CHRISTMAS 2025 AT THE 606 CLUB
https://youtu.be/BnVwk-jA4kk?feature=shared IT WAS LOVELY TO PERFORM THE BEAUTIFUL BALLAD “YOU GO TO MY HEAD” WITH SIMON WALLACE ON PIANO & PAUL CARMICHAEL ON BASS
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MALAGA GIGS DECEMBER 2025
IT WAS GREAT TO BE BACK IN MALAGA IN DECEMBER and to be working with these músicos fabulosos otra vez! 😎Juanlu García – pianoFernando Toyos – contrabajoSergio Diaz Muñoz – bateríaTHURSDAY DECEMBER 11th at La Polivalente SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th at Speakeasy Jazz Club & Cocktails❤❤❤https://youtu.be/aiQY9GST_o8?feature=shared
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IAN SHAW ALBUM LAUNCH AT KING’S PLACE
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE TREATTo be invited, at the eleventh hour, to collaborate in a comedic interlude, with and Ian Shaw at the launch of his latest album for ECN Music “stephensong” at Kings Place on Thursday An idea and a rough script from the man himself then a wing and a prayer, in the moment,… Read More »IAN SHAW ALBUM LAUNCH AT KING’S PLACE
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“A NIGHT OUT” AT THE TOM THUMB THEATRE – NOVEMBER 2025
HAD A FABULOUS COUPLE OF NIGHTS PLAYING at THE TOM THUMB THEATRE ACTING IN A TWO-HANDER with ADAM BENJAMIN CLIFFORD – In “A NIGHT OUT” by HAROLD PINTER
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THE DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK PROMO VIDEO
HERE IS OUR BRAND NEW PROMO VIDEO FOR “THE DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK” Filmed and Produced by TonyDay.tv Featuring our Musical Director Duncan Lamont Jnr. and singers Esther Bennett and Daniela Clynes – the video shows a selection of songs from the repertoire, performed recently and accompanied by a long list of some of our very… Read More »THE DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK PROMO VIDEO
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LYCEUM THEATRE OLDHAM
FABULOUS GIG With Beverley Chadwick and Jeff Hewer BIG THANKS to Craig Thomas, Ian & all involved at Lyceum Theatre Oldham Such a lovely evening!❤😎
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RED DESERT MUSIC PRESENTS
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DOCKER BREWERY JAZZ – AUGUST 2025
Great gig at Docker Brewery on Sunday for the #sundayservicejazzclub and lovely hang afterwards at Tpsfolkestone with Nicola Palmer who works so hard to generate this fab #jazzevent https://youtu.be/GwmPGaReT1M?feature=sharedBig Thanks 💛
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JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE – AUGUST 2025
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BERMONDSEY SQUARE JAZZ – AUGUST 2025
IS WAS GREAT TO BE PART OF THIS SERIES OF JAZZ EVENTS IN BERMONDSEY SQUARE SE1 : SUNDAY AUGUST 3rd – 2-5pmNot least because I was working, once more with the brilliant Christian Vaughan and an array of London’s young jazz talent https://youtube.com/shorts/Vm8TjJjnp2M?si=AJbAs0rYfyb6snDX HANKS to Stephen Pierre for inviting me to perform at one of the… Read More »BERMONDSEY SQUARE JAZZ – AUGUST 2025
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CLARENCE JAZZ CLUB MALAGA – JULY 2025
A fantastic gig at The Clarence Jazz Club Malaga with a fabulous trio of Malaga based Jazz musicians Juanlu Garcia on piano Fernando Toyos on double bass Sergio Diaz Muñoz on drumshttps://youtu.be/CPyMbI0R4vQ?feature=shared
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NEW SINGLE RELEASE – “DON’T EXPLAIN” JUNE 2025
AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT APPLE MUSIC AND ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS
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WATFORD JAZZ JUNCTION FESTIVAL – MAY 2025
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REHEARSING PINTER – MARCH 2025
In March 2025 I started rehearsing “A Night Out” by Harold Pinter with my good friend and Drama Centre trained actor Adam Clifford I did alot of theatre and television acting through the 90’s and early 2000’s and it was great to start exercising these skills again
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JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE – FEBRUARY 2025
It was great to be on the Robert Elms Show BBC Radio London, talking about Jazz at the Red House Here I am with legendary jazz drummer Teddy Pope JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE 13 Upton Avenue. E7 9PNJANUARY 29TH – 8PMI Love this clubhouse jazz gig ❤A #jazznight that has been going for a… Read More »JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE – FEBRUARY 2025
