This quintet features 606 Club owner and flautist Steve Rubie (Julian Joseph Big Band, Samara) and virtuoso trombonist Geoff Mason (Scott Hamilton), alongside a powerful rhythm section of David Gordon (Chris Garrick)-piano, Steve Watts (John Taylor)-bass & Winston Clifford (Courtney Pine)-drums, performing a mix of jazz standards, contemporary jazz tunes by the likes of Joe Zawinul and John Taylor and high energy Brazilian music. A world-class band. “Steve Rubie…in fine form.” Telegraph; “Mason…one of the UK’s leading jazz trombonists” All About Jazz; “Gordon…one of our most brilliant pianists” UK Jazz News

Multi-award-winning saxophonist and producer Pete Wareham has long been involved in some of the most innovative projects in British music, including the Award winning Acoustic Ladyland, Melt Yourself Down (both his own bands), Sons of Kemet & Polar Bear. More recently Pete has also been making a significant name for himself as an exciting and creative producer. And while he’s associated with genre-defying, crossover styles, he’s also a brilliant player in the modern jazz tradition. Mark Lockheart is a multi-award-winning tenor sax player who first made his name working with seminal band Loose Tubes in the eighties, was co-founder of the universally regarded “The Perfect Houseplants”, has toured and recorded with Django Bates, Mike Gibbs, Mark Anthony Turnage and Seb Rochford’s highly acclaimed “Polar Bear”. A former Peter Whittingham Award winner, his album "Ellington In Anticipation" was the MOJO Album of the Year 2014 and he was named Jazz FM’s “Instrumentalist of the Year” 2016. This is a really exciting gig as it will be the first time that Pete and Mark have worked together since their days with Polar Bear. The music will be a selection from the likes of Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson, plus original tunes that both Pete and Mark are writing specifically for this show! Promises to be a very special night of great music making from two masters of their craft. Also featuring Tom Herbert bass, Emre Ramazanoglu drums. “Wareham was the star of the show…showing time and time again why he is such a respected presence on the UK jazz scene” UK Jazz News; "Lockheart is a consummate saxophonist” The Rough Guide to Jazz; “Lockheart…inspired and imaginative” The Times

An exciting new voice on the UK jazz scene introduced to us by Claire Martin OBE – herself recognised as one of the world’s top jazz singers Maddie Martin is known for her distinctive “old soul” tone and gift for storytelling. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, she brings a strong technical foundation to her approach, along with an affection for a wide range of styles including soul, blues, the Great American Songbook and contemporary jazz. Her influences, from Nancy Wilson, Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald to Carmen McRae and Barbra Streisand exemplify that same aesthetic. A couple of months ago Maddie made her debut at the 606, celebrating the release of her debut single, “Dream Boy”, the first track from her forthcoming album, “Part One”. Now, for her second date we are delighted to welcome this excellent young singer and her quintet, Columbus Sandor piano, Joe Evans trombone, Guy Dempsey bass and Kai Macrae drums performing music from her forthcoming record alongside new live repertoire. Truly impressive stuff! “Maddie Martin is the real thing! An authentic young jazz singer with tone and time for days.” James McMillan; “Her voice and phrasing are the best we’ve heard for some time, and she has won accolades from top professionals.” Swanage Jazz Festival 2025; "...a star in the making. As soon as I heard her, I knew she was special. She has a warmth and beauty in her voice.” Claire Martin OBE

A rare one-off performance & first meeting as a trio between guitarist David Preston , bassist Robin Mullarkey and drummer Gary Husband. David Preston has been described by the Guardian as “Virtuosic” and Time Out as “A superb modern jazz guitarist”. A finalist at the Montreux International Guitar competition, he released his 2-part debut album ‘Purple / Black’ on Whirlwind Recordings in 2023/24. Robin Mullarkey is known for his involvement with the UK broken beat movement, producing two ground-breaking LPs fusing his academic jazz background with the contemporary dance aesthetic in the band Brotherly. He has recently been touring with Jacob Collier & Donny McCaslin. Gary Husband is one of a rare breed of musicians in that his expression is divided equally in his capacity as a drummer, pianist and keyboardist of international repute. For close to four decades, Gary has worked alongside a vast and eclectic range of celebrated musicians including John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Beck, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore & many others. The trio will perform a unique repertoire of originals tailored for the occasion, choice interpretations of favourite classics and spontaneous improvisations - truly not to be missed. "[Preston] Reimagining jazz – with modern invention and creative innovation" Jazz Journal; “UK's hottest jazz guitarist” Musica Terra Magazine (Japan); “Bassist Robin Mullarkey has been wowing audiences for years... perfect groove and a bass tone to die for.” No Treble; "A relentlessly inventive drummer with a voice all of his own" Jazzwise; "One of the most dynamic and musical drummers of our time" Rhythm Magazine Photo, David Preston by Miguel Altunaga Jr; Gary Husband by Birgit Fostervold; Robin Mullarkey by Carl Hyde.

