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- The National Union of Students
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Doors open at 8pm

Gigs start at 8.30pm unless shown otherwise.

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September programme

Gigs start at 8.30pm unless otherwise shown
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Thursday 2 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

Evan Parker Trio

Saxophonist Evan Parker’s monthly free improvisation residency with classical and jazz composer Tony Hymas (piano and synthesiser), and mainstay of the London improvising scene, bassist John Edwards. ‘Evan Parker is that rare bird of contemporary playing: a thoroughly individual voice’ (AllAboutJazz).

Friday 3 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

The Vociferous Project

Performances of Tessellations I & II– by Veryan Weston for Vociferous – a choir of nine singers from Austria who have diverse cultural connections.

Tessellations I & II contain structures which have, by coincidence, similarities with some of the principles of geometric tessellations – hence the title. Visual interlocking symmetries and geometric shapes are transferred to the audible world of pitches, rhythm and counterpoint.

Both pieces use Veryan’s research into pentatonic scales, providing a compositional thread which, combined with the spirit and energy of improvisation, creates a mind-disturbingly celebratory experience guaranteed to intoxicate even the most virtuous.

Tessellations I for solo piano

The debut UK performance by Leo Svirsky, an exceptionally gifted pianist from USA.

Tessellations II for nine singers

The choir comprises; Annette Giesriegl (Austria), Anush Apoyan (Armenia), Dorothea Jaburek (born Italy, Austrian citizen), Franz Schmuck (born Canada, Austrian citizen), Iris Ederer (Austria), Patrik Thurner (Austria), Siruan Kueng (father is Kurd, mother is Austrian), Sofia Knezevic (Serbia) and Veryan Weston (UK) pianist / improviser. 

Saturday 4 | 8.30pm | £12 | Book online

Tony Kofi Quartet

In a slightly different quartet line-up to usual, saxophonist Tony Kofi explores tunes from composers such as Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington plus some obscure standards.

An alto player, on a recent trip to New York Tony made his debut on tenor, on a forthcoming Jamaaladeen Tacuma album, featuring Ornette Coleman. and tonight he may be playing alto and tenor.

Tony Kofi (saxophones), Trevor Watkis (piano), Mario Castronari (double bass) and Winston Clifford (drums).

'Kofi resoundingly proves that the jazz past and the present are inseparable' (The Guardian).

Sunday 5 | Doors 7.30pm – start 8.00pm | £8 | Book online

Vocals@Vortex

Open mic night hosted by Roma Thomas with the Bob Stuckey Trio

Fay Madi

Fay's musical influences include jaz soul, North African and Middle Eastern sounds. As Fay says, "Jazz singing is for me the best form of story telling. There’s a wonderful, spontaneous sense of immediacy to it and much room for freedom of expression. When I'm performing, I enjoy being in the moment, feeling 'alive' and extending a real, but quieter part of me

Antonio Soloman

In between studies, singer / songwriter Antonio Solomon has in recent years honed his artistry on the acoustic night scene across Greater London. His live and radio performances mark him out as one to watch on the UK music scene and it is only a matter time before he develops a recording career to match his remarkable talent.

Monday 6 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Calypso Rose, the 'diva of the Caribbean'

With over 800 songs and 20 albums to her name the 'International Caribbean Music Lifetime Achievement Award winner' Calypso Rose has shared the international stage with many of the most popular stars of the music world, such as Miriam Makeba, Tito Puente, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack and Bob Marley.

'Take time for the wonderfully named Calypso Rose. The 70-year-old Tobagonian singer, writer of over 800 calypso songs, has beaten cancer twice. Her saucy between-song patter, superb voice and showmanship belies her years and brings with her a sexy slice of the Caribbean to the UK' (The Independent).

Tuesday 7 | 8.30pm | £5 | Book online

Dialogical Liberties

The social, political and cultural qualities of silver

New bi-monthly pan-cultural multi-media debate seminar led and curated by Resonance FM's Richard Thomas.

The opening session focuses on the cultural properties of silver. With artists, academics and musicians invited to help explore its historical, scientific and psycho-mystical qualities.

