Sunday January 3rd;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, Jagz, Station Hill, Ascot, Berks, Tel; 01344 878100 www.jagz.co.uk (12.30-3.30pm)
Sunday January 17th;
SIMON SPILLETT with SWINGSHIFT play the music of TUBBY HAYES, Southport Melodic Jazz Club, Royal Clifton Hotel, The Promenade, Southport, Tel; 01704 541790 www.jazzinsouthport.co.uk/ (1.00-3.30pm)
Friday January 22nd;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ARNIE SOMOGYI and MARTIN DREW, Sheffield Jazz, Millennium Hall, Polish Centre, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield www.sheffieldjazz.org.uk/ (8.30-11.15pm)
Sunday January 24th; (Afternoon)
The Princess of Wales, Chalcot Road, Primrose Hill, London, Tel; 0207 722 0354 - guest appearance with the Pete Chapman trio (2-4pm)
Sunday January 24th; (Evening)
The Bell Hotel, Market Hill, Clare, Suffolk, Tel; 01787 237 653 www.jazz-nights.com - guest appearance with the Jazz Nights trio(8.30-10.30pm)
Wednesday January 27th;
The Trumpet, High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, Tel; 01902 493723 www.trumpetjazz.org.uk/ - guest appearance with the Mike Turner Band (8.30-11pm)
Sunday January 31st;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, The Eagle Tavern, High Street, Rochester, Kent, Tel; 01634 407041 (1-3.30pm)
Wednesday February 3rd;
RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA CELEBRATE TUBBY HAYES AT 75, Ronnie Scott's, 47 Frith Street, London, Tel; 0207 459 0747 www.ronniescotts.co.uk (9-11pm)
Friday February 5th;
ART THEMEN with THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and SPIKE WELLS, Wakefield Jazz, Wakefield Sports Club, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, Yorks, Tel; 01977 680542 www.wakefieldjazz.org/ (8.30-11pm)
Sunday February 7th;
Bristol Jazz Club, Futures Inn, Cabot Circus Hotel, Bond Street South, Bristol, Tel; 07517 651695 www.futureinns.co.uk/bristol-jazz-club.htm - guest appearance with the Dave Newton trio (8-11pm)
Saturday February 13th;
Cambridge Jazz Co-op, The Man On The Moon, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Tel; 01223 565396 www.cambridgejazzcoop.org.uk/ - masterclass on the music of Tubby Hayes (11am-1pm)
Saturday February 13th;
Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, Shropshire www.shrewsburyjazznetwork.co.uk - guest appearance with the Paul Sawtell trio (8-11pm)
Sunday February 14th;
Sedgley Park Rugby Club, Park Lane, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, Tel; 0161 706 5050 - guest appearance with the Gerry Tomlinson trio (1-3pm)
Tuesday February 16th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring STEVE MELLING, ARNIE SOMOGYI and CLARK TRACEY, The Lord Rookwood, Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, Tel; 0208 989 8129 www.eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.com/ (8.30-11pm)
Sunday February 21st;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, Churchill's Cafe-Bar, Tylers Avenue, Southend, Essex, Tel; 01702 468646 www.churchills-southend.com/ (2-4pm)
Tuesday February 23rd;
The Peter Boat, High Street, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Tel; 01702 475666 www.anniesjazz.co.uk - guest appearance with the Ted Beament trio (8.30-11pm)
Thursday February 25th;
Hedsor Social Club, Hedsor Road, Bourne End, Bucks, Tel; 01628 521921 www.jazzfromgeoff.blogspot.com/ - guest appearance (8.30-11pm)
Friday February 26th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT ALL-STARS with TED BEAMENT, HARVEY WESTON and "ART KRUPA", Marigolds Jazz Club, Harlow Cricket Club, Chippingfields, Old Harlow, Essex www.musicatmarigolds.co.uk/ (8.30-11pm)
Wednesday March 10th;
ALL STAR BENEFIT FOR VICTIMS OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE featuring ALAN BARNES, MARTIN DREW, STEVE WATERMAN, STEVE MELLING, ANDY CLEYNDERT, STEVE FISHWICK, MARK NIGHTINGALE, SIMON SPILLETT, BOBBY WORTH and many more!, The RAFA Club, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, Tel; 01634 365352 www.coljazz.webs.com (8-late)
Thursday March 11th; CANCELLED!
