Line-up:
Rob Barron – piano
Jeremy Brown – double bass
Josh Morrison – drums
About
Pianist Rob Barron studied Jazz at the Leeds College of Music and after leaving with a BA Hons degree in Jazz studies and the College Award for Outstanding Performance, he moved to London where he gained a Masters in Music Performance at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since then he has gained the reputation as a first call sideman, highly regarded for his improvisational flair, imaginative arranging ability, innate musicality and a deft touch, revealing influences inspired by Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris, Wynton Kelly and Sonny Clark.
Rob has performed with some of the biggest names in American jazz music such as Phil Woods, Al Jarreau, Benny Golson, Grant Stewart, Patti Austin, Marlena Shaw and John Marshall, toured with vocalist Stacey Kent and saxophonist Dave O’ Higgins and appeared on over 30 album recordings to date.
Featured on many film soundtracks, most prominently Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby and also more recently The King Of Thieves, Rob has also recorded with The BBC Big Band, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jamie Cullum, Claire Martin, Liane Carroll and Rachel Portman.
Rob has led his own trio since 2012 with drummer Josh Morrison and bassist Jeremy Brown. Performing regularly at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, they have performed opposite The Louis Hayes Quartet, The Kenny Barron Trio and Cecile McLorin Salvant.
Their first album ‘What’s In Store’, released in spring of 2016 was featured in Peter Vacher’s top 10 top ten straight ahead albums of the year in Jazzwise magazine.
The band’s follow-up album ‘From This Moment On’ was released in late 2020 on Ubuntu Music and has received numerous five-star reviews in the press, including from BBC Music Magazine and over 3 million streams on Spotify.
Tonight the trio will feature material from albums as well as brand new compositions and arrangements composed during lockdown!
★★★★★ – “This is classic piano trio jazz at its best” – Barry Withderden – BBC Music Magazine
★★★★★ – “Everything about this album is almost perfect” – Alan Musson – UK Vibe
★★★★ – “There’s energy aplenty here, but mostly there’s creativity & execution of a very high order.”- Peter Vacher/Jazzwise
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Welcome back to the Vortex. Please note that we’ve implemented the following changes to our systems to make the club as Covid-safe as we can:
- Please buy tickets in advance as there will be no door sales. There will be twenty tickets only on sale for each gig.
- If you want to sit together with other people as a group we would ask that one person books all the tickets for the group, so that we are aware that you want to sit together.
- Up to six people may sit together as a group (unless the group consists of two households only in which case more than six may sit together).
- We ask you not to attend gigs if you have or think you may have any Covid-19 symptoms.
- We will ask you on entry to sign in for NHS Test and Trace using the NHS Covid app (or, if you do not have a smartphone. we will ask you to sign in manually)
- There will be no standing at gigs. Everyone who books a ticket will be allocated a seat, but we cannot guarantee that you will have a table.
- Orders for drinks and snacks will be taken and paid for using the Butlr app which you can download on arrival. (If you do not have a smartphone then your order will be taken at the table and you can make a contactless payment. We do not accept cash.)
- We ask that everyone wears a mask when moving around inside the building.
- We ask everyone to observe social distancing at all times.
- Automatic hand sanitiser stations are provided at various places within the building and we encourage regular use of hand sanitiser.
- Full details of the measures that we are taking to prevent transmission of Covid are set out in our risk assessment and management plan which can be found on our website.