I
first discovered Jump supporting Pallas
(a band known to me for years) at their second Classic Rock Society
show (1999's Spring Progfest on 15 May in Rotherham). Previous
to the show all I'd heard about Jump was that they were very Marillion
inspired. I'd heard nothing (to my knowledge) by them. It was
thus a pleasant - and exteremely unusual - experience to fall in love
with a band and their music on first hearing.
In fact
I had possibly come into contact with their music briefly once before,
when they supported Fish at the London Shepherd's Bush Empire on the
Sunset's on Empire tour. I arrived just as the support finished
so had
a) no idea who they were and
b) no idea what they sounded like.
I picked up a
leaflet after the Rotherham show with a web and email address for
the band and checked them out soon after. It turned out that
they are based less than 30 miles from me, in and around High Wycombe.
They also play Reading several times a year - the first time just
a few weeks after that first experience. Finding the website was a
problem at first - the address being case sensitive. I couldn't
connect so mailed them at the email address. I had a reply from
Steve (half of the guitar team) within 10 minutes with the correct
address. I'd worked out the case sensitivity by that time myself but
the speed of reply impresssed me. In the end I didn't make that first
Reading show (migrane got in the way) buy I have caught them many
times since. They're friendly folk and if you like good, twin
guitared, rock music you should try them out.
Below is
a list of Jump shows I've attended which I hope to eventually feature
in reviews on the site (linked ones are ready now):
15 may 1999
Rotherham Oakwood Centre Spring ProgFest
18 Sep 1999 Reading, Beethovens,
Tilehurst
24 Sep 1999 Hungerford Railway
Inn
09 Oct 1999 High Wycombe, Nag’s
Head
13 Nov 1999 Reading, Beethovens,
Tilehurst
27 Nov 1999 High Wycombe, Nag’s
Head
18 Dec 1999 (Storm-In-the-Wall
...a farewell to the Millenium) Lacey Green Millenium Hall, nr. Princess
Risborough £5
04 Mar 2000
Reading Beethovens (Admission £2)
10 Mar 2000 Hungerford Railway
Inn
18 Mar2000 Lacey Green Millenium
Hall,
07 Apr 2000 Leighton Buzzard,
The Wheatsheaf
15 Apr 2000 Reading Beethovens,
Tilehurst (Admission £2)
13 May 2000 Milton Keynes, Zaks
(Matthew supported - Admission £3)
27 May 2000 London, Putney Half
Moon
10 Jun 2000 Reading, Beethovens,
Tilehurst (Matthew supported - Admission £2)
24 Jun 2000 Horses Head Soup
Festival V, High Wycombe, Lacey Green Millenium Hall
16 Sep 2000 Reading, Tilehurst
Beethovens (Admission £2)
22 Sep 2000 Swindon, The Queen's
Tap
27 Sep 2000
London Astoria 2 (supporting ARENA)
30 Sep 2000 Stokenchurch, Bucks
Memorial Hall
13 Oct 2000 Leighton Buzzard Wheatsheaf
20 Oct 2000 Newbury, King
Charles Tavern
11 Nov 2000 Reading, Tilehurst
Beethoven's (Admission £2)
18 Nov 2000 Stokenchurch, Bucks
Memorial Hall (first & lasts set)
03 Mar
2001 Reading Beethoven's, Tilehurst (Admission £2)
17 Mar 2001 Stokenchurch Memorial
Hall, Bucks (acoustic CADRE as support)
23 Mar 2001 Newbury, King
Charles Tavern
24 Mar 2001
Milton Keynes, Zaks (£3)
12 Apr 2001 Salisbury The Cloisters
11 May 2001 Bracknell Boot
18 May 2001 Aylesbury Limelight Theatre
(£7) (being filmed for potential video release)
26 May 2001
Swansea Uplands Tavern (a review by Judith Mitchell of a rather
different Jump show, part acoustic, part electric)
08 Jun 2001 Leighton Buzzard The
Wheatsheaf
09 Jun 2001 Reading Roebuck Tavern
(£2)
23
Jun 2001 Horses Head Soup Festival Lacey Green Millenium Hall
05 Aug 2001 Whitchurch Festival (£10
- supporting Pink Floyd cover act Perfect Alibi)
11 Aug 2001 Le De Spencer Arms, Downley Common (Pete & John Acoustic
Show)
07 Sep 2001 Aylesbury Limelight Theatre
15 Sep 2001 Reading, Tilehurst Roebuck Hotel (formerly Beethoven's)
27 Sep 2001 Salisbury The Cloisters
10 Nov 2001 Reading, Tilehurst Roebuck Hotel
23 Nov 2001
Leighton Buzzard The Wheatsheaf
29 Nov 2001 Salisbury The Cloisters
01 Dec 2001 'JUMP Xmas Bash' Lacey Green Cricket Pavillion
23 Mar 2002 Aylesbury Limelight
Theatre