News & Events
2025 Wrexham International Jazz Guitar Weekend
The Wrexham International Jazz Guitar Weekend, held on 25 to 27 April 2025, was a resounding success. Celebrating 25 years of fostering jazz guitar excellence in North Wales, this year’s format with smaller tuition groups and more playing time proved very popular....
Jazz Guitar Clubs
Trefor Owen is a great believer in jazz guitar clubs - he has formed three over the past 50 years - the first was in 1974 when he had a music shop in Bangor, North Wales. In 2007 he formed the Cheadle Jazz Guitar Club and later the Mold Jazz Guitar Club which is now...
Re-release: Wales Plays Brazil
I'm reissuing my "WALES PLAYS BRAZIL" album which has seven of my originals and two of Jobim's The album features Dave O-Higgins (sax), Tom Hill (double bass) and Dave Hassel (L A percussion). If you would like to purchase the album, you can contact me by; E-Mail:...
The Pat Martino Interview, by Trefor Owen
PAT MARTINO has perhaps been the most popular and enduring of the young jazz guitarists who emerged in the latter years of the sixties. A precocious talent, his hard-swinging be-bop style won many friends amongst his peers and the jazz public at large.
A review of the 30th North Wales International Jazz Guitar Weekend. Featuring Vic Juris.
The 30th North Wales International Jazz Guitar Weekend hosted by North Wales Jazz was an outstanding success.
See Trefor Owen Live
To see where you can catch Trefor, view the latest gig list on this page.
Reviews
2025 Wrexham International Jazz Guitar Weekend
The Wrexham International Jazz Guitar Weekend, held on 25 to 27 April 2025, was a resounding success. Celebrating 25 years of fostering jazz guitar excellence in North Wales, this year’s format with smaller tuition groups and more playing time proved very popular....
Trefor Owen & Andy Hulme, Jazz Guitar Duo, Ty Helig Lounge
The first ticketed event of the day was held in the lounge of the Ty Helig Guest House and featured a performance by jazz guitarists Trefor Owen and Andy Hulme. The proprietors of Ty Helig are keen supporters of both Brecon Jazz Club and the Festival and regularly...
Review of concert at Kendal Jazz Club
‘Spirit of Shearing’ opened up with a quickish version of ‘Yesterdays’ which, lacking any Shearing traits, was obviously just a settling-in exercise, because the second number, ‘East of the Sun’ (one of George’s biggest hits) was deep into a GS groove. The two...
Shades Of Shearing, Black Mountain Jazz, Kings Arms, Abergavenny
An evening of unpretentious, gently swinging jazz The final BMJ event of 2014 saw North Wales based guitarist Trefor Owen bringing his Shades Of Shearing quartet to the Kings Arms to perform a selection of material associated with the late, great British pianist and...