Grassroots Jazz

23/05/2026

It’s great to be playing some dates with Libor Smoldas in Prague.
He’s much shorter than I remember.

17/04/2026

Thanks, Emily! Every step you took on your sponsored walk made the future a bit brighter for jazz in the UK!

14/04/2026

19/02/2026

19/02/2026

Grassroots Jazz has just helped out The Bread and Roses in Plymouth.
Louise Parker has built and maintained a great outlet for jazz down there, but she just needs a little bit of help.
A £500 grant is winging its way to them right now. When they hit 10,000 followers on Facebook and 5,000 on Instagram they will get a further £1,500.
So please give them a follow on both!
https://www.facebook.com/TheBreadandRoses
https://www.instagram.com/thebreadandroses

A community art focused pub in Plymouth UK. We provide live music, monthly events and craft beers!

04/01/2026

There’s not currently enough money left in the Grassroots Jazz charity to help anybody else out so I figure the best use of the few quid I have left is to push awareness for the cause.
This is part one of the Arts Council England funded documentary that explores the needs of some of the grassroots jazz venues in the UK. I put in a whole lot of effort and a whole lot of Miles into this so I’d be really pleased if you would take a look, and if you would also like to help, then please follow the link to the website in the comments.
A link to part two is there too.
Thanks for looking.

“An Appeal From Grassroots Jazz”
Part 1

Guitarist Nigel Price has a chat with some of the volunteer promoters who keep our grassroots jazz scene alive here in the UK.In this part, we visit Enfield,...

02/01/2026

Grassroots jazz has just made the second grant of £1500 to Jazz 825 in Southend-on-Sea.
Trevor Taylor has been programming jazz in Southend for 40 years and this money **raised by YOU** will help to ensure that he can carry on his great work with just a little bit more breathing space, for a while.
If you like the work that I’m doing then feel free to make a donation by visiting the website. Link in bio.
It’s just a modest operation (for which I take no money for operating) but for some of the 25 clubs that have been beneficiaries of grants it really has been the last chance saloon.
Happy new year!

02/01/2026

Grassroots jazz has just made the second grant of £1500 to Jazz 825 in Southend-on-Sea.
Trevor Taylor has been programming jazz in Southend for 40 years and this money **raised by YOU** will help to ensure that he can carry on his great work with just a little bit more breathing space, for a while.
If you like the work that I’m doing then feel free to make a donation here: https://www.grassrootsjazz.com
It’s just a modest operation (for which I take no money for running) but for some of the 25 clubs that have been beneficiaries of grants it really has been the last chance saloon.
Happy new year!

GrassRootsJazz is a charitable organisation, raising and distributing funding directly to where it is needed most on the UK Jazz scene.

15/12/2025

Berkamstead Jazz just donated £400 to Grassroots Jazz.
What a lovely thing to do: help out other clubs who might not be doing quite so well. There are some really good people in this World.
I suddenly feel quite Christmassy.