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and MARTIN DREW, South East Essex Jazz Club, The Chichester, Old London Road, Rawreth, Essex www.seejazzatthechichester.org/ (8-11pm)
Sunday March 21st;
SIMON SPILLETT and JOHN CRITCHINSON, The Dysart Arms, 135 Petersham Road, Richmond, London, Tel; 0208 940 8005 www.thedysartarms.co.uk (7.30-10pm)
Sunday March 28th;
THE RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAY COLE PORTER, Ronnie Scott's, 47 Frith Street, London, Tel; 0207 459 0747 www.ronniescotts.co.uk (9-11pm)
Wednesday March 31st;
THE SIMON SPILLETT ALL-STARS with TED BEAMENT, ROB RICKENBERG and "ART KRUPA", Spike's Place, The Essex Arms, Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex, Tel; 01245 420475 www.myspace.com/spikesplacejazzclub (8.30-11pm)
Thursday April 8th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT ALL-STARS with TED BEAMENT, ROB RICKENBERG and CLARK TRACEY, The Old Barge, Folly Island, Hertford, Tel; 01992 581871 www.hertsjazz.co.uk (8.30-11pm)
Saturday April 10th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and MARTIN DREW, The Bull, Barnet Road, St. Albans, Herts, Tel ; 01727 823160 www.thebullatlondoncolney.co.uk (8-11pm)
Thursday April 14th;
The Trumpet, High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, Tel; 01902 493723 www.trumpetjazz.org.uk/ - guest appearance with the Archie Cotterell trio (8.30-11pm)
Monday April 19th;
Chiltern U3A Jazz Appreciation Group, Pottery Room, Amersham Community Centre, Amersham, Bucks www.chiltern-u3a.org.uk/jazz.htm - Simon Spillett discusses The Life and Times of Tubby Hayes (2-4.30pm)
Tuesday April 20th;
Workshop for The Havering Saxophonics, The Coopers and Coburn School, St. Mary's Lane, Upminster, Essex www.thehaveringsaxophonics.co.uk (8-10pm)
Wednesday April 21st;
Speakeasy Jazz Club, The Farmhouse Tavern, Newton Road, Torquay, Devon, Tel; 01803 613451 www.speakeasytqy.net/ - guest appearance (8.30-11pm)
Sunday April 25th;
SIMON SPILLETT and SWINGSHIFT play the music of TUBBY HAYES, Wigan Jazz Club, Whelley's ex-Servicemans Club, Vauxhall Road, Wigan, Lancs. www.wiganjazzclub.co.uk (12.30-3pm)
Tuesday April 27th;
VIC ASH and SIMON SPILLETT, Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion, Station Approach, Marlow, Bucks, Tel; 01628 486571 www.marlowjazz.co.uk/ - guest appearance with the Frank Toms trio (8.30-11pm)
Friday April 30th;
THE VIC ASH-SIMON SPILLETT QUINTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH amd MARTIN DREW, Fleece Jazz, Stoke-by-Nayland Club, Keepers Lane, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, Tel; 01787 211865 www.fleecejazz.org.uk (8-11pm)
Saturday May 1st;
Mumbles Mostly Blues and Jazz Festival, Conservative Club, Mumbles Road, Mumbles, South Wales, Tel; 01792 361302 www.mumblesmostlybluesandjazz.co.uk - guest appearance with the Dave Cottle trio (8.45-11.15pm)
Sunday May 2nd; (Afternoon)
Sedgley Park Rugby Club, Park Lane, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, Tel; 0161 706 5050 - guest appearance with the Gerry Tomlinson trio (1-3pm)
Sunday May 2nd; (Evening)
The Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival, Atrium Cafe, Clitheroe Castle Museum, Clitheroe, Lancs. Tel; 01200 442630 www.rvjazzandblues.co.uk/ - guest appearance with the Steve Berry trio (8-10pm)
Tuesday May 4th;
Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool, Tel; 0151 707 1050 www.parrstreet.co.uk/STUDIO2/Home.htm - guest appearance (8.30-Midnight)
Friday May 7th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and CLARK TRACEY, Steyning Jazz Club, Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex, Tel; 01903 814017 www.steyningjazz.co.uk/ (8-11pm)
Sunday May 9th;
SIMON SPILLETT and VIC ASH, Stratford Jazz Club, The Chapel, Shakespeare Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Tel; 01789 298607 www.stratfordjazz.org.uk - guest appearance with the Craig Milverton trio (8-10.30pm)
Thursday May 13th;
Googlies Jazz Supper Club, Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane, Enfield, Tel; 0208 350 3541 www.googliesjazz.co.uk - guest appearance with the Colin Peters Quartet (8-11pm)
Sunday May 16th;
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Tennal Road, Harbourne, Birmingham, Tel; 0121 426 0930 - guest appearance with the Edgar Macias trio (3-6pm)
Tuesday May 18th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, The Kings Head, Crouch End Hill, Crouch End, London, Tel; 0208 340 1028 www.thekingsheadcrouchend.co.uk (8.30-11pm)
Thursday May 20th;
SIMON SPILLETT and VIC ASH, The Bird In Hand, London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, Tel; 01782 844414 - guest appearance (8.30-11pm)
