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Hip Bones

Vij Prakash and Tom Green - Trombone
Nick Goodwin - Guitar
Liam Dunachie - Keys
Tiago Coimbra - Bass
Ed Macdonald - Congas
Ric Byer - Drums

The Hip Bones are a seven-piece group of jazz musicians playing a mix of funky house, drum n bass, funk and reggae. Between them have a vast experience of both the London and Cambridge Scenes playing at venue such as the London Jazz Cafe, The British Luxury Club, The 606, Kambar, The Hidden Rooms, and Greenwich Jazz Festival.

Josh Ison Trio

Josh Ison - Tenor Sax
Olie Brice - Bass
Tony Marsh - Drums

Josh Ison is one of the most exciting saxophonists in this area and he brings with him two of London's finest free jazz musicians.

After graduating from Trinity College of Music, Josh Ison has toured with a variety of bands across Europe. He regularly plays in London jazz venues with his own and with other jazz bands. Josh has always had a love of free improvised music which he will be playing in this trio.

Olie Brice is now a mainstay on the London jazz scene and over the last few years has played with some of the best players around, such as Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Steve Noble and Alan Wilkinson.

Tony Marsh has been a force on the London jazz scene for over thirty years. He has toured with musicians such as Mike Osborne, John Surman, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford and Barry Guy.
"Tony Marsh - one of the most compelling exponents of a mingled jazz and free time since the departure of Tony Oxley from these shores." (John Fordham)

George Crowley Trio

George Crowley - Tenor Sax
Josh Morrison - Drums
TBC - Bass

On of the country's most exciting young saxophone voices, George
Crowley moved to London in 2007 to take up a place on the jazz
postgraduate course at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music,
studying with Iain Ballamy, Martin Speake, Stan Sulzmann and James
Allsopp. Already turning heads on the London scene, George has
performed in venues such as Ronnie Scott's and the 606 Club, and has
played alongside musicians such as Stan Sulzmann, Kenny Wheeler, John
Taylor, Gwilym Simcock, Jim Hart, Dave Smith, Michael Janisch, Seb
Rochford, Kit Downes and many others. As well as performing as a
freelance saxophonist and clarinetist, George also leads his own
quartet and trio, performing his own compositions.

"George shows a highly engaging concept, strong group empathy, great
lyricism, dynamic range and maturity beyond his years." Gerard
Presencer

"Crowley's sure-footed extended lines were impressive" John Fordham, The
Guardian

Friday 12th March 2010 - *Party Event*

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CUJO

The Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra (CUJO) is Cambridge's premier vehicle for promoting and performing jazz in the University and beyond.

CUJO brings together the top jazz musicians in the university. We have performed in numerous professional venues in the UK on national tours, won gold awards in UK-wide big band competitions and have collaborated with world-famous musicians, composers and arrangers such as Steve Waterman, Mark Nightingale, Issie Barratt and Mike Gibbs. The band regularly tours abroad - in April this year we are travelling to Rome, and in July will be appearing at the prestigious Montreux jazz festival.

The group is 20-strong and plays a wide variety of music, including arrangements performed by the leading big bands of today such as the Lincoln Center and Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestras. We do stay committed to our roots however - our pads feature the full repertory of standards, swing, and funk as well as a number of classic vocal charts.

Imperial College Big Band

The award-winning Imperial College Big Band is one of the most active musical societies at Imperial College, performing extensively throughout the academic year at a variety of venues, including top London jazz clubs and joint ventures with universities around the UK. Our constantly expanding repertoire includes arrangements made famous by the likes of Gordon Goodwin, Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra. The big band’s very popular gigs form an integral part of the Union entertainment calendar, culminating in our performance at the prestigious Imperial College Summer Ball.

Jules Chou-Lambert Quartet

Jules Chou-Lambert – Vocals

Matt Fletcher – Keys

Misha Mullov-Abbado – Bass

Dave Burgoyne – Drums

The Jules Chou-Lambert Jazz Quartet have been playing together for three years and counting, and have played at Trinity, John’s, Magdelene, Peterhouse May Balls, the CNY Ball, and the Law Ball among others. All of them have been soloists in Cambridge’s top big bands. They will bring you a mix of jazz with twists of Funk, Latin, Soul, and Blues.

