JENNY HOWE - singer Tuesday 20 October

Jenny Howe has worked as a vocal coach on ITV’s The Voice, having spent

many years singing with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), with whom she toured extensively in the UK and abroad. She also appeared several times at Ronnie Scott's club, venue for several NYJO live albums including Cottoning on, In Control, and A View From The Hill. She is also featured on the compilation album Nite at Ronnie’s.

She recorded the main soundtrack for the 1998 film The Brylcreem Boys, starring Gabriel Byrne, and Jean Butler, and sang at the Cannes film festival, where it was premiered. She also sang on the soundtrack of the James Ellroy 2003 TV drama L.A. Sheriffs Homicide.

Jenny filmed in Belfast playing the part of Mrs Croucher in the Spike Milligan 2002 film Puckoon, starring Elliot Gould, and narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough. Other TV credits include TFI Friday, BBC Hall of Fame, CH4 comedy series Barking, and BBC Looking Good. She has also done voice-overs for programmes such as BBC’s Ballykissangel.

Downtime, a dance album released by the band Playpen, features Jenny singing lead vocals on two co-written tracks, playing on many ITV and BBC and Channel 4.

Richmond Rhythm Club is a non-profit organisation. All the money we collect week by week goes to our regular guest speakers and performers. The guest fee we pay covers not just the time they spend with us, but the time and effort they put into preparing the sessions, travel to and from Twickenham, and all other expenses, including parking.

This fee has remained the same for the last three years, whilst elsewhere fees have generally risen in line with inflation. From 1st January 2027, we will therefore be paying guests a modest £20 extra per session. This means there will now be a small increase in payments from club members and visitors.

The current termly payment of £60 will rise next term to £70, i.e. by £1 per session. Sessional payments will rise from £8 to £10. We hope this will encourage even more people to pay termly.

We also hope everyone will understand the need to reward our guests fairly for their work. Even with these increases, a termly club member will only be paying £7 for two hours of top-quality entertainment. Unbeatable value, you must surely agree!

Peter Jones, chairman