The Spin are delighted to welcome the jazz diva Juliet Kelly back to Oxford for an evening of sultry Brazilian bossa nova with a nod in the direction of the American songbook . Joining Juliet and turning the Trio into a quartet for the evening will be the wonderful Frank Sebastian on tenor sax and The Spin Trio.

Juliet became well known to British audiences for her work with Courtney Pine but has gone on to develop an international solo career. In 2011, Juliet played to sell out audiences in Kuala Lumpur, played festival dates in Greece, appeared at the legendary Union of Composers Club in Moscow, and worked in Hong Kong. Nearer home, Juliet played sell out dates last year with her Divas of Jazz tour, played the London Jazz Festival and toured with the excellent Kate Williams.

Completing her degree at Middlesex University and studying in New York with Nancy Marano from the Manhattan School of Music, Laura launched her career in Italy, performing with leading jazz musicians in Rome and appearing at the Umbria Jazz Festival. New CD "About Love" - "a hypnotic, incantatory quality" Jazzwise.

On Easter Weekend Jazznights presents an all-day jazz festival with an afternoon session from 2pm to 6pm featuring Art Themen & Nick Page and an evening session from 7pm to 10.30pm with Anita Wardell & Colin Watling all hosted by Larraine Odell & the Jazznights Trio.

Reservations for either afternoon or evening (£10) or for all day (£20) bookable now.

Well established as one of the UK's leading Saxophonists, Snake is in demand from the biggest names on the UK music scene, as well as visiting artists from overseas. As resident saxophonist on "Tonight With Jonathon Ross" he played with James Brown, Smokey Robinson, Chaka Khan and many more.

"One of the most passionate styles and simple bluesy approaches a-la Sanborn" Time Out

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Maciek Pysz is originally from Poland and currently based in London. He has been playing guitar for over 16 years and has studied jazz, latin and classical music. Arriving in the UK in 2003 he quickly established himself as an up-and-coming young guitarist and has toured round Europe. "Incredibly talented" Jazz Forum.

As part of the Oxford International Women’s Festival 2012 Irish vocalist Anne L Ryan will present Jibb Rishes Songologue, a vocal clown at the Old Fire Station, George Street, Oxford on Friday 9 March, 8pm.

A vocal clown brings to life glimpses of her past on and off the stage, through songs and vignettes set against an evocative soundscape. The character of Jibb Rish is from a by-gone world that she recreates for us with a modern twist, creating a whirl-wind songologue that is quizzical, funny and moving. She portrays her past using ethnic song (Irish, Spanish, Yiddish, Georgian), Anglo-Irish verse with Cage, Beckett and Kagel participating in the dramatic back-drop. Jibb Rish has many voices that come to life through sounding, vocalising, original composition and songs. Jibb Rishes Songologue received its premiere at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas in October 2010. It is a constantly evolving vocal music theatre song cycle; a series of independent scenarios revealing glimpses of Jibb Rishes vocal clown story.