"Jazz At The Duke - Volume 2"

At Bristol's historic jazz pub 'The Old Duke', local musicians Paul Archibald & Joseph Trudgeon are recording eight bands from 4pm-to-close on Sunday 30th November & Monday 1st December, 2025 As always with the Duke, it's free entry, so come along, buy a beer, and enjoy two full days of live music! It's your chance to feature on a live music record...

These live recordings, over the two days, will be complied onto a live album that will be available to download digitally, and

purchase on vinyl record.

Bands featured are as follows:
The Kitchen Syncopators
Eddie Martin
Jack Calloway & The Midnight Creepers
Trudgeon's Trad Jazz Troubadours
The Centenary Serenaders
Alice's Wonderland band
Jeremy Huggett's All Sorts
The Barrel House Vipers


"Why 'volume 2'?"

In 1979, 'Jazz at the Duke' did exactly what we are trying to do now -- A vinyl record was released featuring bands that

represented Bristol's classic jazz scene at the time; local musicians & bands that helped cement the Old Duke's reputation. This vinyl record, as pictured in this campaign, can still be found occasionally in local charity shops, for those who are lucky enough to find it... (it's also hung on the wall of the pub if you look closely!). The iconic album cover of musicians crowded out the front of the pub shows a vibrant scene that still exists today.

...Some of the bands featured on the 1979 vinyl record still play today, and we are lucky enough to be able to feature several of the musicians on the original album on this new venture. We aim to present a continued legacy; an overlap of musicians who played 46 years ago alongside new bands and musicians who continue to play music from the era that gave the pub its name.

What to Expect

We will recreate the iconic photograph taken outside the pub for the 1979 record - original and new musicians present, with all their instruments. Patrons of the Old Duke are welcome to join! This will be for the front cover of the record, 'Jazz at the Duke - volume 2'.

This crowdfunding campaign funds the production of 500 vinyl pressing, and can be pre-ordered here. Digital tracks will also be offered for purchase, for those who would like the album in a non-physical format.

This crowdfunding campaign is designed to pay for the costs of making this project possible -- the costs of recording, mixing, mastering, and printing costs. No personal profits will be made from this campaign, and the amount this campaign has set is the amount required; no more, no less.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/jazz-at-the-duke

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