IT is like coming home for one of Britain’s most popular jazz stars Clare Teal.

For it was from Eastleigh’s Concorde that Clare launched a star studded career which has made her the nation’s most successful jazz singers in decades.

In 2004 she clinched a £3 million five-album deal – an unprecedented amount for a jazz singer - and she has never looked back.

Clare who has twice been voted British Jazz Singer of the Year is well known to millions of radio listeners for her twice weekly BBC big band shows.

She returns to the Stoneham Lane club on Wednesday with her mini big band for an evening of foot tapping and big band and swing songs.

Clare will be celebrating the work of many of the leading ladies of jazz and big band, showcasing songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day.

Her Concorde return comes hard on the heels of Clare’s new album and a sell out BBC Proms, the UK’s Queen of Swing.

The following night, another jazz giant Courtney Pine takes centre stage at The Concorde. The saxophone star and multi-instrumentalist is accompanied by renowned jazz composer and pianist Zoe Rahman.

Jazz aficionados are in for another treat on June 8 when The Dime Notes check into The Concorde.

They dig back into the blues drenched sounds of clarinet driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz unearthing a repertoire of stomps, blueses and forgotten gems of the era of musicians such as John Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton and Red Nichols.

The Dime Notes are fronted by Chris Barber’s long time clarinettist David Horniblow, an established figure on the European jazz scene.

Call 023 8061 3989 or theconcordeclub.com