Guests on the night will include: representatives of the V&A's silver collection on the socio-economic and historical role silver played in British Imperialism; the BBC's central Asia correspondent on the geo-politics of silver; London's Pétanque society; a panel of art critics discussing Belgian surrealist René Magritte's portrayal of silver; Alex Finch of the Silver Surfer on silver's impact on our hyper-pop culture and Mark Pilkinson on silver in relation to contemporary mythology and sci-fi. 

Wednesday 8 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Eugene Chadbourne

The ‘Doc’ hits town! The consulting room is open as the incomparable Eugene ‘Doc’ Chadbourne (guitar, banjo, vocals), makes his first UK appearance for five years.

Described as a ‘rebel among rebels’ Eugene’s highly individual take on all things guitaristic can see him switching, in the bat of an eyelid, between free improvisation, jazz, psychedelia, the blues and a country and western song.

The list of artists he has collaborated with runs into pages – Camper Van Beethoven, John Zorn, Aki Takase, Jimmy Carl Black, and the Violent Femmes are just a handful, appearing in clubs, galleries and festivals and in one case, a command performance with Tony Trischka for William S. Burroughs.

In the company of percussionist Roger Turner he takes us on a musical odyssey connecting the dots between the Appalachians and the edges of the known musical universe.

With special guest,John Russell – fellow guitarist and ‘picking pal’.

Thursday 9 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Blow the Fuse

Deirdre Cartwright Quartet

Deirdre Cartwright’s original fusion group line-up reforms.

'Cartwright is as adept at the funky shuffle somewhat reminiscent of Grant Green as harder-edged, multi-textured playing, and her compositions draw on everything from 1970s fusion to grunge music and the straightahead jazz of the likes of George Benson and Wes Montgomery, but it is the unpretentious zestfulness of her approach, her clear enjoyment of the sheer variety of sounds her guitar can be made to produce, that is so infectious and which makes her playing so listenable.' (Chris Parker).

Deirdre Cartwright (guitar), Steve Lodder (piano), Alison Rayner (bass) and Winston Clifford (drums).

Friday 10 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

Ruth Theodore

Ruth Theodore is one of those rare talents, for whom creative writing is almost as natural as breathing. Descriptive yet cryptic, honest, tragic, witty and occasionally heart breaking, her deliberate turn of phrase is that of a skilled writer in command of (and having fun with) the idea of contemporary songwriting.

'Songs so quirky and unexpected that it's impossible to imagine anyone else performing them, following none of the more conventional styles of song-writing. And it actually works.' (The Guardian ****)

Pepino

With a history of mascots that boasts a rubber voodoo monkey and gender confused rabbit / beer can – Pepino is a tragi-comic never-come-of-age band.

Blythe Pepino sings out from behind her piano leading the band, comprising violin, cello, double-bass and drums, on a surreal and whimsical journey through theatrical rock ballads, sailor song and vaudevillian pop.

There's always something special prepared for the audience so keep your wits about you.

Saturday 11 | 8.30pm | £15 | Book online

Sarah Jane Morris

“Leave your preconceptions at home,” begins one London critic’s assessment of sensual singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, who straddles rock, blues, jazz and soul with a goosebump-raising four octave range that rumbles from the heels of her size eight shoes to the tips of her flame-red mane.
Famed for her association with the Communards in the mid-80s and infamous for a banned rendition of the classic Me and Mrs Jones, Sarah Jane Morris has always attracted as much attention for her politics as for her soul-driven, seismic voice. Eleven solo albums later, pop stardom on the continent, and a diverse set of musical collaborations on record, film and stage, Morris continues to steer her unorthodox career to greater heights.

Featuring Kevin Armstrong, Liam Genockey, Tony Remy and Henry Thomas.

Sunday 12 | 4.00pm – 6.00pm | £8 | Book online

Township Comets

The Comets play the searing, joyous music of saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, a towering figure in township jazz and the European free scene. Featuring Pinise Saul (vocals), Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Jason Yarde (alto saxophone), Harry Brown (trombone), Adam Glasser (piano), Jasper Hoiby (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums).