Andy Bowie Quartet

Andy Bowie (saxes), Pete Shepherd (piano), Joel Humann (bass), Ric Byer (drums).

The quartet has been playing regularly at the Cricketers (previously at the Elm Tree) for some years. We manage this by renewing our repertoire all the time, playing anything from Ellington to Wayne Shorter. Andy has run bands in Cambridge for a very long time and is Professor of Philosophy and German at Royal Holloway; Pete has been the most reliable jazz pianist on the local scene for a long time; Joel (a theologian) is from Canada and popped up on the local scene fairly recently, Ric is also Canadian and is active in all sorts of contemporary music, most famously with Gavin Harrison, as well as with any number of jazz formations.

Friday 5th February 2010

Alex Merritt/Kit Downes Quartet feat. Jeff Williams

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Jeff Williams (drums):

Originally from Ohio, but currently dividing his time between New York and London- Jeff is something of a jazz legend. He has toured with Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano as well as being a frequent sideman for Dave Liebman and leading bands that have included the likes of John Scofield. Jeff plays with many of the top players in this country including Phil Robson, Martin Speake, Alex Bonney etc. and teaches at the Royal Academy of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire.

Kit Downes (keyboard):

Originally from Norwich but now resident of London, Kit has quickly become a very influential musician on the UK jazz scene. Having played just about everywhere with just about everyone Kit has destroyed the Uk jazz scene and he only graduated from the Royal Academy last year. He also has a very good album out with his trio called 'Golden'. A former member of Empirical and a current member of Troika, The Golden Age of Steam and the Stan Sulzmann quartet, Kit is the guy to hear.

Jonny Brierley (Bass):

Originally from Cambridge but now living in London Jonny, a graduate of the Guildhall is a very much in demand bass player. He is a member of Outhouse and regularly tours with this band and also plays with Alex Bonney's quartet of which Jeff is also a member.

Alex Merritt (sax):

A graduate of birmingham conservatoire, since leaving college last year Alex has been resident of Cambridge and has been leading many bands and writing lots of new music some of which you will be hearing tonight! Alex also runs the weekly Jazz at the Globe session on a thursday night.

Mitch Jones Trio

Mitch Jones, currently in his final year on the Trinity College of Music jazz course, has been making a name for himself, gigging with great musicians such as Stan Sulzmann and Nigel Hitchcock. He has also been touring with Dennis Rollins' Bad Bone Co. for the last two years.

Friday 27th November 2009 - Party Event!

Loose Juice

One of the finest funk outfits in Cambridge, Loose Juice, were formed at the start of 2004 during a poorly attended rehearsal of drummer Rick Hudson’s former band, “Rick Hudson and the Boogaloo Band.” Only Rick, bassist Tiago Coimbra and guitarist Justin Dwyer turned up so they thought “sod it let’s just have a jam.” During the session they started to realise that they’d stumbled on a damn good formular. Loose Juice was born and the Boogaloo Band folded shortly afterwards.

The Boogaloo Band had been a successful venture with the group playing several prestigious venues such as the 100 Club, The Jazz Café and Ronnie Scotts - as well as supporting the James Taylor Quartet. The band also released an album on Blow It Hard Records. However, by the end it was proving difficult to get the band together for rehearsals and gigs and Rick had had enough.

After the massive amount of effort that Rick had put into the Boogaloo Band, Loose Juice was an opportunity to simply enjoy playing the music without any pressure. The band have still had some notable successes, playing the Wardrobe in Leeds, the Ascot Club in Southampton and The Jazz Café in Camden.

2007 saw the band secure more gigs than in the previous 3 years put together and included a three day residency at the London Food Festival. 2008 was a year of transition for the band with the recrtuitment of new guitarist Phil Stevenson as they strived for a new, funkier, leaner sound. Key's player Tom O'Grady was also recruited, a batch of funky new tracks was penned and in December a new album was recorded which featured top jazz sax player Paul Booth. The new album, The Blue Barns Sessions, was recorded early in 2009 and the album is now available from www.jazzcds.co.uk.

