As the days get longer and the temperatures rise again, there’s no better way to thaw out your winter blues then with the hot jazz that we have in store for you here at The Bull and Gate every Monday night!

As usual, we’d like to extend a huge thank you for your continued support; we’d be nothing without our audiences, and the musicians really thrive when we manage to fill the room! So tell your friends and family, and share our posts far and wide to help us continue to bring our brand of high-level live creative music to our humble home above the Bull and Gate pub each and every Monday night.

P.S. WeGotTicket sales will show as “Sold Out” a couple of hours before doors open at 8pm but please still do come down as there will most likely be tickets available on the door.

06/04/26 – Haffner/Gordon/Sach/Jones Quartet

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Donovan Haffner, winner of the ‘Jazz Newcomer’ category at the Jazz Parliamentary Awards 2025 is a south-east London born and bred alto saxophonist. Donovan is an alumnus of the highly respected Tomorrow’s Warriors Young Artist Development Programme and was mentored by Gary Crosby OBE, Binker Golding, and Alex Davis. After attending the workshops, he continued on to complete a jazz undergraduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music. He has played with Moses Boyd, Jay Phelps, Charlie Stacey, and Balimaya. He has also performed with the Danish jazz pianist/composer Rasmus Sorenson, Joshua Redman’s pianist Paul Cornish as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, and was selected by Tony Kofi to be part of, American jazz legend, Charles Tolliver’s Big Band, headlining at the Barbican as part of the London Jazz Festival. And Donovan is still very much part of the Tomorrow’s Warriors musical family, performing with both Nu Civilisation Orchestra and Jazz Jamaica.

Deschanel Gordon, the 2020 BBC Young Jazz Musician winner has collaborated with artists including Mark Kavuma, Cassie Kinoshi’s Seed, Nubya Garcia, Courtney Pine, Ezra Collective, and Jean Toussaint. His music embodies swing, groove, and his Jamaican heritage, and his ability to navigate various styles and collaborate seamlessly makes him a standout figure in the contemporary UK jazz scene.

Will Sach is a double bassist working across jazz, improvised music, recording, and film. He has performed internationally with leading musicians, including extensive collaborations with Wynton Marsalis, appearing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Barbican and with Wynton’s Quartet at the Edinburgh International Festival. A core member of the Joe Webb Trio, signed to Edition Records, he features on the acclaimed album Hamstrings and Hurricanes, shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Sach has collaborated with artists including Sam Amidon, Randy Brecker, Joe Farnsworth, Emmanuel Michael, and Kit Downes, records widely, and appears in Grant Gee’s film Everybody Digs Bill Evans, portraying Scott LaFaro. In 2026 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Dave Holland.

Gary Jones III is a New York City–based professional musician, drummer, composer, and bandleader from Cleveland, Ohio. He began playing at age four, rooted in Gospel music, and trained at the Cleveland School of the Arts, the Music Settlement (J@MS), and Tri-C JazzFest Academy. At 18, he performed with Terrence Blanchard at the Tri-C Jazz Festival. A graduate of The New School in Jazz Studies/Composition, Gary tours nationally and has collaborated with artists including William Parker, Sullivan Fortner, and Buster Williams. He leads his own quintet, bringing a fearless, contemporary sound centered on community, connection, and creative expression.

13/04/26 – Di-Cysgodion

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Di-Cysgodion, led by Welsh bass player/composer HUW V WILLIAMS. The line up consists of Mike De Souza and Billy Marrows both on electric guitar, Jay Davis on drums and Huw V Williams completing the line up on electric bass. Williams goes back to his rock roots with this instrumentation to explore the sonic pallet from the view of a jazz improvisor/composer.

Having previously led projects with no harmony instruments, Huw decided to have a group which deals with harmony head on, exploring dense harmonic voicings paired with infectious rhythms and live stereo guitars. This music comes from a huge pool of influences, including Deerhoof, Ravel, Thelonious Monk, Super Furry Animals, Ornette Coleman, Hermeto and everything in between. A musical spectacle not to be missed.

20/04/26 – The Athens Jazz Syndicate

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Elizabeth Mitsou and Haris Pantazis are leaders of the Athens Jazz Syndicate: a collective which puts on many jazz gigs for the community in Athens. Elizabeth and Haris studied with Barry Harris for five years and have been mentored by the likes of Peter Washington and Felix Lemerle. They regularly collaborate with New York artists such as Marc Devine, Dan Block, Dwayne Clemons, Chris Byars, Michael Weiss, and Ed Cherry, as well as many of the top musicians in Europe. They both regularly perform across Athens and Paris, and are making their debut gig in London at the Bull and Gate. Favourite repertoire includes music from the bebop and Hard Bop idiom, as well as earlier jazz such as music by Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, and many other greats from the first half of the 20th Century. They co-lead a swing band, “Jeepers Creepers”, in Athens.

Hugo Jennings is a jazz pianist, singer and conductor. He has established himself as a respected name on the London jazz scene, through his playing, knowledge of the history of the music, and his work as founder and director of the Battersea Jazz Festival. Hugo has performed regularly at various jazz events, venues, and concert halls across London and Britain, such as Pizza Express Dean Street, The EFG London Jazz Festival, Battersea Power Station, the Clapham Grand, ExWide Jazz Club in Pisa, and has made appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured cities including Valencia and Athens. He has appeared alongside high-profile British artists such as Alex Garnett, Steve Fishwick, Tom Smith, Fraser Smith, Sam Braysher, Ruben Fox, Quentin Collins, and countless others, as well as American musicians including Jerry Weldon, Chuck Redd, Gabrielle Stravelli, Pat O’Leary, and Adam Moezinia. In addition to his performing as a jazz pianist and singer, Hugo also works as conductor of Social London Orchestra and the South London Jazz Orchestra.

27/04/26 – Houndsbleat

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Houndsbleat is a quartet of piano, alto saxophone, guitar and drums that fuses intricate composition with ferocious group improvisation. This is music that is challenging, emotive and cerebral; demanding presence from both sides of the stage.

Channeling the intensity and rigour of the contemporary improvised music scene in Brooklyn, New York, Houndsbleat explores form as a living structure – capable of being strained, interrupted and reshaped in real time. Here, kaleidoscopic grooves, twisting contrapuntal melodies and explosive group interplay zig-zag through tightly-woven musical labyrinths; welcoming volatility and beauty in the stark.