Kevin Grenfell and his Jazz Giants

Kevin Grenfell and his Jazz Giants

Kevin Grenfell and his Jazz Giants were back playing for OJC by popular demand! The evening was filled to the brim with good music and humour.  It started with Kevin singing ‘Love was made for me and you’ and accompanied by actions and clapping from the whole...
Graham Hughes and his Sunshine Kings

Graham Hughes and his Sunshine Kings

Graham Hughes and his Sunshine Kings certainly brought fun, laughter, and amazing music to Ongar on the night of Friday 18th February, the day of Storm Eunice! Graham and his band gave us a truly magnificent evening!  The seven-man line-up, led by Graham on trombone,...
The New Orleans Heat

The New Orleans Heat

Ongar Jazz Club does it again! What a fantastic night was had on Friday 22nd October in the presence of The New Orleans Heat, a marvellous seven-piece band playing jazz in the style of the old Crescent City days.  New Orleans Heat was first formed in the 1970s by...
The ‘All-Star’ Gala Concert Band

The ‘All-Star’ Gala Concert Band

This month’s musical offering was an impressive Gala Concert dedicated to the memory of a good friend of Ongar Jazz Club and a prolific musician, band leader and arranger, the late Keith Nichols who died earlier this year. Keith arranged music for the likes of Bing...