Highams Park Jazz Club

18/06/2026

We’re excited to welcome Rob Luft to the Highams Park Jazz Club for the first time as guest artist at our jam session on 21st June. Recently crowned ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Rob is undeniably one of the most exciting jazz guitarists in Europe of his generation. Hailing from London, this award-winning virtuoso has garnered consistent comparisons to legends such as Bill Frisell, John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny.

His debut album, Riser, released in 2017 on Edition Records, made an enormous impact on the domestic and international jazz scenes, and was selected by Downbeat Magazine as one of the finest albums of 2017. Winning the prestigious Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize at Royal Academy of Music propelled Luft’s career, and at just 23 years old, he presented a collection of originals showcasing a remarkable instrumental sound and compositional voice that reflected his individuality.

His highly-anticipated follow up album, Dahab Days, showcased continuous artistic growth and musical exploration. Released on Edition Records in October 2023, the album marked another significant milestone in his career. Around this time, Luft’s selection as a BBC New Generation Artist culminated with him being commissioned to compose a guitar concerto for performance at the EFG London Jazz Festival with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Recent collaborations with John Surman, Manu Katché and Elina Duni on ECM Records have further solidified his reputation and expanded his reach throughout continental Europe.

Other accolades include the Silver Prize in The 2016 Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition, adjudicated by guitar great John McLaughlin, as well as winning the Presto Music “Jazz Recording of the Year” 2024 for his trio album As Time Passes with famed Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen.

Line up:
Soner Ersen: piano
Dave Manington: bass
Gary Willcox: drums

Tickets:£10 | £5 participating musicians

Date and time:
21 June Sunday
5-8pm
doors open at 4pm

Venue:
All Saints Church
Church Avenue, Highams Park Jazz club

16/06/2026

We are very excited to announce our second programme of 2026 and are really looking forward to all the events ahead.

We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to all the artists who will be part of this amazing programme, including Pat Levett, Sophie Alloway, Jim Mullen, Alex Clarke, Andy Davies, Okan Ersan, Julian Siegel, George Crowley, Immy Churchill, and Byron Wallen.

Just a quick note: our last Jam Session before the summer break will take place on 21 June and will feature the fantastic guitarist Rob Luft. After that, we will be taking a well-deserved break during July and August.

We are delighted to return on 6 September with the outstanding harmonica player Pat Levett, and we can’t wait to welcome you back.

Tickets will be available soon, and we will announce full details shortly. Please keep an eye on our website and/or subscribe to our mailing list to make sure you don’t miss any news, event announcements, ticket information, or the exciting events and updates we have planned for you.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has attended the club and supported live music throughout the years. You are all part of this wonderful history, and your support means a great deal to us.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.
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07/06/2026

Another great night at Highams Park Jazz Club.

A huge thank you to Quintet featuring for their wonderful performance.

Special thanks to:
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And thank you to all the fabulous audience members who came along and supported us.

Before our summer break in July and August, we have one more event: our Jam Session on 21 June, featuring the fantastic guitarist

We’ll be back from September, and our new programme will be published soon, so keep checking our website and social media for updates.

We hope to see you on 21 June.

02/06/2026

Nick Tomalin Quintet feat Lily Dior

This Saturday at 8pm (6 June)

Tickets:
https://wegottickets.com/f/21418

All Saints Church
Church Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QZ

We are very excited to welcome the Nick Tomalin Quintet, featuring Lily Dior, to Highams Park Jazz Club for their first appearance on 6 June, performing George Shearing’s arrangements for Nancy Wilson and Peggy Lee.

Nick Tomalin has been working as a professional jazz pianist in London for nearly thirty years. His tasteful, bebop-inspired piano style has made him a regular on the London jazz scene, and he has worked with some of the biggest names in UK jazz, including Jim Mullen, Mark Lockheart, Alan Barnes and Stan Sulzmann, among many others.

While studying at the Guildhall School of Music in 1994, Nick was fortunate to feature in a televised masterclass with the legendary George Shearing. In 2021, he formed his Shades of Shearing band to celebrate the music of this great British-born pianist. The band mirrors Shearing’s classic quintet line-up and performs much-loved compositions such as Lullaby of Birdland and Conception, alongside lesser-known but equally beautiful arrangements.

