Jazz at The Horsebridge

Jazz at The Horsebridge is a monthly event celebrating the best of live jazz in all its forms. Held on Sunday evenings in our air conditioned performance space, each month features a different performer from across the jazz, blues and world music spectrum. Featuring top notch vocalists and musicians from across the county and beyond, Jazz at the Horsebridge is an exciting part of the Horsebridge performance calendar and the Whitstable music scene.

With a tremendous passion for vocal and instrumental jazz, Broad Reach Records presents a fantastic range of high-calibre artists, led by Artistic Director Kai Hoffman. 

Artist enquiries please email broadreachrecords@gmail.com

bar opens 4pm. 
Tickets £17.50 or £15 for Friends.

Norma Winstone

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Norma Winstone is held internationally in high regard for singing with small groups, big bands and orchestras and also for her remarkable ability to improvise.

 She has become known as a very fine lyricist, writing words to compositions by Ralph Towner, and Brazilian composers Egberto Gismonti and Ivan Lins (who has recorded her English lyrics to his song ‘Vieste‘). She has a special affinity with the music of Steve Swallow, and has written lyrics to many of his compositions, most notably ‘Ladies in Mercedes‘, which has become a standard.

Her voice has become an important part of the sound of Kenny Wheeler’s big band, and can be heard in this context on the ECM double CD ‘Music for Large and Small Ensembles‘ which also features John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Peter Erskine and John Taylor.

“One of the Glories of contemporary Jazz”
– Jazz Journal

John Parricellis a jazz guitarist who has worked mainly in the United Kingdom.

Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982. He was one of the founding members of the British big band Loose Tubes, with whom he recorded three albums. He has worked with Annie Whitehead, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Chris Laurence, Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza, Julian Argüelles, Iain Ballamy, Mark Lockheart, Andy Sheppard, Gerard Presencer, Colin Towns, and Stacey Kent.

In 2011, he appeared on stage with Peter Erskine and John Paul Jones at the Royal Opera House, London, in the opera Anna Nicole.

bar opens 4pm. 
Tickets £17.50 or £15 for Friends.

Steve began his career while studying at Trinity College Of Music, and since then has worked regularly on the British and International jazz scene.

In February 2019 Steve had the first performance of his Concerto For Jazz Trumpet and Orchestra with the Surrey Mozart Players at the Electric Theatre in Guildford.
In 2021, along with  electronic musician and producer, Paul Hazel, “Out Of This world With Sun Ra” was released, an EP featuring new versions of classic Sun Ra compositions.
In April 2022, Steve recorded the Daryl Runswick trumpet concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Between 2020 and 2025 Steve was featured on the Ben Crosland albums, Solway Stories, Songs Of Solace And Reflection, and Harken. The latter being a 20th anniversary recording of the band Threeway, featuring keyboard player Steve Lodder and guitarist John Etheridge. This band has been touring throughout 2024 & 2025 and in July 2024 was featured on the BBC Radio 3 program, In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty.
In May 2025 Steve was a guest soloist at the 25th annual Cape Town Big Band Festival where he performed his new composition, “Ann’s African Odyssey”, which was composed especially for the festival.
As well as guest appearances with numerous bands, Steve is currently working with his Latin Jazz Quartet and also performing a Miles Davis tribute with his regular quartet and big band.
Steve has taught on many of the music college jazz courses such as the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music. Currently he is teaching jazz trumpet, composition and arranging at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Steve also teaches on many summer jazz courses and has conducted numerous trumpet master classes and workshops ranging in size from small groups to big bands throughout the UK, Spain, Finland, Latvia, Germany, Peru, U.S.A, Russia, South Africa and Cuba.

He has recorded 7 critically acclaimed CDs under his own name featuring many original compositions and arrangements.

BUDDY BOLDEN BLEW IT [MST 0056]
NIGHT LIGHTS [MST 0050]
OUR DELIGHT [MST 0041]
OCTOBER ARRIVAL [HYDRO CD03]
STABLEMATES [MST CD0035]
OUT OF TOUCH [ASC CD32]
DESTINATION UNKNOWN [ASC CD4]

Steve has co -written with John ONeil a highly acclaimed Jazz Trumpet tutor book -
THE JAZZ METHOD FOR TRUMPET published by Schott & Co.

bar opens 4pm. 
Tickets £17.50 or £15 for Friends.

“There is no denying that Hoffman has a very special voice: rich, super smooth and full of old time sparkle… It is a joy to listen to her sing.”
- Broadway Baby