There was another change in personnel in 2009 with the departure of guitarist Phil Stevenson to focus on other projects. He was replaced by jazz / funk guitar maestro Jem Watson who drummer Rick already plays with in a jazz trio.

Tom Millar Trio

Tom Millar - Keys, Ida Hollis - Bass, Nathan Butler - Drums

Tom graduated from King's, Cambridge in 2009 having studied Music and now lives in London. He has had his music performed at the Purcell Room, Barbican, RCA, Tate Modern and Symphony Hall Birmingham, and as a pianist has worked with Mike Gibbs, Issie Barratt, Tim Whitehead, Tony Woods and Harold Pinter among others.

Ida took her first jazz lessons at Weekend Arts College in North London in workshops led by UK saxophonist Tim Whitehead, later studying at Birmingham with Arnie Somogyi, Liam Noble, and Julian Siegel. During her time in Birmingham Ida played with Sum:mary, a hip-hop/jazz outfit who performed at the opening of Birmingham's Town Hall alongside Giles Peterson. Ida now plays in several ensembles covering a wide range of musical styles from a 10 piece Frank Zappa tribute band to pop show bands and jazz ensembles.

Nathan Butler studied drums at Trinity College of Music, and is currently touring with 2009 Mercury Prize winner Speech Debelle.

Liam Dunachie and Gwilym Bowen

Liam Dunachie is a pianist and composer from Shropshire, currently in his 2nd year studying music at Trinity College Cambridge where he is also a choral scholar. As a pianist, Liam has played around the country in a solo capacity and in various ensembles, being lucky enough to play with some distinguished names such as Julian Marc Stringle, NYJO, Roy Williams and Digby Fairweather whom he accompanied on a tour to Germany in 2008. Gaining distinction for his LTCL piano diploma while at school, he spent a gap year playing at some of London’s most illustrious venues including the Dorchester and Grosvenor hotels. Since arriving in Cambridge, Liam has been the pianist for the Fitzswing big band and is now playing piano for CUJO as well as undertaking extensive classical accompanying and repetiteuring for university operas and musicals.

Gwilym Bowen is another choral scholar and second year music student at Trinity College, Cambridge, coming from Hereford in the West Midlands. As a jazz pianist, he’s had the fortune to work with some bigger and smaller names, including playing with Asaf Sirkis, recording with Humphrey Lyttelton for the South Bank Show, and, in a less collaborative vein, playing for the Queen. He is also the MD for Fitz Swing, directing from the piano having played trombone in the band last year, and can be found playing both in various big bands or smaller groups around Cambridge. Having done a small amount of repetiteuring for operatic rehearsals last year, Gwilym is now on the other side of the piano, singing the role of Pelleas in CUOS’s main show of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande in February.

Friday 13th November 2009

John Randall Quintet

Tom Challenger - tenor sax, Simon King - guitar, George Fogel - keyboards, John Calvert - bass, John Randall - drums

John Randall is a multi-award winning drummer and composer with a band that features some of the most exciting and talented young musicians on the UK jazz scene. His uncompromising compositional approach challenges – and at times completely ignores – the perceived boundaries between different musical genres and traditions and is rapidly building him a reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative young musicians.

Winner of this year’s prestigious Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, Randall writes music of dramatic emotional contrasts, where a sub-bass rock out can resolve beautifully into a rubato ballad and complex ideas are made to sound melodic and memorable. As Chris Parker of The Vortex wrote, “they don’t so much move easily between as totally disregard as irrelevant genres such as jazz/rock, hip hop and abstract electronic music; Randall simply has all these types of music in his emotional palette and uses them as required by the demands of his varied and intelligent writing.” This openness has led to his music finding fans from a wide range of different backgrounds, with high profile admirers ranging from jazz bassist Dave Holland to the dance producers Underworld (who recently remixed tracks from ‘Insomnia’ for use on their radio show).

Spare Bed Trio

The Spare Bed Trio was formed in the Summer of 2009: a group which works both as a standalone vibes trio and as a rhythm section that aims to fill its 'spare bed' with as many different guest soloists as possible.