More recently, the band has been collaborating with singer Lily Dior to honour some of Shearing’s iconic partnerships with vocalists including Peggy Lee and Nancy Wilson. Australian-born Lily Dior has established herself as one of the most sought-after vocalists in London. Equally at home in jazz and soul, she has shared the stage with artists such as Airto Moreira, Don Grusin, Victor Lewis, and saxophonist Bill Evans.

Band line-up:
Nick Tomalin – piano
Lily Dior – vocals
Nat Steele – vibraphone
Dave Warren – guitar
Dominic Howles – double bass
Matt Fishwick – drums

Event Details:
Date & Time:
Saturday, 6 June 2026 – 8:00pm (doors open 7:00pm)

Venue:
Highams Park Jazz Club, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, Highams Park, London E4 9QZ

Ticket Prices:
£15 online / £20 on the door

Part of our monthly Saturday concert series at 8pm

28/05/2026

What a wonderful evening at last Sunday’s Jam Session at Highams Park Jazz Club!

A huge thank you to the brilliant along with for such an inspiring performance, and thanks as well to all the fantastic jammers who joined us and made the evening so special.
And of course, thank you to our wonderful audience for your support and for supporting live jazz — we truly appreciate it!

17/05/2026

Highams Park Spring Festival 2026

17/05/2026

14/05/2026

We are very excited to welcome the Nick Tomalin Quintet, featuring Lily Dior, to Highams Park Jazz Club for their first appearance on 6 June, performing George Shearing’s arrangements for Nancy Wilson and Peggy Lee.

Nick Tomalin has been working as a professional jazz pianist in London for nearly thirty years. His tasteful, bebop-inspired piano style has made him a regular on the London jazz scene, and he has worked with some of the biggest names in UK jazz, including Jim Mullen, Mark Lockheart, Alan Barnes and Stan Sulzmann, among many others.

While studying at the Guildhall School of Music in 1994, Nick was fortunate to feature in a televised masterclass with the legendary George Shearing. In 2021, he formed his Shades of Shearing band to celebrate the music of this great British-born pianist. The band mirrors Shearing’s classic quintet line-up and performs much-loved compositions such as Lullaby of Birdland and Conception, alongside lesser-known but equally beautiful arrangements.

More recently, the band has been collaborating with singer Lily Dior to honour some of Shearing’s iconic partnerships with vocalists including Peggy Lee and Nancy Wilson. Australian-born Lily Dior has established herself as one of the most sought-after vocalists in London. Equally at home in jazz and soul, she has shared the stage with artists such as Airto Moreira, Don Grusin, Victor Lewis, and saxophonist Bill Evans.

Band line-up:
Nick Tomalin – piano
Lily Dior – vocals
Nat Steele – vibraphone
Dave Warren – guitar
Dominic Howles – double bass
Matt Fishwick – drums

Event Details:
Date & Time:
Saturday, 6 June 2026 – 8:00pm (doors open 7:00pm)

Venue:
Highams Park Jazz Club, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, Highams Park, London E4 9QZ

Ticket Prices:
£15 online / £20 on the door

Part of our monthly Saturday concert series at 8pm

14/05/2026

We’re excited to welcome Brigitte Beraha back to the Highams Park Jazz Club as guest artist at our jam session on 24th May. One of the UK’s most celebrated jazz vocalists and composers, Brigitte is renowned for her adventurous improvising voice and genre-crossing work.

She has released several critically acclaimed albums, including By the Cobbled Path and Blink with her Lucid Dreamers quartet, and has appeared in major projects such as the Basil Kirchin recreations for Hull City of Culture 2017 and Raising Hell with Henry Purcell at Kings Place in 2018.

Brigitte has been nominated for Vocalist of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards (2022), the Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2021 & 2022) and the Ivors Composer Awards (2021), and is Professor of Jazz Voice at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Trinity Laban, and the Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Line up:
Soner Ersen: piano
Dave Manington: bass
Eric Ford: drums

Tickets:£10 | £5 participating musicians

Date and time:
24 May Sunday
5-8pm
doors open at 4pm

Venue:
All Saints Church
Church Avenue
Highams Park
London
E4 9QZ