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@splashpointjazz News Splash July 2023

Hello lovely Splash Pointers!

You’ve probably been looking out for us in your inboxes – and here we are, with a round-up of July’s gigs, plus some photographic highlights from last month – one of our busiest ever!
[How times have changed since the unmentionable 2 years ago – Ed.]

There are a busy few weeks in prospect for what we hope will be the highest of high summers, from the scorching bluesy vocals of Zoe Schwarz to Brandon Allen’s sizzling tenor sax, with a lot of breezy good-time gigs in between.

Read on and be dazzled and amazed… (well, entertained at least, hopefully 🙂

Previously seen & heard @splashpointjazz

BRIGHTON:

[L-R Neal, Frances Wise, Miles Danso]
The month of June started off well when Neal’s regular Brighton solo gig at the Nautilus Lounge turned into a trio on the night.

SEAFORD:

[Neal, Miles, Nick]
Followed by the usual sold-out night at The Old Plough, which included local radio hero Nick Mallinson (Seahaven FM) in the audience

GERMANY:

[Miles Danso, Sue Richardson, Alex Eberhard, Jo Fooks, Luke Rattenbury, Neal]

Amazing gigs of the 6-piece band in Germany, with a lot of driving in between!

The gig in the beautiful castle near Stuttgart again, then…

…up to an outdoor festival near Dusseldorf (that was a loooong drive)

SEAFORD:
[Neal, Sue Richardson, George Trebar, Raul D’Oliveira, Sam Glasson]

Raul D’Oliveira and the band cooked up a hot latin night at our club in Seaford 👍

WORLDWIDE! OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE

Fri 16th June saw the official worldwide distribution release of Neal’s album “The Maximalist”, and the twentieth anniversary of our record label, Splash Point Records 🙂

[Photo at Splash Point, Seaford UK]You can also buy the album direct from us, or other online and physical stores, as well as listen on Spotify etc:

www.splashpointmusic.com
www.nealrichardson.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/3FcfaIYEW2Sn2VnA1gTkxU

EASTBOURNE:

[Mark Edwards, Andy Panayi, Oz Dechaine, Joe Edwards. Thanks for photos, Kim Hedges]

The month ended with another album launch gig, this time at SPJC Eastbourne: Andy Panayi’s ‘Flute to the Power of Four’

EASTBOURNE: LTA ROTHESAY TENNIS FINALS DAY

[The line-up this year featured (L-R) Jane Tuff, Mark White, Alex Eberhard, Jeff Williams, Miles Danso, Neal, Andy Williams]
For the 16th year running, Neal Richardson’s Band played for the big day!

Upcoming @splashpointjazz gigs as at 4/7/23

JULY
Friday 7th July 9pm
Neal Richardson (pno/vox)
Brighton – Nautilus Lounge, 129-130 St James Street, Brighton. BN2 1TH
“Great venue, great cocktails”
info@nautiluslounge.com

Sunday 9th July 4:00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” – Andy Williams (gtr) feat. Sue Richardson (tpt/vox)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 12th July 7.00pm
Zoe Schwarz (vox), Rob Koral (gtr) with Neal Richardson Trio
feat. Miles Danso (bass) and Phil Crabbe (drums)
Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS. 01323 890139
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Sunday 16th July 4:00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” – Neal Richardson solo (pno/vox)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Tuesday 18th July 12.30pm
“The Star Jazz Lunch” with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) and Miles Danso (double bass)
Alfriston – Alex Polizzi’s The Star Inn BN26 5TA
Incredible food, in a historic setting.
Book on 01323 870495

Sunday 23rd July 4.00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) and Miles Danso (double bass)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 26^th July 8.00pm
Brandon Allen (sax) Quartet
feat. Tim Lapthorn (keys), Simon Thorpe (bass), Pete Cater (drums)
Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Sunday 30th July 4.00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” Neal Richardson (pno/vox) feat. Jane Tuff (sax)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

AUGUST

Wednesday 2nd Aug 7.00pm. [NOTE THE DATE! Not 2nd Weds!)
Roger Carey (bass/vox), Andy Williams (gtr), Paul Cavaciuti (dms) + Neal Richardson (pno/vox)
Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS. 01323 890139
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Thanks for reading, and enjoy the sunshine! 🌞

Neal and the @splashpointjazz mob
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@Splashpointjazz News Splash June 2023

Hello jazz peeps!

And here we are, in June, the mid-point of the year… Not quite bustin’ out all over but there’s still time. Meanwhile, if it’s HEAT you want, may we suggest warming yourselves up at one of the Splash Point gigs below, where the temperature will definitely be pushing the mercury up!

But first, here are some of the highlights from May:

Previously, at Splash Point Jazz:

May started in style courtesy of Jane Tuff with Neal Richardson at the glorious Buxted Park Hotel for Bank Holiday jazz lunch. (Next one Sun 6th Aug)

Alex Clarke, at Seaford, raising the temperature (and the roof…) with Neal, Andy Hamill and Phil Crabbe.

