With gigs every Sunday night from 7.30pm in the Terrace Suite of the Hawthorne Theatre in Welwyn Garden City the Herts Jazz programme for early-2014 features appearances by the Reuben James trio (this Sunday, 5 January); Alan Barnes with the Clark Tracey trio (12 Jan); the James Pearson trio (19 Jan); Bruce Adams with the Clark Tracey trio (26 Jan); the Dave O’Higgins Quartet (2 February); Leon Greening Trio (9 Feb); Robert Fowler with the Clark Tracey trio (16 Feb); and Dennis Rollins’ Velocity trio (23 Feb). March at Herts has Martin Shaw with the Clark Tracey trio (2); the Gareth Williams trio (9); Roy Williams with the Clark Tracey trio (16); the Jean Toussaint quartet (23); and the Georgia Mancio quartet (30).
Reuben James, above