Jazz@Kirkgate: The Gaz Hughes Trio

25th January 2026 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Gaz Hughes and his trio, featuring Gaz Hughes on drums, Andrzej Baranek on piano and Ed Harrison on double bass, have been described as “Old school Jazz for the 21st Century”

As a sideman, Gaz has performed with an impressive array of jazz artists, both in the UK and internationally, including Scott Hamilton, Harry Allen, Marshal Allen, Greg Abate, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Mark Nightingale, Tony Kofi, Ian Shaw, and many others. Additionally, he has also collaborated with a number of rock and pop artists such as Patti Boulaye, Suzi Quatro, Ray Quinn, Rick Guard and Kristyna Myles.

“Incredible” – Ginger Baker

“An extremely tasteful and swinging straight ahead drummer, Hughes exhibits a no-nonsense approach to his playing” – www.jazzviews.net

“Two superb sets from some of the UK’s finest Jazz musicians” – www.thejazzman.com

“They rarely deliver anything less than excellence and today topped just about everything that had preceded it. I feel sad for the squares who weren’t there” – Bebop Spoken Here