Thane & The Villeins is the first album on the brand new independent label Hadleigh Jazz Records. It is also the first release of the organ trio I have with my pals Art Themen and Pete Whittaker.
"A first-rate trio..an excellent set..Themen is one of the very few totally original, utterly engaging jazz musicians around" **** Dave Gelly - THE OBSERVER
"Just once in a while one chances upon a new album that is just perfect, and love at first listen. Thane & The Villeins is one of those rare gems." James Henry - BEBOP SPOKEN HERE
"Magesterial..Art's version of Willow Weep For Me is enthralling" Jack Kenny - JAZZ VIEWS
"Themen, a veteran master now, in such eloquent form"
**** Peter Vacher - JAZZWISE
"Cracking album...In any other country he'd be regarded as a national treasure"
Leonard Weinrich - LONDON JAZZ NEWS
"Boistrous and inventive as ever..funky and swinging"
HI FI NEWS & RECORD REVIEW
Order a copy from me for £10 plus £1.50 P&P, send me a message georgedouble.com/contact and I'll get one out to you straight away. Card payments accepted, we'd be thrilled to send you one!
Full Reviews here
THE OBSERVER www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/22/pete-whittaker-art-themen-george-double-thane-and-the-villeins-review-medieval#img-1
BEBOP SPOKEN HERE https://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.com/2020/02/cd-review-pete-whittaker-art-themen.html
JAZZ VIEWS www.jazzviews.net/art-themen--pete-whittaker--george-double---thane--the-villeins.html
LONDON JAZZ NEWS https://londonjazznews.com/2020/02/26/art-themen-thane-the-villeins/
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Gig Calender & Archive
2022
Jan 20th Jazz At The Front Room Croydon (lunchtime)
Feb 5th Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds (eve)
March 27th Kenton Theatre, Henley On Thames 3pm matinee
April 11th Reform Club Pall Mall
April 22nd Saffron Hall Foyer
April 24th Colchester Arts Centre Jazz Club
May 4th Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (lunchtime)
May 4th 606 Chelsea (evening)
June 14th Ronnie Scott’s Headline
June 18th Hadleigh Jazz Club (eve) as part of 'JATP'
June 24th Harwich Festival
July 4th Bexley Jazz Club
July 6th Concorde Club, Eastleigh
July 16th The Jazz Centre UK, Southend
July 26th Watermill Jazz w/John Etheridge's Blue Spirits
Oct 1st All Saints Church Dunsden
Oct 12 Scarborough Jazz Club
Oct 13 Leeds Seven Arts
Oct 14 Wakefield Jazz Club
Nov 11th The Bear Club, Luton
Nov 17th London Jazz Festival @ The Karamel Club
Nov 23rd Fleece Jazz
2021
August 21 Blue Room Lincoln (with John Etheridge)
August 25th Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
August 26th Aberjazz Festival, Fishguard
August 30th Oaken Grove Vineyard, Henley -on-Thames
Sept 11th Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham 5pm & 8pm
Sept 12th Market Harborough Jazz Club (with John Etheridge)
Sept 14th Norwich Jazz Club
Sept 22nd Guildford Jazz Club (with Marianne Windham)
Nov 4th Two Sisters Arts, Trimley
Nov 12th EFG London Jazz Festival - Bulls Head Barnes
Nov 15th EFG London Jazz Festival - Cadogan Hall
Nov 19th Birmingham Jazz at 1000 Trades, Jewellery Quarter
Nov 24th Fleece Jazz
2020
January 25th Fairycroft Arts, Saffron Walden
March 7th Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds (with Chris Ingham)
2019
May 7th Annie's Jazz Club, Southend
July 5th Fleece Jazz
October 2nd Southwold Jazz Club (with Chris Ingham)
Nov 14th Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall
2018
July 13th Cadogan Hall
Oct 21st Ipswich Jazz Club