Sunday May 23rd;
Hall 2, Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, Tel; 0117 922 3686 www.colstonhall.org - guest appearance with the Cass Casswell trio (3-6pm)
Saturday May 29th;
The George Hotel, Hollybush Road, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Tel; 01746 762162 - guest duo appearance with Paul Sawtell (12.30-2.30pm)
Sunday June 6th;
DEBBIE WILSON and SIMON SPILLETT with JOHN CRITCHINSON, DAVE GREEN and PETE CATER, Chiltern U3a, Amersham Community Centre, Amersham, Bucks www.chiltern-u3a.org.uk/jazz.htm (Private Function 7.30-10pm)
Saturday June 12th;
THE VIC ASH-SIMON SPILLETT QUINTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, Howden Live, The Shire Hall, Market Place, Howden, East Yorks www.howden-live.com (8.30-11pm)
Monday June 14th;
THE VIC ASH-SIMON SPILLETT QUINTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and MARTIN DREW, Portsmouth Jazz Society, The Garden Room, The Inn Lodge, Burrfields Road, Portsmouth, Hants. Tel; 02392 255806 www.portsmouthjazz.com (8-11pm)
Tuesday June 15th;
The Peter Boat, High Street, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Tel; 01702 475666 www.anniesjazz.co.uk - guest appearance with the Ted Beament trio (8.30-11pm)
Sunday June 20th;
DEBBIE WILSON with THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, Jazz On A Midsummers Weekend, Southport Melodic Jazz Club, Royal Clifton Hotel, The Promenade, Southport, Tel; 01704 541790 www.jazzinsouthport.co.uk/ (8-11pm)
Thursday June 25th;
SIMON SPILLETT-DAVE NEWTON DUO, Cafe-Jazz, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, Wales, Tel; 02920 387026 www.cafejazzcardiff.com/ (8.30-11pm)
Sunday June 27th;
THE VIC ASH-SIMON SPILLETT QUINTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and MARTIN DREW, Jazz On A Summers Day, Lamport Hall, Lamport, Northants. www.harboroughjazz.com/ (3-4.45pm)
Monday June 28th;
SIMON SPILLETT and VIC ASH, West Ruislip Golf Club, Ickenham Road, West Ruislip, Middlesex, Tel; 01895 632394 www.jazzwestlondon.com - guest appearance with Brian Knapp trio (8.30-10.30pm)
Thursday July 1st;
THE VIC ASH-SIMON SPILLETT QUINTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ALEC DANKWORTH and MARTIN DREW, Watermill Jazz, Friends Provident Social Club, Pixham Lane, Dorking, Surrey, www.watermilljazz.co.uk/ (8.30-11pm)
Sunday July 11th;
The Kingscliff Hotel, Kings Parade, Holland-on-Sea, Clacton, Essex, Tel; 01255 812343 www.kingscliffhotel.com/ - guest appearance with the Ray Ward trio (7.30-10.30pm)
Monday July 26th;
DEBBIE WILSON and SIMON SPILLETT, Bury Jazz Society, Sedgley Park Rugby Club, Park Lane, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, Tel; 0161 706 5050 - guest appearance with Lee Hallam and the Gerry Tomlinson Trio (8-11pm)
Friday August 20th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT TRIO featuring ALEC DANKWORTH and CLARK TRACEY, The RAFA Club, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, Tel; 01634 365352 www.coljazz.webs.com (8-11pm)
Friday August 27th;
The Spice Of Life, Moor Street, Cambridge Circus, London, Tel; 0207 437 7013 www.spiceoflifesoho.com/ - guest appearance with the Jack Honeyborne trio (12.30-2.30pm)
Sunday September 5th; (Afternoon)
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, The Eagle Tavern, High Street, Rochester, Kent, Tel; 01634 407041 (1-3.30pm)
Sunday September 5th; (Evening)
The Red Lion, Bradenham Village, near High Wycombe, Bucks, Tel; 01494 562212 www.redlionbradenham.com/ - guest appearance with the Bobby Orr trio (7-9.30pm)
Friday October 15th;
The Bebop Club, The Bear, Hotwell Road, Bristol, Tel; 0117 9021366 www.thebebopclub.co.uk - guest appearance (8.30-11pm)
Monday October 18th;
North Devon Jazz Club, The Beaver Inn, Irsha Street, Appledore, Devon, Tel; 01237 474822 www.myspace.com/northdevonjazzclub - guest appearance with the Craig Milverton trio (8.45-11pm)
Wednesday November 10th;
DEBBIE WILSON and SIMON SPILLETT, Kendal Jazz Club, Hawkshead Brewery and Beer Hall, Stavely Mill Yard, Back Lane, Stavely, Kendal, Cumbria, Tel; 01539 720172 www.kendaljazzclub.co.uk/ - guest appearance with the Tom Kincaid trio (8-11pm)
Friday November 25th;
Ilminster Arts Centre at The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, Tel; 01460 55783 www.themeetinghouse.org.uk/ - guest appearance with the Craig Milverton trio (8.30-11pm)
Thursday December 9th;
THE SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET featuring JOHN CRITCHINSON, ANDY CLEYNDERT and MARTIN DREW, Grimsby Jazz, Stamford Club, Clee Road, Grimsby, Tel; 01472 873730 www.grimsbyjazz.com/ (8.30-11pm)
