Jazz at The Progress Bar

Jazz at the Progress Bar
There are no further gigs at the Progress Bar. This page is now an epitaph to the hard work done by Christine Tobin to get the venue going, and shows the short-sightedness of the managers of the pub in not allowing her to continue. Your only regular bet for good jazz is now the Vortex. Thank God we got it restarted this year!!

"Fed up with jive asses and big corporations messing with the music? Fed up hearing about Jazz Clubs closing? We are too so we've decided to open a new kind of one. Now every Thursday you can come to JAZZ AT THE PROGRESS BAR and be excited, challenged, inspired, and invigorated by the cream of London's most creative musicians. The club will feature a monthly slot from the F-ire Collective and many artists who were associated with the Vortex." Christine Tobin, programmer and promoter.
Music starts at 8.30 p.m. Admission - £5

"The surroundings are a little more elegant, but the new Thursday night sessions at north London's Progress Bar convey much of the old Vortex Club's tantalising sense that you're a witness to something that is only going to happen this way once. "
John Fordham The Guardian

Address: 162 Tufnell Park Road, London, N7 0EE. Tel: 020 72722078
www.innprogress.com By Bus - Catch the No. 134, 4, 10, 17, 43, 271, N20
By Tube: Hop on the Northern Line to Tufnell Pk. Station distance from the Tube to Progress (0.2 miles)
By Train: closest train stations to Progress Bar. Upper Holloway (0.5 miles), Kentish Town (0.6 miles)
Food Served Monday to Friday 6pm to 10pm & Saturday & Sunday 1pm to 9pm.

Forthcoming gigs:

Nov. 3rd . TONY BIANCO Superb U.S. drummer leads his own group playing music from their highly acclaimed CD “In a Western Sense “. Featuring Zoe Rahman piano, Carlos Lopez-Real saxes and Oli Hayhurst bass. “Tony Bianco is the real thing”. Dave Liebman

Nov. 10 th PARTISANS are a truly great band with ferocious energy & groove-based sound that combines bop lines with rock riffs, flowing melodies, bridging the gap between New York swing, UK rock energy and the US jam-band scene. Phil Robson guitar, Julian Siegel sax, Gene Calderazzo drums, Thad Kelly bass.

 Nov. 17 th EVAN PARKER TRIO London Jazz Festival Evan is a giant of the saxophone. He is revered worldwide as one of the most important and influential figures on the improvised music scene and has long been an inspiration for musicians and audiences alike. Tonight he plays with stellar rhythm section John Edwards double bass and Tony Marsh drums. They combine their formidable skills and creativity to make music of passion and substance. "He has single-handedly changed the face of saxophone technique and music". John Zorn Adm. £7

Nov. 24 th PORPOISE CORPUS Multi-talented young pianist Dave O' Brien leads this band. Line-up includes Jonathan Bratoeff guitar, Spencer Brown bass and Guy Wood drums. Their original music is the fall-out of an explosive collision of styles from Stravinsky to Squarepusher, on the softer edge of jazz, the harder edge of rock and the most twisted edge of funk.

Dec 8th Asaf Sirkis Trio

The Progress bar jazz night will close after the above gig see news

Christine Tobin 11 November 2004 - Album release celebration. Photos here
Penny Rimbaud 18 November 2004 - Photos here
Chris Batchelor (with Guardian review) 25 November - Photos here