Joe Herbert Trio

Joe Herbert Trio play Hot Numbers Gwydir Street on Thursday 22 October, bringing contemporary jazz, grunge and rock together in one set. It's a bit of a cross-genre bill, so it's not the sort of night you can pin to one particular sound.

Joe Herbert leads the trio, and the set pulls from those three styles — contemporary jazz, grunge and rock — rather than sticking to one. If you're usually a jazz listener, the grunge and rock elements bring a heavier, more distorted edge to the mix. If you're coming from the rock side, the jazz side opens it up with more improvisation and space. It's the combination that does the work here, and the trio plays through that whole range in one evening.

The venue is Hot Numbers Gwydir Street, part of the Hot Numbers Coffee Dales Brewery site on Gwydir Street in Cambridge (CB1 2LJ). It's a spot that doubles as a coffee shop and brewery, so it's as much a place for a drink as it is for the music.

The music runs from 6:00pm to 11:00pm, with last orders for drinks at 10:45pm. It's a long window, so you've got plenty of time to settle in and hear the full set.