The Trio have already played to packed bars at Catz and the ADC and are looking forward to an upcoming slot at Clare Cellars and more ADC bar nights.

Freddie is a much sought-after jazz and classical pianist in Cambridge and elsewhere, and is currently band leader of Selwyn Jazz. Joel is an award-winning composer and talented multi-instrumentalist, and is the bass player for Selwyn Jazz and various other small jazz groups. Jon was principal percussionist of CUCO last year and is proud to own the most colourful vibraphone in Cambridge.

Friday 30th October 2009

Mark Perry Quintet

Mark Perry – Trumpet, Josh Ison – Tenor Sax, Tom Farmer – Bass, Sam Leake – Piano, James Maddren – Drums

Mark Perry is a 22 year old London based Trumpet player and has just finished his studies at Trinity College of Music. Since studying at Trinity Mark has won the Gladys Puttick Competition for free improvisation and has toured with various bands to New York, Spain, Japan, and more recently has played in Vienna jazz festival and Brecon jazz festival where he recorded 3 tracks for BBC Radio Wales. Mark has most recently won the Yamaha Classic fm jazzwise scholarship award and will be featured in the 2009 december edition of Jazzwise magazine and a recording of Marks composition “Meteors” recorded with the Mark Perry Quintet will be included. Mark composes his own music for the group he performs with his group the Mark Perry Quintet and has recently become an in-demand trumpet player on the London jazz scene.

After graduating from Trinity College of Music Josh Ison has toured with a variety of bands across Europe. He regularly plays in London jazz venues with his own and with other jazz bands.

Tom Farmer is one of the best young bass players in the country, most renowned for his work with the award winning band Empirical. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has played all over the world at festivals and venues including Newport Rhode Island Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Bimhuis (Amsterdam) and North Sea Jazz Festival. Tom has also supported such renowned artists as John Scofield, Joshua Redman and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Sam Leak is a London based Jazz Pianist and a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. His performance credits include headlining the St Pancras Hall at the Kings Place Festival 2009 with Stan Sulzmann, performing with US Electric Bass virtuoso Janek Gwizdala, playing a duet with John Taylor as part of Sulzmann's birthday Big Band Concert and supporting Benny Golson at Ronnie Scotts.

James Maddren has recently graduated from Royal Academy of Music in London studying jazz percussion. He has played with Marc Copland/Stan Sulzmann quartet, Phil Donkin, Gwilym Simcock, Kit Downes Trio, Martin Speake quartet, Phronesis, Jonathan Bratoeff quartet, Tangent, Andrea Vicari quintet, Quentin Collins, Claire Martin and many other musicians and bands across London and the U.K.

Sarah Tandy Trio

Sarah Tandy – Piano, Tiago Coimbra – Bass, Ric Hudson – Drum

A recent stalwart of the Cambridge jazz scene, Sarah has just taken up a place on the jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music. She returns to Jazz at Johns with some of Cambridge’s finest musicians to play a set of bop standards as well as some original compositions

Friday 1st May 2009

Shane Forbes, David Preston, Hammadi Valdes & Tom Farmer Project

Playing original material ranging from intense relentless grooves, intricate time-signatures, rubato ballads and hendrix-esque style meltdowns, the group is versatile in a wide range of genres drawing on all of them to form an original sound based on extended improvisation, rhythmic-energy and accessible, melodic compositions that belie their complexity.

Featuring drummer Shane Forbes of the award-winning group Empirical, guitarist David Preston, who has worked with Martin Taylor, Ian Shaw, beat-box virtuoso Shlomo, and Cuban-born percussion virtuoso, Hammadi Valdes who has played with Cuban legends Chucho Valdes and Irakere. The line up is completed by Empirical bassist Tom Farmer who has been described by the Times as having "ebullience and drive".

‘a group to watch for ‘09’ – Jazz Wise

‘they absolutely delighted an intent audience with their infectious enthusiasm for their music and their clear enjoyment of each other’s playing’ – Chris Parker

Funk 'n' Disorderly

Funk 'n' disorderly are a quintet made up of players from the London and Cambridge scenes who between them have performed at venue such as the London Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scott's, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and the Royal Albert Hall. The band features pianist Mitch Jones, currently of Dennis Rollins’ BadBone, drummer Dave Elliott, holder of a Percussive arts Society International Scholarship, up and coming bassist Loz Garrett, ex-CUJO leader Tom Smith on saxophone, and trombonist Vij Prakash.

