Windsor Jazz Club: Michael Wilkins Quartet at The Hope

Michael Wilkins Saxophones
Tom Neill Piano
Steve Kershaw Double Bass
Mike Goff Drums

Michael Wilkins Trained at Birmingham Conservatoire and Leeds College Of Music. He is a regular soloist at The Rose And Crown in Oxford, Goring Community Jazz Club, Ma Bessie’s Pig Foot Band, as well as guest soloist at Windsor’s Jazz Vanguard. He plays with Big Colors and Blake’s Heaven big bands, and recently on the revivals of two Stan Tracey jazz suites, ‘A Child’s Christmas In Wales’ and ‘Under Milk Wood’. In 2025 he performed a new show reviving the music of the Adderley brothers for MGMusic.

Steve Kershaw plays with multiple ensembles, including the Kershaw/Vintskevich Trio, Anglo-Scandinavian trio Stekpanna, Honkin’ Hep Cats and audio-visual performance group Simple Harmonic Motion.

Mike Goff is the promoter of Jazz At Oakwood, founder of Goring Jazz Club, producer of recent revivals of Stan Tracey's popular 'Under Milk Wood' and 'A Child's Christmas' jazz suites, and a go to player in East Berkshire.

Tom Neill has played for shows throughout the country, from Dundee Repertory Theatre to the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, and is recently seen as a featured musician in the latest Downton Abbey film.

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Windsor Jazz Club is a monthly jazz club night, every third Sunday, in the relaxing and atmospheric Hope live music bar on Alma Road in Windsor. The club brings new artists to the town, playing a mixture of well-loved jazz standards and original compositions. The evening starts at 8pm (doors at 7:30) and presents an hour and a half of live music with an interval halfway. The music finishes by 10pm and the venue is open until 11pm for socialising. Come along to meet other lovers of live music, jazz followers, aficionados and musicians. The bar is well stocked with a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, juices, hot drinks and snacks. We look forward to meeting you.