Sunday 12 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Lush Life Trio

Roger Beaujolais / BJ Cole / Simon Thorpe

A strangely familiar sound, in an entirely new context... BJ Cole, the legendary pedal steel maestro and his counterpart on vibraphone, the great Roger Beaujolais, have come together with acclaimed double bassist Simon Thorpe, to craft a surprising reinvention of a familiar musical space, think of it as ‘Loft Jazz’... it’s up there somewhere – it’s luxurious, inspired and exudes an effortless cool.

BJ and Roger are famous improvisers. As session musicians they’re sought after for skill in adding and enhancing to, rather than playing to a score. With this in common, Lush Life was born with a fascination and shared curiosity to bring the pedal steel and vibrophone together for the very first time. Bringing Simon into the mix was the perfect melt.

This collaboration of true exploration takes them into territory encompassing jazz, chamber music and contemporary compositions, with influences stretching back a century rather than just a decade.

Perfect artistry, idiosyncratic personalities, a wry humour and parallel styles converge and intertwine.

Monday 13 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Old Place Echoes

Ronnie Scott left a triple legacy, as a saxophonist, as a club owner and as a nurturer of jazz talent in the UK. Because his first club at 39 Gerard St was bursting at the seams he set up his larger club in Frith Street. Between 1965 and lease-end in 1967 Ronnie turned the 'Old Place' into an arena and meeting place for young musicians flocking to London from all over Britain and abroad, notably South Africa.

'Old Place Echoes' marks the first release on CD of archive recordings of Old Place alumni, Dudu Pukwana (alto), Bob Stuckey (Hammond), Phil Lee (guitar), John Marshall (drums), Terry Smith (guitar) and Martin Hart (drums).

Dudu is no longer with us but has left a lasting mark on the London scene. Tonight his spirit will be evoked by compatriot altoist Ntshuks Bonga. All of the remaining personel will be playing, some 40 years after the original recordings.

It is also some 35 years since the last Hammond organ, with solid woodwork to match church pews, rolled off the production lines. While the Hammond sound can now be imitated by electronics the size of a salami sandwich, this is a relatively rare oppourtunity to come face to face with the real thing.

Tuesday 14 | 8.30pm | £5 | Book online

Kammer Klang

The London / Paris-based duo Fred Thomas (piano) and Jiri Slavik (bass), perform a set of original compositions and improvisations, plus music by Messiaen, Kurtag and Webern.

The programme also features Aisha Orazbayeva who will be playing some of Sciarrino’s Caprices for solo violin.

Curated by Lucy Railton.

Wednesday 15 | 8.30pm | £9 | Book online

Rachel Grimes

Influenced by Erik Satie and Michael Nyman, as composer and pianist of the the pinoeering indie group – Rachel's – the album 'Music for Egon Schiele' was her primary work.

'The gorgeous tones and deep swells of her grand piano radiate. The result is so intimate you feel as if you are alone with her in a room ­ or in a field when she injects the somber drama of her compositions with field recordings of birds and insects' (Time Out Chicago).

Nils Frahm

A masterful improvisational pianist Nils Frahm is poised to become something of a sensation. Raised on a musical diet of classical and jazz, Frahm started playing the piano as a young student of Nahum Brodski, himself a student of Tchaikovsky’s last protégé.

'Emotionally charged piano music which always errs toward the melodic side of melancholy' (Mojo). 

Thursday 16 | 8.30pm | £12 | Book online

Vandermark 5

Led by Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone and Bb clarinet) the Quintet have been labelled 'a modern-day band for the jazz ages' (Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD)...

Each of the band’s current members –Tim Daisy (drums), Kent Kessler (acoustic bass), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello and electronics), Dave Rempis (alto and tenor saxophone) – have years of performance experience working with a wide variety of music.

This, coupled with the range of instrumentation and stylistic potential held by the ensemble, allows Vandermark to compose material that runs the gamut of musical possibilities incorporating elements of jazz, contemporary, funk and rock into the group’s music.

