"What a brilliant club" - Forbes 2025
THE VERDICT
APPJAG Jazz Venue of the Year 2024
The Verdict is a multi award winning grass roots music venue, the only full time Jazz venue outside of London in the south of England, it has been named as one of the best jazz clubs in the World by Star Insider. Weekly hosting the best in jazz music with Top International acts, playing blues, swing, funk, Latin Jazz and fusion.
The Soul Immigrants
“Unstoppable Funkateers” – Craig Charles, BBC 6 Music
“Glad to have been on your funk-fuelled 45 you guys groove hard!” - Fred Wesley (The JB’s)
“This band is fierce!” - Carleen Anderson
“Simply top-notch. Rich, soulful vocals and some fierce primal grooves give these guy the edge. I was spellbound by their performance.” - Blues & Soul Magazine
Emrys Baird : Vocals & Guitar
Al Gibson : Bass Keys
Jake Telford : Sax
David Bouet : Drums
The Soul Immigrants are one of London's longest-running funk outfits, originally formed by Emrys Baird & Nitin Sawhney. Live you can expect some exciting funk-filled, sassy grooves, heaps of audience participation, and phenomenal soloing. If you like your horn horny, your bass like Bootsy, and your guitar groovy, their show should be just the ticket for you!
They will be performing tracks from their latest album ‘Back From The Brink’ ( Lateralize Records) but also expect some tasty, yet radically different covers of James Brown , Bill Withers and The Neville Brothers.
Doors 7pm, Performance 8.30pm
Resolution 88
Tom O'Grady - Rhodes & Synthesizers
Tiago Coimbra - Bass
Ric Elsworth - Drums
Adam Kovacs - Percussion
Tom Smith - Sax
Resolution 88 fuse the sound of the modern London jazz scene with the inspirational greats of the 70’s such as Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters and the classic Mizell Brothers productions on Blue Note. They have brought their high energy performances to prestigious venues and festivals
around the UK and Europe.
‘Vortex’ is the 4th studio album released by Resolution 88 and with live shows supporting Snarky Puppy, Roy Ayers, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Larry Mizell & the Blackbyrds, Butcher Brown, the Yellowjackets and many more, Resolution 88 have established themselves as one of the UK’s leading exponents of funk jazz. Their music is synonymous with the beautiful sound of the Fender Rhodes.
