Sorry, this website is very broken! Been trying to fix ix for months! Next gig is: Dan Spanner (solo gig) Biddle Bros, 88 Lower Clapton Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0QR Thursday 1st September 9.40pm FREE
We made it to 2022! The Spanner Big Band have secured a gig at The Arsenal Tavern on Sunday 30th January. Sunday? That’s weird… It’s a long, long story but the long and short of it is that the band cannot compete with Sky Sport any more… even though the Read more
The Spannerman album, “Into the Abyss” is finally available to buy and listen to on bandcamp. https://spannerman.bandcamp.com/releases
The Spanner Big Band will play this Wednesday 10th November as advertised but in a new venue. The Gunners has closed down once more and the pub no more than 100 metres away, The Arsenal Tavern has opened its doors to host the gig! The Arsenal Tavern is at 175 Read more
Today, ***17th October is the Spanner Big Band’s Birthday!!*** Today in 2021 the band has reached the ripe age of 15!!! It all started at Tufnell’s in Tufnell Park. There were 22 charts in the pad and the room upstairs at Tufnell’s. Trombones were in short supply so the first Read more
I am still trying to catch up with my digital skills (lack of!) and re-constructing this last site after the last one crashed into the sea and disappeared. I decided to make the website public before it was completed as I felt that it would never see the light of Read more
Yes, it is really happening! Wednesday 20th October. The big band’s last gig in front of an audience at The Gunners was in March 2020. The band did a live stream performance this August and now, with the pub having a makeover, the doors are open again. Come on down!
This is the page for Dan’s groove, improvisational small group… trio/quartet… or even a duo like the collaboration with AudiophiliacUK (Bobby Demers).