So last Wednesday we did something different. we warmed up the Jam with a Rock pop set of Basterminds Songs. Trust me we were rocking out:
Then after his set Aliocha Thevenet, Andy Wilder, Mike Rowland, Joe Erber and Samer Sharawi opened the Jam with a Hard hitting fusion tune.
Join us again for more Jazz fusion, and funky vibes Next week at the Hoxton Jam:
(p.s. Next week we have a guest Vibraphone player !)
Hope everybody is having a great Easter weekend… unfortunately we were all enjoying our chocolate eggs and nearly forgot to update the blog … hence why this post is so late 
Last week had a nice family vibe to it. Gizelle Smith came down to sing, Hugh Richardson, Marcel, Matteo and Jamie come down with their basses, Andy Wilder was on House Drums and a whole load of other regulars also popped in to say hi at the Roadtrip bar.
We are planning on doing some more of Alex’s (our House guitarist) news tunes next week and we also have Joe Erber on house keys (Fresh blood for the house band ! )
catch you next week !
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A big shout out to Eric Ford and Holley Gray for playing Drums & bass in the house band! We had a nice turn out last night and a good vibe.
Alexis our house guitarist just about made the jam as he nearly got stuck in France after being on a short tour with Gizelle Smith, as on the way back to the UK the Snow was so bad that they cancelled all Eurostar trains from Paris for a few days.
We have a very special Hoxton Jam next week as Cecilia Stalin will be doing a short set at the Hoxton Jam, we are very excited about having her down next week.
Swedish born London resident Cecilia Stalin’s breakthru came with Nu Jazz act Koop “Waltz For Koop” ft on Woody Allen’s ”Match Point” film soundtrack. Cecilia has done live shows with The Streets, Cinematic Orchestra, recording collabs with Daz-I-Kue, & has had music out on labels as Compost, Wagram, Jazz FM & Universal Music.
She has also worked with Reggie Workman’s Coltrane Ensemble.
Check out her new project “Step Like A Giant” to get a taste of her sound !
Happy New Year !
So the 9th of Jan was our first Wednesday back, and we loved it
The house band opened with some new tunes which include Donna lee & Funky Sea, Funky Dew, and for our first Jam of 2013 we had Andy Wilder back on house drums along with the usual H.J. crew of Samer, Alexis and Oli
In addition to the great crowd there were also some special guests in the house. Firstly Graeme Flowers on Trumpet who is part of the London Horns popped in and played some great funk numbers.
Secondly another trumpeter, Miron Rafajlovic a Canadian touring musician from the Cirque du Soleil, KOOZA show (now playing in the Royal Albert Hall).
And finally Andy Gangadeen (Incognito, Duran Duran, Massive Attack, the Spice Girls, The Bays and Jeff Beck) who came down to check out the vibe.
We are back next Wednesday, so we hope to see you then!
(Photos by Ron Hector)
Another great House band was arranged for last Wednesday, with special guest Nik Svarc on guitar and Michel.Castellanos on drums.
It was refreshing having Nik in house band as he is an established and dedicated player who is know to jump between the Leeds and London music scene.
If you missed his playing last night you can check out his own project : The Svarc Trio :
http://www.myspace.com/svarctrio
Come and join us next Wednesday from 8pm to catch more great session players at the Hoxton Jam night !
Oli Arlotto, Samer Sharawi & Alexis kraniou are already sorting out a great House band for next weeks Jam night
p.s. did it mention its FREE !!!!!!
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Even tho the Photo on the left looks like everybody at the Jam is possessed by evil, the vibe at the Hoxton Jam is the complete opposite!
In fact we have had so many musicians who have been kind enough to step in when asked and help out when one of the original members of the house band cant make it !
Two weeks ago we had Laurence Harrison and Davi Lanes on guitar and bass, who both did a great job! and for the last two Wednesdays we had Antonio Martinho come down last min to fill in on keys. (man this guy can play keys !!). Also last night we had Dominic Ntoumos join us again as a special gust trumpeter.
These are just some of the people that have been in the house band, there have also been loads of very talented musicians who have come down to jam!
Hope to see you all next week for another Hoxton Jam session, in the meantime check this small clip out from last week with Laurence Harrison, Davi Lanes and Michel Castellanos.
It was great Having Andy on board as part of the house band as he challenged the team by adding Outta Town by Mike Stern to the House band set! the head of the tune was a bit of a b*tch to play but we pulled it off !
Andy also took some great recordings of the house band, one tune that you have to check out is Gibraltar :
(Cheers Andy ! )
Lacas was on house drums for the first time last Wednesday. he fitted into the team really well and was a pleasure to play with. Watch out for Lucas he has recently won Zildjian 2012 Drummer Love competition
As usual we hope to see you next week, check the Face book Event page here !
Michel Castelanos and Davi Lanes were in the house band last Wednesday and gave Alex and Oli a proper work out during the first set!
We have already launched the details for next week. Michel will be joining us on drums again and Samer will be back on bass.
As usual we welcome you all to come down and jam with us !
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See you next Wednesday
Andy watts was one of our guests in the house band last Wednesday, he is an established trumpet player who is one of the main architects of the London Afrobeat Collective (LAC) http://www.lacband.co.uk
Andy surprised us all when he rocked up with a pedal board for his trumpet last night. Man it was good to have him in the House band. the first set was on fire and there was some lush sounds coming from the Trumpet!!
Tim Doyle was on Kit last night and did a fantastic job of holding it down weather its swing or groove this guy can get his hands around it
we are already looking forward to next Wednesday but in the mean time feel free to check out these great pics and video from last night.
