Jazz On The Green

Event information

This Month we Feature two great musicians from London , Jo Fooks -Tenor Saxophone and Buster Birch - Drums , They’ll be joined by Martin Jenkins on Organ and Neil Burns on Guitar for a night of hard swinging Jazz.
Jo Fooks -
A former "Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year", saxophonist Jo Fooks received an invitation from the legendary British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton to join his band, and the rest, as they say, is history. Citing Humph's "fun-filled and melodic" approach as a major influence, Jo's big, bright sound has also been compared to iconic players such as Stan Getz and Zoot Sims. Jo's CV includes work with some of the finest mainstream bands and artists, including Jo Harrop and Scott Hamilton.
"A brilliantly inventive player and composer" Humphrey Lyttelton


Buster Birch-
Buster Birch is an award-winning drummer from London who has worked with many of the UK’s finest jazz musicians.He has performed at virtually every major concert hall and jazz club in London as well as major international festivals, toured in over 30 countries and recorded nearly 40 CDs. He has been a member of three “world” music groups (Terza Rima, The Branco Stoysin Trio and Heads South) who he recorded and toured with extensively. He has played for The Royal Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and deputised on West End shows including the long-running "Blood Brothers". Current bands he can be heard playing with include ARQ (The Alison Rayner Quintet) - winners of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for "UK Best Jazz Ensemble"and the British Jazz Award public vote for "Best Small Group", The Jo Fooks Quartet, Heads South, The London Jazz Trio and The Halstead Jazz Club Big Band.