ARQ at Eastbourne: Alison Rayner, Deirdre Cartwright, Diane McLaughlin, Steve Lodder – and behind them all our good friend Buster Birch drumming up a tropical storm.

Neal’s ‘Maximalist’ London launch played to a full house at the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields, in Trafalgar Square, no less. With Jo Fooks, Sue Richardson, Winston Rollins, Luke Rattenbury, Miles Danso and Alex Eberhard.

Sunday Jazz on the Terrace at the Relais Cooden Beach Hotel: Neal and Miles surfing the thermals (or possibly wearing them??).

And we’re back for the summer season at Alex Polizzi’s fabulous Star at Alfriston, for jazz lunch al fresco, Neal with Miles Danso.

And here are the complete June listings:

Friday 2nd June 9pm
Neal Richardson (pno/vox) with Miles Danso (double bass)
Brighton – Nautilus Lounge, 129-130 St James Street, Brighton. BN2 1TH
“Great venue, great cocktails”
info@nautiluslounge.com

Saturday 3rd June 7:00pm
Dinner Jazz – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) with Miles Danso (double bass)
Seaford – The Old Plough, 20 Church St, BN25 1HG
Come and relax with a bottle of wine at the coolest new grown-up evening!
Table Bookings essential: 01323 872921

Sunday 4th June 12:30pm. ** CANCELLED BY THE VENUE **
“Jazz Lunch with Live painting” – Sue Richardson Quartet
Eastbourne – Lansdowne Hotel
Sunday 4th June 4:00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) with Miles Danso (double bass)

Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

9th-12th June – ‘The Maximalist’ band on tour in Germany
(nr Stuttgart & Dusseldorf)

Sunday 11th June 4:00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” Andy Williams solo (gtr)

Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 14th June 7.00pm
Raul D’Oliveira (tpt/perc) with Neal Richardson Trio
feat. George Trebar (bass) and Sam Glasson (drums)
Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS.
Table Bookings: 01323 890139. And come early!!
Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Fri 16th June
Splash Point Records officially releases Neal’s album “The Maximalist” (SPR020CD) through stores worldwide, with physical distribution by Proper.
Sunday 18th June 4:00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” – Neal Richardson feat. Sue Richardson
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Tuesday 20th June 12.30pm
“The Star Jazz Lunch” with Neal Richardson and Miles Danso
Alfriston – Alex Polizzi’s The Star Inn BN26 5TA
Incredible food, in a historic setting.
Book on 01323 870495

Friday 23^rd June 7.00pm
“Dinner Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Sue Richardson (tpt/vox)
Exceat – Cuckmere Inn, Exceat Bridge, Seaford BN25 4AB
The restaurant/pub in the exquisite Cuckmere valley
Table Bookings: 01323 892247

Sunday 25^th June 4.00pm
“Sunday Jazz on the Terrace” Neal Richardson solo (pno/vox)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch/tea/dinner and cocktails al fresco on the beach!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 28^th June 8.00pm
Andy Panayi’s ‘Flute to the Power of Four’ Album Launch!
feat. Andy Panayi (flutes/sax), Mark Edwards (keys), Oz Dechaine (bass), Joe Edwards (drums)
Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Saturday 1^st July 10:00am
Neal Richardson’s 7piece Band for the Eastbourne Tennis Finals
For the 16th Year running! It’s a lovely morning building up to the first match. Buy a Ground Pass even if you haven’t got a ticket for the match. Pimms, Jazz, Tennis…
Eastbourne – Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, BN21 4JJ

We really hope to see some of you at some of these events. Or even all of you at all of them! Let Splash Point Jazz infuse your life with sunshine – remember, we succeed where the Met Office fails…

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@splashpointjazz Easter News Splash April 2023 – The Maximalist!

“An album about false riches, belief, folly, greed, love, connection and hope”

It’s the Easter Egg you’ve been waiting for… THE MAXIMALIST!!
YES, Neal’s new album is done and will be launched at our Seaford Club THIS MONTH!! We think this may be a world first for the town! ????

And, in a vain (vain?!) attempt to combat the onslaught of streaming and internet-suppliers-with-names-like-rivers-who-sell-stuff-lower-than-cost, it is for now ONLY available direct from us! (12th April onwards)
As a record label we do have worldwide distribution in place for both physical and digital, but we’re not switching those in for a few weeks…

So – get yourself to one of our gigs and get yourself a copy!
(SPR020CD on Splash Point Records – 20 years on from our first release).

True to the name, there’s loads of great music on it… 69 minutes of pure pleasure!

It has a very strong mix of originals and standards, blues and jazz, with lush harmonies and intricate arrangements, all played by a first class 7-piece band…

Oh, and you can COME AND HEAR THEM LIVE AT THE LAUNCH! Wed 12th April at our Seaford Club.

