Hello
Look at what’s coming up in the New Year.
The new album from ARQ ‘SEMA4’ which was recorded live at the Vortex last year is launched at the Pizza Express, Soho on Sunday March 9. ARQ sold out Ronnie Scott’s in the Autumn so make sure to book tickets. BOOK TICKETS Other ARQ gigs happening all round the UK too.
Blow the Fuse jazz club in the heart of Stoke Newington
St Matthias Halls Wordsworth Road, N16 8DD
Friday MARCH 28 Deirdre Cartwright’s ORGANIK Trio BOOK
A brand new group featuring the sound of the classic jazz organ/guitar trios of the 1960s – Kenny Burrell/Jimmy Smith, Grant Green/Larry Young, Wes Montgomery/ Melvin Rhyne, plus some original takes on the Beatles, Doors, Curtis Mayfield and Kate Bush.
Swing, grooves and inventive improvisation between these three outstanding musicians.
Deirdre Cartwright gtr • Pete Whittaker organ • Gary Hammond congas/percussion.
Friday APRIL 11 SeaChange
Jazz, Latin, African contemporary grooves. Music to lift the spirits.
Deirdre Cartwright gtr • Diane McLoughlin sax • Alison Rayner bass • Jessica Palin congas /percussion
Friday MAY 16 Ruthie Smith & Friends
Ruthie Smith founder member of the Guest Stars leads an evening celebrating musical
friends and genres, and a variety of soulful jazzy styles including original material,
mainstream and bebop, softer moods of cool jazz, blues, South African Township
and joyful uplifting Latin-Jazz plus accapella and mantras.
Ruthie Smith sax & vocals • Deirdre Cartwright gtr • Alison Rayner bass, voc • Linda da Mango congas, percussion, voc • Alastair Gavin kbds • Milo Fell drums.
Doors 7.30pm | Music 8.30pm | BTF Bar
Easy ground floor access and street parking available.
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The Non Conformists continue their residency at RYAN’S Bar in Stoke Newington Church Street every third Wednesday of the month. First gig of 2025 on Jan 15th. Cosy jazz bar, great atmosphere, craft beers, Yard Sale pizzas.
We’ve also programmed our fifth season of jazz for Lauderdale House in Highgate. We’ve had a very successful start with some wonderful bands and nearly every gig sold out
With the superb team at Lauderdale House we’re hoping this season will be as splendid and popular as our first few seasons were. Thursday nights,
JAZZ IN THE HOUSE MAY/JUNE 2025
MAY 1 Clare Hirst/Claude Deppa SA Quintet
Claude Deppa Tpt • Clare Hirst sax • Keys tbc
Miles Danso double bass • Siemy Di drums
MAY 15 QCBA play Blue Note
Quentin Collins Trumpet /flugelhorn • Brandon Allen Saxophone
Ross Stanley Hammond organ • Ian Thomas – Drums
MAY 29 Deirdre Cartwright Organik Trio
Deirdre Cartwright Guitar • Pete Whittaker Organ
Gary Hammond Congas/Percussion
JUN 12 Jazz Samba (Jazz on the Lawn)
Mark Crooks Saxophone • Nigel Price Guitar
John Cervantes Piano • Marianne Windham Double Bass
Demi Garcia Drums/Percussion
JUN 26 Alina Bzhezhinska / Tony Kofi
Alina Bzhezhinska Harp/Perc •Tony Kofi Saxophone / Perc
Award-winning musicians Deirdre and Alison have run their own jazz club for over 30 years and will carry forward ‘Jazz in the House’ in the spirit of Brian Blain and his tireless support for musicians and live music.
#jazzinthehouse
Blow the Fuse ‘On Air’
In 2020 – 2021, we were awarded funding by the Arts Council of England to produce a series of online concerts recorded exclusively by Blow the Fuse from the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston plus archive film footage and interviews. We’d like to thank everyone who’s supported us through these extraordinary times and to all of you who became a BTF Patron through donations. Your support was crucial and helped us to produce TEN shows in all. A very steep but rewarding learning curve.
All shows can now be viewed anytime on our You Tube channel HERE
Carol Grimes • Deirdre Cartwright • Liane Carroll • Annie Whitehead
D’n’A present vintage Guest Stars • Martha & Eve + The DaDa Dandies
Back to the 70s • The Casimir Connection + Add3io • Ian Shaw • ARQ
Please join our club by clicking here and receive links to the shows. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and look on our fb page for more updates. See you at a LIVE gig soon!
Many thanks to the Arts Council Of England for their support….
We’ve won the 2020 award for ‘Services to Jazz’ at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Thanks to everyone involved, it meant a lot to us, we’re really honoured.
Tomorrow the Moon, supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund began in January 2020. We have finally been able to stage our last two events of this season this Autumn 2022 with Alex Clarke and ARQ + Balledestre.
We were delighted to have received funding to record the latest ARQ album ‘Short Stories’ and for a national tour promoting the album.
and to the equally wonderful people working at the PRSF for the Women Make music fund.
Thank you to all our supporters and watch this space for more news…
In May 2019, Blow the Fuse celebrated 30 years. Started in 1989 by musicians and composers Deirdre Cartwright and Alison Rayner who were members of the internationally acclaimed jazz group The Guest Stars, BTF have played a crucial role in raising awareness about women jazz musicians and importantly giving them support, a space and opportunity to perform in times which have sometimes been very challenging.