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THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE THE BLUES VIDEO – JANUARY 2025
https://youtu.be/j1XExeqHuP4?si=5eyujlacQFr9BKap
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DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK @ Jazz Cafe Posk
A great review here of our Duncan Lamont Songbook gig at Jazz Cafe Posk https://ukjazznews.com/the-duncan-lamont-songbook/
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606 CHRISTMAS PARTY 2024
A brilliant last night, at the 606 Club on the 23rd A lovely musical happening with a glittering array of top jazzarati performing An absolute pleasure to be pictured here with Simon Wallace Paul Carmichael & James EdmundsAn amazing duo set from @jasonrebelloofficial & @timgarlandmuse and of course the hardest working musicians of the night… Read More »606 CHRISTMAS PARTY 2024
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COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE NOVEMBER
https://youtube.com/shorts/MNF5w8_NkOM?si=v3mRb2coccc8kg5e
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JAZZ STUDIES AT MORLEY COLLEGE
SEPTEMBER 2024 Started a course in Jazz Harmony & Ear Training at Morley College LondonNeed a bit of geek and study time and to refresh my knowledge of jazz and music theory knowledge 🤓I did all this back in the late 90s at City Lit and still have all the notes I made but….need the… Read More »JAZZ STUDIES AT MORLEY COLLEGE
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WEB-SITE BIOGRAPHY
Finally revised and completed the Biography fir this website and I’m really pleased with how it has been added to and presented by the maker of the website – Dario Di Lecce I love how the photograph of my mother and father has been used as the banner pic for the full bio.Where it all starts… Read More »WEB-SITE BIOGRAPHY
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R.I.P DAVE SILK
Anyone who cut their jazz gigging teeth during the mid 90s to 2000s will have this wonderful jazz musician and beautiful human to thank.Being one of the bookers for the small Pizza Express restaurants all over London and Kent that had live jazz back then, he provided work for many of us.I got to know… Read More »R.I.P DAVE SILK
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FRAMING MOTHER’S POETRY
Framing Mother’s Poetry A poem that I put to the music of Didier Messidoro for my album #homeiswheretheheartis produced by and featuring Terence Collie and available at Bandcamp https://estherbennett.bandcamp.com/album/home-is-where-the-art-isThe edelweiss was a pressed flower that my mother had kept as it had belonged to her mother which I felt, needed to come out if it’s… Read More »FRAMING MOTHER’S POETRY
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CELEBRATING DUNCAN LAMONT
THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL GIG ONSUNDAY JULY 7thAt Riverside Arts Sunbury for Mood Indigo Events Celebrating the life and music of DUNCAN LAMONTWe cannot believe it is 5 years since we lost you and it was more than a pleasure to join Duncan Lamont Jnr. Janet McCunn Terence Collie Richard Sadler & Paul Cavacuiti… Read More »CELEBRATING DUNCAN LAMONT
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JAZZ SISTERS : A CELEBRATION OF VOCAL JAZZ
On June 27th, it was an honour to have been invited to take part in this event, curated by Diana Torti & Women in Jazz Media for Anita Wardell 💗At the lovely #northlondon venue – Karamel. London N22
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SUMMER BREAK – JUNE 2024
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SCRAPBOOK
#scrapbooking I’ve really enjoyed doing this.It was suggested to me by one of the good folk at The Jazz Centre UK after handing me one of the posters that had been distributed around Southend promoting our recent #duncanlamontsongbook gig there, that I should make a #scrapbook Most of our advertising and promotion is online now… Read More »SCRAPBOOK
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ESTHER BENNETT AT THE BIRDCAGE
MAY EVENTS
Soff Music presents Esther Bennett at The Birdcage Stoke-Newington
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VOCAL.STAGE AT WATFORD JAZZ FESTIVAL
MAY 19th 12.30pm I presented my vocalstage at The Villiers Arms for Watford Jazz Junction and The Watford Jazz Festival My special guest vocalists were the multi award winning vocalist and lyricist Georgia Mancio and Birmingham based world class jazz, blues and reggae vocalist Roy Forbes We were very lucky to be accompanied by two… Read More »VOCAL.STAGE AT WATFORD JAZZ FESTIVAL
