Derby Jazz - Programme for August to December 2025.
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Derby Jazz has announced its programme for August to December 2025. Events take place at various venues around the city.
We have received the following information;
Derby Jazz news and dates August to December
FIVE BANDS MAKING NEW SOUNDS OF JAZZ RIGHT NOW ALL-DAYER CELEBRATING JAZZ’ CONTINUAL RENEWALL.
SAT AUGUST 2ND ELECTRIC DAISY £10
1.00pm doors
2.00pm ARJUN CHANDRASEKAR QUARTET
3.30pm BLU.PRNT
5.30pm ELLIE’S KATS
7.00pm VIKASATI
8.30pm FLORAL PATTERN
https://mjazz.co.uk/derby-jazz-whats-on/
HEJIRA - CELEBRATING JONI MITCHELL
CHAPEL STREET ARTS CENTRE Studio Theatre
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 8PM £25
A seven piece band celebrating the great songs and jazz of Joni Mitchell. Expect an evening of ‘great’ songs from Joni’s back catalogue such as ‘Amelia’, ‘Woodstock’, ‘A case of You’, ‘Song for Sharon’, ‘Edith and the Kingpin’ etc.
“Hattie Whitehead’s voice is spine-shiveringly like Mitchell’s, and just as full of delicacy, emotion and intelligence…’ - JAZZWISE August 2024
ROBERT MITCHELL TRIO
LITTLE BLACK BOOK
CHAPEL STREET ARTS CENTRE Studio Theatre
Friday October 17th 8pm £15
ROBERT MITCHELL’S NEW ELECTRIC POWER TRIO. The way the keyboards and guitar continually swap lead and bass roles makes this an exceptional band.
https://mjazz.co.uk/whats-on/8D-little-black-book/
AHMED
CHAPEL STREET ARTS CENTRE Studio Theatre
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16th 4PM £25
[Ahmed] is an international quartet of Pat Thomas (piano), Joel Grip (double bass), Antonin Gerbal (drums) and Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). Together,Ahmed re-arrange and re-imagine in real time the music of composer, bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993). Their 2024 5CD boxed set of live recordings made at Fylkingen in Stockholm has received rave reviews and rankings from jazz journalists and critics across Europe, USA and UK. They’ve played major venues and festivals in; New York, Istanbul, Paris, Berlin, London, Glasgow, Sweden, Canada, Switzerland, Finland and Italy. Their gigs in the UK outside London are rare as hen’s teeth.
“Don’t think I’ve ever heard a more intense hour of music. Unbelievably great.” GEOFF DYER novelist and jazz writer.
https://mjazz.co.uk/whats-on/8F-ahmed/
LEVY / ROBSON INTERNATIONAL QUARTET
DUBREK STUDIOS
FRIDAY DECEMBER 5th 8pm £15
A hugely fruitful music partnership formed in New York City in 2017 between the highly acclaimed US saxophonist Jed Levy (Jaki Byard, Jack McDuff, Mike Clark, Tom Harrell etc.) and multi-award winning Derby born guitarist Phil Robson (Mark Turner, David Liebman, Billy Hart, Partisans, etc.) who was living in NYC at the time.
https://mjazz.co.uk/whats-on/8l-levy-robson-international-quartet/
The Studio Theatre at CHAPEL STREET ARTS CENTRE is our new main venue.
With 124 seats, the same as New York’s legendary Village Vanguard, a superb natural acoustic and excellent sightlines this studio theatre is ideal for jazz. It’s part of Chapel Street Arts Centre in the building that was previously the home of Déda opposite Chapel Street Car Park in Derby’s Cathedral Quarter.
The CUBE bar/cafe serves drinks before the show and during the interval.