Cocktail Swing with Tom Dring
The Piano Bar Soho, W1D 3BT , [Venue Details]The bass takes the lead this Wednesday: Tom Dring walks the standards in the hidden jazz den inside Jack Solomons, Nico Widdowson beside him at the grand, while the kiosk keeps the candles company from 6:00 PM.
Two shows, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM, a couple of dozen seats close enough to watch the hands. Midweek keeps this room at its calmest and its best. Take a corner table and let the low end do the talking.
Tom Dring brings his double bass to the Piano Bar's midweek slot — trained at the Royal Academy of Music, known for driving walking lines and melodic soloing in the tradition of Ray Brown and Christian McBride, and a regular on stages from the Barbican to the O2. He's shared bandstands with Soweto Kinch, Gilad Atzmon and Jacob Collier, and leads his own Tom Dring Trio and Sextet with a debut album due this year. Nico Widdowson takes the piano stool beside him, the Musicians' Company's 2024 Young Jazz Musician of the Year, a Leeds Conservatoire graduate whose playing runs from Harlem stride to free improvisation. Trust the room, and this pairing delivers.
Expect swing built on a proper bottom end: a bassist who studied under Michael Janisch and Jasper Høiby, holding down the pulse while Widdowson's stride-schooled piano works the songbook's cocktail-hour corners. Widdowson's own trio album, "On Fools and Clowns," lands this year alongside Dring's debut as a leader
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Admission
Min: £10.00
Max: £20.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Interval: Yes
Age restriction: 18+
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Cocktail Swing with Tom Dring
Wednesday, 19 Aug 2026 @6.30pm
The Piano Bar Soho, W1D 3BTMore Information
The bass takes the lead this Wednesday: Tom Dring walks the standards in the hidden jazz den inside Jack Solomons, Nico Widdowson beside him at the grand, while the kiosk keeps the candles company from 6:00 PM.
Two shows, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM, a couple of dozen seats close enough to watch the hands. Midweek keeps this room at its calmest and its best. Take a corner table and let the low end do the talking.
Tom Dring brings his double bass to the Piano Bar's midweek slot — trained at the Royal Academy of Music, known for driving walking lines and melodic soloing in the tradition of Ray Brown and Christian McBride, and a regular on stages from the Barbican to the O2. He's shared bandstands with Soweto Kinch, Gilad Atzmon and Jacob Collier, and leads his own Tom Dring Trio and Sextet with a debut album due this year. Nico Widdowson takes the piano stool beside him, the Musicians' Company's 2024 Young Jazz Musician of the Year, a Leeds Conservatoire graduate whose playing runs from Harlem stride to free improvisation. Trust the room, and this pairing delivers.
Expect swing built on a proper bottom end: a bassist who studied under Michael Janisch and Jasper Høiby, holding down the pulse while Widdowson's stride-schooled piano works the songbook's cocktail-hour corners. Widdowson's own trio album, "On Fools and Clowns," lands this year alongside Dring's debut as a leader
Admission
Min: £10.00
Max: £20.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Interval: Yes
Age restriction: 18+
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