The Spin presents: The Spin Festive Fiesta, A 6-piece super-group or, the Hattie-less Hejira! @ Tap Social, Botley, Oxford - Tuesday 17th December, Doors 7.30pm
Doors: 7.30pm
Performance from 8.30pm
Two years ago, our Christmas gig was a one-off by an un-named band, put together to play the music of Joni Mitchell. To the band’s surprise, this got rapid traction and by 2024, they were playing 50 gigs in the year all over the UK and Ireland, selling out at London’s Jazz Café and playing prestigious festivals in jazz, folk and world-music genres. By their second gig they had adopted the name, Hejira.
On all of their shows, they intersperse a few instrumental numbers (to give Hattie’s voice a break); for this gig, we thought to have the band in full instrumental flow – hence the above sobriquet, ‘the Hattie-less Hejira’!
So, for the Spin Festive Fiesta, we bring you this supergroup:
Dave Jones: basses
Chris Eldred: keyboards
Marc Cecil: percussion
Rick Finlay: drums
Ollie Weston: saxophones
Pete Oxley: guitars
The band will play a totally celebratory and uplifting repertoire that will ease you joyfully* into the festive season.
We could write at length of who everybody has played with and where, all over the world…but take it from us that this would make for a very long list! (If you’d like to see a bit more about this personnel, take a look here)
Of these instrumental members of Hejira, Jazzwise have described them as ‘a formidably tight unit’ and singled out “an Oxley instrumental ‘Surging Waves’: a rampaging samba that was one of the best things of the night” (March 2024)
We aim to round off a spectacular year of Spin gigs with a rousing session that will resonate with you until we re-open in January!
Although this is a 6-piece band, we are keeping ticket prices at the usual deal for you….but don’t miss out folks: BOOK NOW!
* Alcoholic beverages will be available throughout the evening to assist in said joyful easing!
A note about the venue:
- The bar at Tap Social is card payment only.
- We seat people as much as possible on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This means that those who buy tickets first are allocated the better seats (as opposed to that allocation being for those that show up first on the night)…so, BOOK NOW (and also save money on ticket prices with our early bird deal)!!
- We are ready to support people who have additional accessibility needs, please let us know in advance via the contact form in order for our team of volunteers to design the assigned seating plan to accommodate you.
Location:
Tap Social
Curtis Industrial Estate
27, N Hinksey Ln,
Oxford
OX2 0LX
https://www.tapsocialmovement.com
Returns Policy:
If you have purchased tickets for the show but can no longer attend, contact us via the form on the website or email info@spinjazz.com, we will happily refund you if the show is sold out and we are able to re-sell the ticket
Over the last 20+ years, The Spin has presented live music of the highest calibre within the broad 'contemporary jazz' genre, creating scintillating nights out for anybody with a taste for interesting, exciting, alluring and luscious music.
At The Spin, we believe that our events should be accessible to all, as well as affordable. This, in part, is only made possible with the help of our team of generous volunteers, who volunteer not only their time but also their expertise towards making our gigs the success that they are.
Every musician who plays at The Spin gets properly paid - and it is through your ticket purchases alone that we can do that. Our events are run on a tight budget to keep ticket prices down; we realise that not everyone can afford or may be willing to pay for higher ticket prices. However, for those of you who are happy to pay a little more and contribute further to the efforts of The Spin, we are giving you the opportunity to ’support the club' by making a voluntary contribution on top of your ticket price. These donations will be greatly appreciated and will help us to continue putting on our fantastic live jazz events.