Even so, the Quintet’s main focus is improvisation. Each piece is arranged to allow ample room for the members to interpret and reinterpret the writing and in the spirit of the great bands scattered throughout the history of jazz, the Vandermark 5 has always concentrated on live performance as the means to hone its skills and develop its concepts.

Atomic

From Scandinavia, reviewers have described Atomic's playing as 'an explosive blend of American free-jazz with European characteristics' – or as the group say, 'part academic lecture, part a fun night out on the town'.

While they make no secret of their admiration for leading American jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington, Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus and George Russell, the music of Atomic is also mixed with an equal love of European free jazz and improvised music.

With their latest release 'Retrograde', Atomic is for those who like their jazz with both content and a sense of exhilaration.

Fredrik Ljungkvist (reeds), Magnus Broo (trumpet), Håvard Wiik (piano), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums).

Friday 17 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Loop Double Bill

Dice Factory

Developing compositional methods co-operatively, an emphasis on texture, rhythmic soundscapes, strong grooves, harmonic passages and melodic playfulness characterise Dice Factory's performances.

Comprising Tom Challenger (saxophone), George Fogel (piano), Tom Farmer (bass) and Jon Scott (drums) the quartet achieve results that don’t fit the ‘classic’ jazz quartet idiom.

Mirror

Mirror is a new ensemble interpreting and reworking the compositions of keyboardist Dan Nicholls. Featuring the distinctive voices of James Allsopp (tenor saxophone) and Dave Smith (drums), the band's sound ranges from thrash grooves to barely audible undertones – aiming for a fluidity between written and unwritten and exploring connections between sound and image.

Saturday 18 | 8.30pm | £12 | Book online

Barb Jungr

The unique artistry of Barb Jungr has earned her two New York Awards and rave reviews internationally and her live performances have brought her to the to the attention of audiences worldwide.

Highly acclaimed in the UK as one of Britain's most important interpreters of contemporary songs – in particular the songs of Bob Dylan – Barb is known for her passionate singing, subtle arrangements and sense of humour.

With her new album out now – 'The Men I Love' – Barb 'brings the same creative capacity for re-interpretation and re-examination that Ella Fitzgerald brought to Cole Porter' (The Wall Street Journal).

Sunday 19 | 4.00pm – 5.00pm | £8 | Book online

Hans Koller Trio

Part of the 'Vortex furniture' over the past decade, pianist / arranger Hans Koller brings his trio to the club, in a rare outing playing music by his favourite jazz composers Herbie Nichols, Charles Mingus, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter.

With Mark Hodgson (bass) and Tim Giles (drums).

Sunday 19 | 8.30pm | £8/5 | Book online

Mopomoso

Continuing their monthly series Mopomoso brings you the best in free improvisation.

Stefano Giust / Noel Taylor / Steve Beresford

A welcome visit from drummer Stefano Giust – a tireless organiser and promoter of improvised music in his native Italy and founder of the Setola di Maiale label.

A sensitive and creative improviser who also works as a composer for film and video he is joined by London based clarinetist Noel Taylor and and pianist Steve Beresford in this debut outing.

Lisa Ullen

‘New generation’ Swedish pianist Ullen came to the club with her quartet last year and we are pleased that she can return for this solo set. An intelligent and vibrant improvising musician with a firm background in jazz, this will be a rare chance to catch a player who is making waves on the Swedish and wider European stage.

Dave Solomon / Garry Todd

Drummer Dave Solomon and saxophonist Garry Todd were two of the leading ‘second wave’ free improvisers in the early seventies and this current duo has been a fixture for the last couple of years. Highly interactive and full of twists and turns this is music of both intellect and passion.

Pascal Marzan / John Russell

Guitarist Pascal Marzan is a leading light on the French improvisation scene and one of only a handful of musicians who use the nylon strung classical guitar in free improvisation.

John Russell has been working in a duo with Pascal for over five years – their last appearance being a succesful concert in Montmartre earlier this year. A CD has been recorded and is awaiting release later in the year.

Monday 20 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

The London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: Coltrane's Africa / Brass

The London Jazz Orchestra open their new season of live recorded concerts featuring Scott Stroman's reconstruction of John Coltrane’s 1961 project, Africa/Brass.