Friday 6th March 2009 - !Party Event! £5

Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra

CUJO is Cambridge's premier big band, formed from the very best players that the University has to offer. Their repertoire spans the gamut of jazz music, from early Miles Davis arrangements to more modern charts by such as Pat Metheney and Gordon Goodwin, with a popular sideline in some serious funk. CUJO has recently been awarded a gold award in the national final of this year's National Big Band Festival competition.

Andy Bowie Quartet

The Andy Bowie Quartet play straight ahead, sax-led modern jazz, keeping their repertoire fresh by playing rarely played tunes as well as standards. They've got a few tracks on myspace.com/andybowiequartet for you to peruse.

Geoff Sheil Quartett

Geoff Sheil - Guitar

Matt Fletcher - Trumpet

Matt Wincott - Bass

James Clegg - Drums

The quartet was formed in 2008 when Geoff got back from a year abroad studying jazz composition in Boston. Eager to start playing some small band jazz in Cambridge, he started collaborating with 2nd year music student Matt Fletcher. The rhythm section takes the very heart of the Fitz Swing band, comprising drummer James Clegg and bassist Matt Wincott (both 4th year physicists), and transplants it into the freer setting of a small band. The repertoire features standards reinterpreted for the somewhat unusual combination of guitar and trumpet.

Friday 13th February 2009

Geroge Crowley Trio

George Crowley - saxophone

James Opstad - double bass

Dave Hamblett - drums

George Crowley is a current masters student at the Royal Academy of Music, studying saxophone with Iain Ballamy, Stan Sulzmann, Martin Speake and James Allsop. George has performed in venues such as Ronnie Scott's and the 606 Club, and has played alongside musicians such as Stan Sulzmann, John Taylor, Gwilym Simcock, Jim Hart, Dave Smith, Kit Downes and many others. As well as performing as a freelance saxophonist and clarinetist, George also leads his own quartet and trio, performing his own compositions.

James Opstad is a current student at the Royal Academy of Music, and is increasingly becoming one of the most in-demand young players on the London jazz scene. With his rich sound, supple time-feel and inventive melodic imagination, James continues to turn the heads of all who hear him. Amongst hundreds of others, James has performed recently with Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann, Liam Noble and Mark Lockheart.

Originally from Derby, Dave Hamblett moved to London in 2006 to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Since being in London he's performed with musicians such as Stan Sulzmann, Joe Locke, Steve Wilson, Toni Kofi, Alex Wilson and Alan Barns. He has played at some of London's leading venues including The Vortex, 606 club and Pizza Express Dean St. Recently he's been performing with The Sam Leak Trio and is also involved in projects with Dave Preston and Calum Gourlay .

Joel Robinson Quartet

Friday 23rd January 2008

Troyka

Troyka formed in 2007 as part of a commission for the Derby Jazz Festival. Since then it has played at Coventry Jazz Festival, The Vortex, Birmingham Jazz Festival and at the Timeout 'On the Up' Showcase. In 2008 they were selected by Jazzwise Magazine as 'Ones to Watch 2009' and they have recently recorded an album, set for relase in summer 2009. It features Kit Downes (Organ). Chris Montague (Guitars) and Josh Blackmore (Drums).For this gig Josh Blackmore is unavailable and will replaced by the incredible Seb Rochford on drums.

Polly Watkin Quartet

Friday 28th November 2008 - !Party Event!

Big Trains Haymaker

The Hip Bones

Paul Stubbs Quartet

Friday 7th November 2008

Lewis Wright Quartet

The Lewis Wright Quartet was formed in the autumn of 2001 and combines the talents of Simon Brown (Keyboards) Andy Doyle (Bass Guitar / Double Bass), Will Clark (Drums) and Lewis Wright (Vibraphone).

