourne, closely followed by the return of ..read more