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JCUK presents Colin Hickman's Blue Room 7

Sat 20 Sept

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The Jazz Centre UK

A cracking all-star mainstream septet making their first visit here...

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JCUK presents Colin Hickman's Blue Room 7
JCUK presents Colin Hickman's Blue Room 7

Time & Location

20 Sept 2025, 14:00 – 16:00

The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK

About the Event

Colin Hickman brings his Blue Room 7 to The JCUK today for the first time. Playing baritone sax, he is joined in a rousing 4-horn front line by Gabriel Garrick on trumpet, Michael Coates on alto, and David Black on tenor; John Pearce is at the piano, with Paul Morgan on bass and Bobby Worth on drums.

When the swing era came to an end after the second world war, a lot of the big bands were reduced in size to smaller units for various reasons such as expenditure and personnel displacements. This helped bring about a change of jazz styles through fresh ideas from younger players. This gave rise to a less restrictive platform for improvisation and to the eventual introduction to Bebop and West Coast Cool School. The Blue Room 7 tries to emulate the best of this very important mix whilst still keeping to the swing genre.…

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