Lots of other gigs coming up too. Read on, dear Transfixed Ones…

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Previously on @splashpointjazz

Gigs are really picking up at last (it’s taken two years since the unmentionable…).
Here are a few highlights of the last month…

Wednesday 8th March SPJC Seaford

[Photo credit: SuzyT)]

The delightful Sara Oschlag packed them in, with Neal Richardson, Andy Panayi,
Nigel Thomas and Joe Edwards
Wednesday 29th March SPJC Eastbourne

[Photo credit: Jonathan Chapman]

A veritable grand duchess of jazz, but still with full firepower, Elaine Delmar lit up a full room at our Eastbourne club, leaving everyone wondering how she does it!
With Andy Panayi (flt/sax), Roy Hilton (keys), Simon Thorpe (Double bass), Bobby Worth (drums)
Saturday 1st April (yes, really), Old Plough, Seaford

“Dinner Jazz” with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) with Miles Danso (double bass)

The FIRST of a new monthly Duo gig, in the perfect-for-a-gig back room of the pub/restaurant, with one of our pianos.
The gig was fully booked – so it is already the place to be on the first Saturday of the month!

Sunday 2nd April, Relais Cooden Beach Hotel

“Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Miles Danso (double bass)
Neal & Miles at it again at this weekly gig – which has grown to nearly 100 people, standing room only (best to reserve a table in advance)

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Upcoming @splashpointjazz gigs as at 6/4/23

Friday 7th April 9:00pm
Neal Richardson (pno/vox) solo
Brighton – Nautilus Lounge, 129-130 St James Street, Brighton. BN2 1TH
“Great venue, great cocktails”
info@nautiluslounge.com

Sunday 9th April 12:30pm
“Easter Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Sue Richardson (tpt/vox)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch and/or drinks. Booking very much advised!
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 12th April 7.00pm
ALBUM LAUNCH! Neal Richardson’s “The Maximalist” (7-piece band)
Jo Fooks (sax), Sue Richardson (tpt/vox), Mark Bassey (tbn),
Luke Rattenbury (gtr), Miles Danso (double bass) and Alex Eberhard (drums)
Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS. 01323 890139
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

PLUS!
Dates for Neal’s new “The Maximalist” album:
Teaser video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SH1l7m388
APRIL
Weds 12   SEAFORD SPJC @The View ALBUM LAUNCH GIG   THE MAXIMALIST   https://www.wegottickets.com/event/566292
Weds 19   WORTHING Pavilion Lounge   THE MAXIMALIST   https://wtm.uk/events/jazz-night-neal-richardson-featuring-jo-fooks/
MAY
Weds 24   LONDON The Crypt   THE MAXIMALIST   https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/crypt-lates-jazz-and-blues-with-neal-richardson/
JUNE
Sun 11   GERMANY    THE MAXIMALIST   On Tour
Sunday 16th April 12:30pm
“Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) solo
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch and/or drinks
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 19th April 7:30pm
Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Maximalist Quartet feat. Jo Fooks
Worthing Pavilion Lounge (on the Pier), Marine Parade, BN11 3PX
Tix: https://wtm.uk/events/jazz-night-neal-richardson-featuring-jo-fooks/

Friday 21st April 7:00pm
“Dinner Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Sue Richardson (tpt/vox)
Exceat – Cuckmere Inn, Exceat Bridge, Seaford BN25 4AB
The restaurant/pub in the exquisite Cuckmere valley
Table Bookings: 01323 892247

Sunday 23rd April 12:30pm
“Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Miles Danso (bass)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch and/or drinks
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 26th April 8:00pm
Xhosa Cole (sax)
feat. Josh Vadiveloo (gtr), Nathan England-Jones (bass), Steve Saunders (drms)
Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

Sunday 30th April 12:30pm
“Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Alex Eberhard (gtr/vox) solo
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch and/or drinks
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

MAY

Friday 5th May 9:00pm
Neal Richardson (pno/vox) feat. Frances Shine (vox)
Brighton – Nautilus Lounge, 129-130 St James Street, Brighton. BN2 1TH
“Great venue, great cocktails”
info@nautiluslounge.com

Saturday 6th May 7:00pm. * * NEW TIME * *
Coronation Dinner Jazz with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) with Miles Danso (double bass)
Seaford – The Old Plough, 20 Church St, BN25 1HG
Come and relax with a bottle of wine at the coolest new grown-up evening!
Table Bookings: 01323 872921‬

Sunday 7th May 12:30pm
“Sunday Lunch Jazz” – Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Duo feat. Miles Danso (bass)
Cooden – Relais Cooden Beach Hotel TN39 4TT
Come for lunch and/or drinks
Table Bookings: 01424 842281

Wednesday 10th May 7.00pm
Alex Clarke (sax) with Neal Richardson Trio
feat. Andy Hamill (bass) and Brad Webb (drums)
Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS. 01323 890139
www.wegottickets.com/splashpointjazz

As always, please check our Events page for the latest details.

Thanks for your support, as always, of professional live music.
Hope this puts a Spring in your step!
x

Neal & the Splash Point Music mob
@splashpointjazz

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