Fri, Jul 3, 9:00 PM

Liane Carroll

606 Club / Chelsea / Map

Winner BBC Jazz Awards 2005/6 & Parliamentary Jazz Awards Musician of the Year 2008. The first artist ever to win two BBC Jazz Awards in the same year, for Best Vocalist and Best of Jazz, Liane Carroll is a dynamic vocalist and pianist whose amazing talent has been captivating audiences around the world. She is recognised as one of the finest singer/pianists on the scene, working with the likes of Gerry Rafferty, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul McCartney, and has been a featured performer at Glastonbury Festival. Her albums have been received with universal acclaim and led to an hour-long special on BBC TV featuring her performance at the Brecon Jazz Festival. Her CDs “Up and Down” and “Ballads” on Quiet Money Records, produced by Grammy-nominated trumpeter/producer James McMillan, garnered impressive reviews while "Seaside", on Linn Records, received a Parliamentary Jazz Award nomination for “Jazz Album of the Year”. Similarly her most recent release "The Right To Love", also produced by James on Quiet Money, has been equally rapturously received. A world-class performer, her powerful blues-tinged voice and exciting infectious material, not to mention a wicked sense of humour, make this a truly remarkable gig. "Liane Carroll...she seems in some magical way to be made out of music” The Observer; "utterly brilliant” Time Out; “a musical force of nature…world class” Guardian; “…deeply soulful” The Times; “…unswerving honesty and molten intensity…burningly expressive” Jazzwise; "Liane Carroll doesn't just sing jazz. She is jazz" MOJO

Sat, Jul 4, 9:00 PM

Binker Golding

606 Club / Chelsea / Map

Perhaps best-known as a member of the critically acclaimed duo “Binker & Moses” - who received a 2015 MOBO Award, a 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ and two 2016 Jazz FM Awards for Breakthrough and Best UK Jazz Act - saxophonist Binker Golding is a superb player of fascinating contradiction and diversity. His two albums to date (with a third due shortly) have further cemented his reputation as an important voice on the UK jazz scene. Tonight he makes a welcome return to the Club to “play some of my favourite jazz standards and traditional blues numbers” alongside Billy Adamson guitar, Daniel Casimir bass & Jamie Murray drums. “Surprisingly straight up and filled with wonderfully lyrical flourishes" London Jazz News; “…fresh and invigorating, continuing the best and most innovative of the hard-bop style” Jazz Journal; “None of the new...improviser-composer…saxophonists on London's underground scene are more accomplished than Binker Golding” All About Jazz

“she literally beats the pants off anything done by a British bluesman these last 10 years” Dana Gillespie has been a major figure on the UK music scene for 55 years & counting. Starting on the folk circuit in the mid 60’s she graduated to pop before settling on the musical love of her life – the Blues, which she describes as “…my first musical love because it's earthy, spiritual and honest”. Since the late 70s she has been singing, recording and touring with blues musicians from all over the world, including a two-year stint in America working with some of the finest players in the industry. As evidence of the high esteem in which she’s held Dana was voted “Top British Female Blues Vocalist” by the British Blues Connection and Blueprint Magazine five times and has now been elevated to their Hall of Fame. Lately, Dana’s published her memoirs, ‘Weren’t Born a Man’ as well as hosting her own weekly YouTube show called ‘Globetrotting With Gillespie'.

Much-loved singer-songwriter Rebecca Hollweg has performed extensively both in the UK and abroad, including festivals at Rochefort en Accords in France, Vamos Festival in Crete and 5 and 55 Festival, Wijk an See in Holland plus numerous other gigs in France and Germany as well as the likes of the South Bank Centre, Union Chapel and Latitude Festival in the UK. Playing live, she is open and unpretentious and as one listener said ‘it feels like she is reaching out and enfolding you in a warm embrace’. The gig tonight marks the 25th Anniversary of her very first album "June Babies" and fittingly she will be appearing with the original lineup from that album: her husband Andy Hamill bass, Mike Outram guitar, Phil Peskett piano and Tom Gordon drums. Having now released four critically acclaimed albums Rebecca’s singing and her uplifting, melodic songs have long been celebrated and it's with great pleasure we welcome her once again back to the Club. “Just a beautiful sound, great vibe…absolutely stunning” BBC Radio 2; “Carole King couldn’t have come up with a better...song” Uncut; “A gifted tunesmith” Q Magazine; “'Exquisite vocal” Guardian