{"id":1015794,"date":"2026-06-09T17:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1015794\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:38:15","slug":"watch-southwest-london-jazz-band-performing-for-over-20-years-built-on-more-than-just-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1015794\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Southwest London jazz band performing for over 20 years built on more than just music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jazz Mondays is a jazz band based in southwest London that was formed more than 20 years ago. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The group consists of eight saxophonists, a vocalist, a drummer and a pianist who share a passion for live jazz music and performing together.<\/p>\n<p>The band performs twice a year at the George IV pub in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swlondoner.co.uk\/tag\/chiswick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chiswick<\/a>, alongside playing at other gigs and meets regularly throughout the year to rehearse, learn new pieces, and improve their performance skills.<\/p>\n<p>Rehearsals also give members the opportunity to socialise and strengthen the close friendships that have developed within the group over the years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazzmondays.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz Mondays<\/a> have also performed at Ealing Jazz Festival, St Margaret\u2019s Fair and The Crypt in St Martin-in-the-Fields, a well-known jazz venue.<\/p>\n<p>Members say the group has remained together for so long because of the supportive and welcoming environment they have created. <\/p>\n<p>Many describe the band as not only a musical group, but also a close-knit group where friendships and a shared love of jazz continue to keep the members together.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video below for more.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jazz Mondays is a jazz band based in southwest London that was formed more than 20 years ago.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1015795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,54204,393,4884,22887,199784,281150,257,269,281151,16,15],"class_list":["post-1015794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-chiswick","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-jazz","tag-jazz-band","tag-jazz-music","tag-london","tag-music","tag-southwest-london","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116721372761611179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1015795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}