February 2012
Tapas from 5pm – jazz starts at 6pm. To book your table for Friday night Jazz & Tapas, call us on 01636 700 597 or reserve online here
- 3rd – Denny Goodwin Duo (Guitar/Muted Trumpet)
- 10th – Karen Lake – Impressions Quintet (Vocals/Sax/Piano/Bass/Drums)
- 17th – BoHoP (Piano/Drums/Bass)
- 24th – Wendy Kirkland Duo (Piano/Double Bass/Vocals)
January 2012
To book your table for jazz & Tapas, call us on 01636 700 597 or reserve online here
- Sat Jan 7th – Tromans/Wheeler Duo (Drums/Piano – residency)
- Sat Jan 14th – Wendy Kirkland Duo (Piano/Bass)
- Fri Jan 20th – BoHoP (Piano/Drums/Bass)
- Fri Jan 27th – Rosie Brown Duo (Vocals/Guitar)
Darren Dutson Bromley
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After a phenomenal debut appearance in Autumn 2010, we’re really excited to be able to host this unique duo again & expect to sell out quickly. So if you want to be jazz-side in the courtyard to see these two, we recommend you book your table as soon as possible. (Don’t we just feel like kids in a sweet shop – great food, great, great jazz and we just get to work here every week!! – Mat)
Jazz guitarist Darren Dutson Bromley and bass player Jenni Molloy have been working together regularly for the past three years and play a virtuosic blend of jazz, blues and latin whilst incorporating different elements from folk, flamenco and Americana to produce a unique yet accessible sound which demonstrates a real synergy between the two players.
Darren has performed with many musicians over the years including Jools Holland has recently finished recording an album at Pinewood studios featuring singer Tina May, an 18 piece string orchestra and some of the top figures of British jazz. A leading exponent of unaccompanied jazz guitar, Darren’s recent solo album ‘My Romance’ was a BBC album of the week.
Bass virtuoso Jenni Molloy’ regularly performs throughout the country and her recent album Bach Reloaded is listed in the top 5 jazz albums of 2009 by The Sunday Times and as one of the ‘records of the year 2009′ by BBC Radio 3’ Alyn Shipton.
Recent performances from the duo have included Wigan International Jazz Festival, Saltaire Festival and the Delius Arts Centre in Bradford.
www.jellymouldjazz.net/bach.html
See our Jazz Programme here
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Stray’s, inexplicably…
The Matt Chandler Trio were the very first band to play to diners at Tapas y Stray’s on our opening night in July 2010.
Matt Chandler Group - 'it goes like this'...
Fitting then that, one year later the trio return from a long stint in ‘the smoke’ to launch their new album as the Matt Chandler Group entitled ‘it goes like this’ including a song entitled ‘Stray’s Inexplicably’ which, according to drummer Ian Beestin, they came up with during a soundcheck at Stray’s!
The album promises much, the majority of it being jazz quartet with the addition of Neil Hunter on keys – and for 3 of the songs the line-up goes quintet with the legendary Tony Kofi joining the group on sax.
Our Birthday Weekend sees the Matt Chandler trio playing a special gig on Thursday 21st July featuring some of their new material, plus a whole lot of standards and improvised jamming in between.
The band have said they’ll gladly sign copies of the new album with personal messages – so this would make the perfect, unique gift for anyone ‘jazzy’. Available for just £10 each.
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for more about the new album, click here
Tickets for this event are £25 per head with very limited numbers available. Price includes a great set menu (see below) so reserve your place NOW if you don’t want to miss what promises to be a great night. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first served basis as usual. Due to the nature of the event, we will not be able to take bookings of more than 4 persons per table.
This is a closed event – entry is by ticket only- RESERVE ONLINE HERE or CALL 01636 700 597 (monitored answer machine)
It Goes Like This – 1st Birthday Set Menu
- seleccion de las aceituna (Gordal, Manzanilla, Aragon & Aberquaina olives)
- pan recien horneado con tomate (freshly baked bocatta bread with fresh tomato)
- Seleccion quesos (Cheese Platter) including:
- Manchego (hard, full flavoured ewes milk cheese from La Mancha) 1st prize Semi Cured Artisan Cheese 2010 (artisan semicurado category)1st prize Gran Selection Gold Medal over all other Manchegos 2010 (Gran Selección De Oro al mejor queso manchego)
- Mahon curado (from the only remaining cheesemaker in Menorca to use un-pasteurised cow’s milk & traditional artisan methods, cured in caves for 6-10 months)
- Cabra al Romero (medium-hard pasteurized goat’s milk cheese from Murcia, this is a mild-tasting goat cheese, coated in fragrant rosemary leaves)
- Seleccion de charcutería (trio of cold meats with baked bocatta toasts) including:
- Jamon Serrano (Serrano ham, dry cured for 16 months)
- Chorizo (cured pork sausage made with dried smoked red peppers)
Cecina de Leon (oak-smoked dry cured beef from Cecenas Nieto, Awarded 3 gold stars at great taste awards 2010)
- patatas bravas (fried potatoes with a spicy tomato sauce)
- tortilla Espanola (authentic Spanish omelette made with potatoes and eggs)
- chorizo al vino tinto con judias blancas (chorizo sausage in red wine with white beans)
- ensalada mixta (seasonal leaves, tomato, cucumber, red onion in lemon & extra virgin olive oil)
