As part of our move to the Livermead Cliff Hotel in Torquay, we took the exciting decision to broaden our live music programme beyond jazz. While jazz remains at the heart of what we do, we recognised a growing appetite for outstanding folk, acoustic and world music performances in Torbay and across South Devon. We…
The Daniel Karlsson Trio paid Fougou Jazz a second visit after 3 years, this time at Exeter Phoenix. And they were hot, an amazing performance from these three great Swedish musicians. Simon Cooke was there with his camera and took these images now on Tumblr.
Nigel Price is one of the UK’s foremost jazz guitarists. He writes….. I have to inform you that there is a crisis in the UK grassroots jazz infrastructure. Virtually none of the government’s well publicised and well meaning £1.57Billion Culture Recovery Fund managed to trickle down to the clubs that make up some 95% of…
From April 2019 courtesy of Stan Willis, this is The Henry Lowther Quintet at Fougou Jazz playing ‘To Young to Go Steady’ Line-up: Henry Lowther – Trumpet, Pete Hurt – Tenor Saxophone, Barry Green – Keyboards, Dave Green – Bass, John Scott – Drums.
I have been presenting a radio show on Riviera.FM since 2016, two hours of jazz and world music. Until 2019 the station was online only, but we were successful in our bid for a community radio station FM licence and, we can now be found also on 107.9 fm in and around Torbay and south…
Back where it all started for Mike Westbrook at Torquay Town Hall, when Torquay was a mecca for big bands. In the post-war Jazz boom of the late I94O’s and through the 1950’s Torquay Town Hall hosted many of the touring bands of the day, including those of Johnny Dankworth and Ronnie Scott, and the…
After two years at our previous venue, it was time for a move to somewhere bigger. Plus a change of name, to reflect that the club is part of Fougou Music bringing jazz and world music to Torbay and Devon SpeakeasyTorquay is now called Fougou Jazz….
