The Dime Notes – Small Band/Huge Swing

Thursday 5th June 2025

Tickets: £20.00 Seat at a shared Table for 4 /£15.00 Seat – No Table

Doors: 7.30pm

Show:  8:00pm-9:30pm  – Single Set 75 min 

Please note you can book for dinner either before or after the show.

The Dime Notes have an unorthodox approach to the blues-drenched sounds of clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz. The most well-travelled of UK jazz bands touring worldwide their repertoire of stomps and blueses, from Jelly Roll Morton, James P Johnson, and Fats Waller, live at The Hampstead Jazz Club.

With clarinetist David Horniblow, admired on the Euro jazz stage for his foot stomping approach to hot jazz; Pianist Sam Watts, known for his focused creativity in many styles and regular with Jean Toussaint and Jason Marsalis; the unstoppable pulse of London’s knockout rhythm section. Dave Kelbie guitarist to greats Evan Christopher, Don Vappie, Fapy Lafertin. Mark Elton on bass with a huge sound and a great pedigree.

INSPIRED – THE TIMES

Join The Dime Notes, London’s hard-swinging jazz band in a rare home-town appearance with their repertoire of blues drenched, clarinet driven 1920’s jazz.

Propulsive grooves and sultry melodies made early jazz revolutionary, controversial, and wildly popular. Since 2016 London quartet The Dime Notes have toured worldwide performing their hard-hitting concert programme of gems from the era. They return to the UK with a new concert programme, a new album, and a new pianist.

A punk rock attitude to early jazz

The Dime Notes have a reputation for an unorthodox approach to the blues-drenched sounds of clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz. They’re also probably the most well-travelled of UK jazz bands with tours of Ukraine, Moldova, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Scotland, N Ireland and Switzerland/Austria with their repertoire of stomps, blueses, and forgotten gems of the era from musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and Red Nichols.

Fronted by UK clarinetist David Horniblow, much admired on jazz stages throughout Europe and America for his high energy Barny Biggard-esque delivery of hard driving swing and who’s travelled the globe with just about every UK classic jazz band. London-based pianist/composer/arranger Sam Watts is the latest to join the group, known for his focused creativity in an ever-growing number of musical styles and a regular with Jean Toussaint and Jason Marsalis alongside his recent Brazilian Jazz project The Curimba Trio.

The band is anchored by the unstoppable pulse of London’s knockout rhythm section. Guitarist Dave Kelbie is accompanist to many musicians in Classic and Gypsy Jazz such as Evan Christopher in Django a la Creole, John Etheridge, Don Vappie’s Jazz Creole, Fapy Lafertin, Tcha Limberger and Bireli Lagrene. Australian born bassist Mark Elton in demand both in Australia and in the northern hemisphere, and hand-picked by many for his infectious heavy groove and attention to style.

“David Horniblow’s clarinet spits fire” – The Sunday Times UK

“Those who love early hot jazz will certainly enjoy The Dime Notes’ reworking of these classics” – LA JAZZ SCENE US

“Their approach, although perfectly authentic in style, had a freshness and immediacy that was all their own” – The Observer UK

LINE-UP:

Clarinet – David Horniblow

Piano – Sam Watts

Guitar – Dave Kelbie

Bass – Mark Elton

Please note, The Club is not licensed to allow access to Children under the age of 16 after 9pm, so for evening performances, please do not book tickets for children under the age of 16. Children aged 16 and above are welcome at any time.

For £20.00 Tickets:

Seats are not numbered and you will be seated at available tables. Please note tables seat 4 people, so for bookings of less than 4 people, you will be seated and share a table for 4.

For £15.00 Tickets:

This is a fully seated event.  Seats are not numbered and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Please NOTE, there is NO food served in the Jazz Club, there is a bar for drinks. We advise booking a table for dinner at the Duke of Hamilton upstairs at least 1hr before show-time – Book Here 

Please note the Jazz Club is situated in the basement of the Duke of Hamilton Pub and access is via a number of stairs. The nearest toilets are situated on the 1st floor of the Pub.

Showtimes

Doors: 7:30 pm | Show: 8:00 pm

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