The Nutshell JAZZBOPS: J Fashole-Luke Duo

Join us for a lunchtime jazz concert made especially for grown-ups and their little ones (ages 0-4) - a jazz club designed with grown-ups in mind.

Park up your buggies or scooters and get ready for a lunchtime concert featuring some of the UK's best Jazz musicians as part of Winchester Jazz Festival 2026!

J Fashole-Luke is a multi instrumentalist who is in high demand particularly for live piano performances. He has performed all over Europe (including Montreaux, Vienne, Winchester, Vienna, Swanage and North Sea Jazz Festivals), played with top British jazz artists including Gary Crosby, Jay Phelps, and Tony Kofi and has even jammed with American jazz legends Marcus Miller, Isaiah Sharkey and the late great Roy Hargrove. He has also had multiple appearances at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, performed live on BBC2’s Later…with Jools Holland, and has worked with global chart toppers such as Dolly Parton and Usher.

Katie Rogers is a Hampshire jazz and vintage singer who is in much demand across Portsmouth and Southampton and the South Coast area . Katie is passionate about music and song, and has a particular love of Billie Holiday singing the blues and the swing music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. With a wide repertoire of musical styles, Katie’s voice is very versatile.  She combines her performances as a vintage singer with her own unique way of story telling, giving a contemporary sound to those much loved songs of yesterday.
Katie’s rich tone and dynamic delivery captures the emotion of each and every song, taking her audience on a wonderful vocal journey.

THE NUTSHELL JAZZ CLUB: TOm Barford Quartet

Composer/Saxophonist/Winner of the 2017 Kenny Wheeler Prize Tom Barford’s name has been known to aficionados for some years now. Tom's new album captured live at the Parakeet by master engineer Alex Bonney presents him sharing the frontline with star trumpeter James Copus on a set of his own original material. With Ivo Neame on piano and regular rhythm section compadres Oli Hayhurst on bass and Tim Giles on drums, this is a true London supergroup - but one based on a genuine, deep mutual respect and admiration.

The music is eclectic- virtuosic playing over fast tempos, Wayne Shorter and Vince Mendoza inspired compositions and even some tasty arrangements of some Joe Henderson classics. Tom will have newly produced record's of the album available for purchase.

THE NUTSHELL JAZZ CLUB

Join us on the third Thursday of every month* for an evening of Jazz, bring your own food and drinks a plenty in an intimate cabaret style setting.

In partnership with Winchester Jazz Festival and Alex Western-King we will host some of the UK’s best Jazz musicians on The Nutshell stage.

*please check dates as due to holiday season we will occassionally shift from the third Thursday!