About
Whether it's our live music clubs, music company or record label, we're all about the jazz
At Splash Point Jazz, when it comes to jazz, we know what we’re doing. Mainly because we’ve been around forever, but mostly because we love what we do. We have weekly residencies at Raffles London at the OWO, Relais Cooden Beach, and monthly ones at Tottington Manor. As well as our live events, we also have many other strings to our jazz music bow…
Splash Point Music Ltd
Our music company, Splash Point Music Ltd, started life as an award-winning record label, soon expanding into music publishing. It is now a fully-fledged live music company running @splashpointjazz clubs around the South of the UK, with occasional forays to London (Ronnie Scott’s etc), and abroad.
Splash Point Jazz Club (@splashpointjazz)
We run several jazz club nights around the South, most regularly at Seaford (our home town) and Eastbourne, showcasing the very best of the British jazz scene and international guests.
View our Calendar to discover where and when we’re playing next.
Splash Point Records & Splash Point Publishing
At various times we have had on our roster the cream of the British jazz scene, especially vocalists, including Claire Martin OBE (publishing); Liane Carroll (four CDs and a DVD), Ian Shaw (three CDs and a single), Sue Richardson (four CDs and a single), Andy Drudy (two EPs), Neal Richardson (two CDs so far…), Alex Webb (one CD; publishing) and many more…
Most albums were recorded in our own studios, or at Abbey Road, and produced by Neal Richardson. We have had song placements and licensing in territories worldwide. We also sub-licensed many other albums for digital distribution under our imprint Splash Point Digital.
The Musicians
Neal Richardson
Neal is a powerful and rhythmic pianist/vocalist playing jazz, blues and originals, and an award-winning producer. Neal cut his teeth performing in jazz clubs, hotels, and cruise ships in over 55 countries, from Rio to Raffles, Norway to New Orleans, Vietnam to Venezuela. His Quartet plays every year in Germany and has entertained Royalty, Hollywood celebrities and VIPs at world-renowned venues, including playing for George Clooney on his yacht at the Cannes Film Festival. He is now the resident pianist/singer at London Raffles at the OWO (Old War Office), voted by Condé Nast as the best new hotel in the world.
Neal’s arrangements and original compositions display his wide-ranging tastes and influences, and he and his band have a great swinging style influenced by Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole and Gene Harris. His debut album, Better Than The Blues, was launched at the London Jazz Festival 2014, and his nine-piece band sold out Ronnie Scott’s in 2016. His second album, The Maximalist, was launched at Pizza Express Dean St Jazz Club, and has garnered excellent reviews.
He has produced 25 albums for various jazz artists, including two at London’s Abbey Road Studios, and ran his own label, Splash Point Records, for 20 years.
He also runs the hugely popular Splash Point Jazz club nights (#splashpointjazz), which have recently expanded with ‘Neal’s Jazz Nights’ at Raffles London.
A huge personal honour was for him to collect a Gold Badge Award at the BASCA ceremony at The Savoy on behalf of Dame Cleo Laine.
Sue Richardson
Since being tipped for the top by Jazzwise magazine, Sue Richardson’s career has gone from strength to strength. Her most recent album, Too Cool, The Life & Music of Chet Baker, cemented her position in the jazz world – gaining four and five star reviews in the jazz press as well as internationally, and sell out gigs at Ronnie Scott’s. It was also listed in The Sunday Times‘ 100 Best Records of The Year 2013 – “The trumpeter and singer Sue Richardson’s homage to Chet Baker brings the boy wonder back to life.”
“Sue Richardson’s trumpet playing catches [Baker’s] combination of delicacy and strength, and her singing has something of his candid simplicity. She even writes the kind of tunes that he might have invented.” 4* review in The Observer.
“I kid you not, you closed your eyes, you were listening to Chet Baker. A remarkable young woman.” Richard Wheatly, Jazz FM.
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