Africa/Brass was his first album for the new Impulse label, and Coltrane’s only large-ensemble album save for the late and highly improvised Ascension. Stroman has created a new and original suite from the album including the groundbreaking piece Africa, plus a new jazz orchestra version of Naima, recorded the same year by Coltrane's quartet.

The LJO comprises top London jazz soloists and composers including Alec Dankworth, bass; Paul Clarvis, drums, Pete Saberton, piano, Phil Lee, guitar, Henry Lowther and Noel Langley, trumpets, and Martin Speake and Josephine Davies, saxophones, and Pete Beachill, trombone.

Directed by Scott Stroman, the LJO has had a monthly residency, first at the old Vortex and now at the new club, since 1991.

Tuesday 21 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Gypsy / East European Night

Mazaika

Passionate, dynamic and soulful Gypsy jazz played by some of Britain's leading exponents of the style – Sarah Harrison (violin), Igor Outkine (accordion/vocals), Stuart Blagden & Ducato Piotrowski (guitar) and Andy Hamil (double bass).

Plus Russian, Gypsy and Latin favourites – including 'Dark Eyes' as sung by Igor in the David Cronenberg film 'Eastern Promises'. Fantastically entertaining.

Wednesday 22 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

Tamco

‘Don’t Think Twice’ is the powerfully evocative debut album from Bristol-based vocalist, Tammy Payne, and her new project Tamco. Payne, who is probably best known for her work with legendary drum ‘n’ bass and trip-hop pioneers Smith and Mighty, but can also be found writing psychedelic folk with Jukes or collaborating with the likes of John Parish, has drawn upon her home town’s vibrant music scene to create a new band.

Drawing on influences from Tom Waits to Nick Cave and Julie Driscol to Roberta Flack, Tamco was born out of late night whiskies and a shared love of ‘50s and ‘60s jazz.

The band features some of Bristol’s most creative and innovative musicians, maverick bassist Jim Barr (Portishead, Get The Blessing), guitarist Neil Smith (Liftmen), keyboardist Dan Moore (Andy Shepperd) and drummer Dylan Howe (Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Portishead and Robert Wyatt).

Thursday 23 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

Mr David Viner

A solo performance of some seriously shit hot blues from the man who describes himself thus:

"I was born with red eyes and purple skin due to the fact that I was born with the cord around my neck. I didn't do much talking after that, just played an old Spanish guitar for 20 or so years.

"In 2000 I met John Lee Hooker in Detroit after a small show to ask him what tuning he played out of. After hearing my accent he christened me "Mr". It stuck. He died.

"It was here I also met a bunch of musicians, Von Bondies, Soledad Brothers, Dirtbombs, White Stripes who all gave me a bit of work here and there and let me stay on their couches.

"I toured with Spiritualized, Dr. John with just me and a guitar I bought from St. Louis which is still the only one I own. At every Dr. John show we both play 'Careless Love', and try and out-do each other with different lyrics each night. He said; "Viner? What kind of a fucking name is that?" s That's Mr to you....

Sunday 26 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Justin Adams & Juldeh

Justin Adams is a renowned producer who has played guitar and written with Robert Plant, worked with Saharan desert blues sensations Tinariwen, and collaborated with Brian Eno, Jah Wobble and Lo’Jo.

His musical partner, Juldeh Camara, is a Gambian griot and master musician. A life-long guardian of the Fula oral tradition, Juldeh’s skills on the riti (a single-stringed fiddle), are unparalleled and his voice combines both power and delicacy.

The duo's debut album won a BBC Award, and the follow-up, 'Tell No Lies', has also wowed the music press.

'Songs that echo the raw exuberance of the Clash, the rolling blues of Muddy Waters and the delicacy and grandeur of the ancient griot ballads. Magnificent' (The Guardian). 

Monday 27 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Black Twig Pickers

Banjos and fiddles, boards and bones in hand, the Black Twig Pickers dived into a living tradition of old-time music that surrounds their homes in Southwest Virginia and never looked back.

Scholars of the regional sounds and advocates of an ecstatic and highly personal approach to the music, the Twigs hold down local dance and bar gigs, play all manner of celebrations and every so often, hit the road.

Along the way they have kept company with some of underground America's heavyweights, haunted the doorsteps of Appalachian fiddle and banjo masters and put out a string of acclaimed albums, including 'Hobo Handshake' and last year's J'ack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers'.

The latest, 'Ironto Special', is an album of traditional Appalachian old-time tunes (and two originals) that they've learned through study of both local old-time musicians and old-time records and field recordings.

Nathan Bowles (banjo, washboard, bones, fiddlesticks, snare drum, vocals),
Isak Howell (guitar, mouth harp, vocals), Mike Gangloff (fiddle, banjo, jaw harp, vocasl) and Charlie Parr (baritone resonator 12-string guitar).

Tuesday 28 | 8.30pm | £8 |

Red Square

The release of ‘Thirty Three’ (in 2009 on FMR Records) documented the music of Red Square – a pioneering British group that originally formed in 1972, broke up in 1978 and reformed in 2009 as a result of renewed interest in their extraordinary history.

Though largely forgotten for 30 years, Red Square – Ian Staples (electric guitar), Roger Telford (drums) and Jon Seagrott (flute, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet & electonics) – was a key link between the worlds of psychedelic rock and avant-jazz. The group also had a fierce, ideological commitment to total improvisation delivered through very big speakers.

There was an almost proto-punk quixotism about their railing aural assaults on the mainstream. Very few people thanked them for it, and the music on ‘Thirty Three’ was considered too extreme for release at the time.

'Red Square's name implies radical zeal and angularity, both of which this...group possessed in spades’ (The Wire).

Challenger / Doyne-Ditmas / Hayward

Trio featuring the percussive explorations of Charles Hayward, the underworld of Tom Challenger's saxophone and the 'stomach' of Nick Doyne-Ditmas's acoustic bass.

Their first meeting in New Cross' Amersham Arms quickly led to the first gigs in gardens and clubs. Since, Hayward (known for his work with projects such as THIS HEAT, CAMBERWELL NOW, MASSACRE, ABOUT), Doyne-Ditmas (Who co-leads experimental group CRACKLE) and Challenger (Who's other involvements include 'MA.', OUTHOUSE (+ RUHABI), REDSNAPPER and The Loop collective) have come together sporadically to play their unique brand of ultra-telepathic, shape bending acoustic improv.

Past performances have veered from the serene, the rootsy, the abstract, to euphoric highs that the trio discovered to be a basic part of their ever expanding, improvisatory palette. This is a band that rarely surfaces – do not miss!

Wednesday 29 | 8.30pm | £8 | Book online

Mishka Adams Laro Night
Vendendo Peixe

This month's guests are Vendendo Peixe, a trio from South America.

The trio are a choro and samba group formed by Gaio de Lima – a creative and innovative Brazilian singer, composer, cavaquinho and mandolin player. The group also features percussionist Alua Nascimento and guitarist Luis Moraes.

The group play traditional samba instruments (cavaquinho, mandolim, seven-string guitar, tambourin and pandeiro) and their repertoire draws on a huge selection of sambas, maxixes, polkas and forro.

Mishka has been moonlighting on the London music scene for several years, after relocating from her native Philippines to London and signing with the world famous Candid Records.

Her own extraordinary talent has been showcased on her albums God Bless The Child and Space, both of which were wonderfully received by the national press and firmly stamped her reputation as a bright new star in the making.

Thursday 30 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Julian Siegel Quartet

Saxophonist Julian Siegel has established himself as both a remarkable writer and a powerful player on the European Scene. Awarded the BBC Jazz Award 2007 for Best Instrumentalist, he has toured with bands led by Hermeto Pascoal and Andrew Hill and has been involved with the most influential British jazz groups of the day, including those of Django Bates and John Taylor.

The Quartet has had a major impact on the UK jazz scene since the release of the debut album – 'Close-up'. ' A virtuoso post-bop quartet' (The Guardian).

Featuring Liam Noble (piano / keyboard), Oli Hayhurst (double bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums).

 

 

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