Lewis Wright Lewis is vibraphonist and drummer living in London, studying Jazz at Trinity College of Music. As well as playing with the quartet, he has recorded on 7 CDs altogether, the first full album Lewis recorded on was for Bassist/Vocalist Ruth Bowen in July 2000. He has collaborated on several CD s, working with the funk band Speedometer (who he also played with at the Jazz Cafe, London), and as part of a live concert recording featuring Henry Lowther, Pat White & pianist Keith Tippett. He recorded a solo CD at age 13 and a live two-hour concert (DVD) with the quartet in January 2004 (Age 15). More recently he has done sessions for ex-Lighthouse Family singer Tunde and American vocalist Catherine Feeny. They have played at venues such as The Boxford Fleece Jazz Club in Suffolk, The Sands Jazz Club in Lincolnshire, the Wigan Jazz Festival, Peterborough Jazz Club, The Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, and Pizza on the Park in London and have an ongoing gig schedule. Lewis has worked with such musicians as Bill le Sage, Lennie Bush, Jack Parnell, Marc Parnell, Mike Capocci, Peter King, Kate Williams, Alan Skidmore, Roger Beaujolais.

Simon Brown Since graduating from UEA in 1990, Simon has worked as a performer, teacher of piano, and music arranger and regularly appears at the most popular jazz clubs in the East Anglia region. His involvement in Blues, Jazz and Jazz-Funk combos have led to appearances at the Soho, Parsons Green and Cheltenham jazz festivals, and over the years has shared the billing with the likes of Jools Holland, The James Taylor Quartet, Stacey Kent and Bobby Wellins.

Andy Doyle After playing bass guitar in the Norwich funk band, The Persuaders, he studied bass with double bass guru Jeff Cline in London. He is in great demand playing with the likes of Jim Mullen, Don Weller, Alan Barnes and Martin Speake and other UK jazz artists, on stage and in the recording studio.

Will Clark Since leaving school Will has been working as a pro drummer / percussionist and is at present resident in London. He graduated from City University (with tutoring from the likes of Trevor Tomkins) where he completed a 3-year music technology degree. He has been playing with Simon for several years and has worked with a vast array of the UK Jazz scene's talent.

Phoebe Haynes

Originally a saxophonist, Phoebe developed a love for jazz at an early age. She began her nascent jazz career fronting The Brighton and Hove Big Band, and at the age of seventeen was invited to perform at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. That year she moved to London and has since been singing with The National Youth Jazz Orchestra, under the leadership of Bill Ashton MBE. Phoebe plays mainly on the London scene, both with NYJO and with her own quartet. Her favourite clubs are The Vortex and the 606, and upcoming gigs include Charlie Wright's on December 17th.

Friday 17th October

Tom Millar Trio

Tom Millar and David Burgoyne are final year music students at King's and Churchill respectively. Having met playing piano and drums in CUJO, they have been in a trio for two years with bassist Ali Wedderburn, who has just graduated. They are now joined by electric bass player and Birmingham Conservatoire graduate Ida Hollis.

Dave has played at the 606 club, The Crypt and Europa theme park in Germany, and frequents the bristling Essex music scene. He is president of Churchill music society, and has given recitals in his college as well as holding an instrumental and accompanist bursary.

Ida took her first jazz lessons at Weekend Arts College in North London in workshops led by UK saxophonist Tim Whitehead, later studying at Birmingham with Arnie Somogyi, Liam Noble, and Julian Siegel. During her time in Birmingham Ida played with Sum:mary, a hip-hop/jazz outfit who performed at the opening of Birmingham's Town Hall alongside Giles Peterson. Ida now plays in several ensembles covering a wide range of musical styles from a 10 piece Frank Zappa tribute band to pop show bands and jazz ensembles.

Tom has played at the Jazz Cafe and Bull's Head, and also attended WAC in North London. He holds a university instrumental award and studies piano with Nick Weldon. Over summer he was coached by Cecil Bridgewater in Amsterdam.

Alex Merritt Quartet

Alex Merritt is a tenor saxophonist in his fourth year at the Birmingham conservatoire, studying with Liam Noble, Hans Koller, and Julian Siegel. In recent years Alex has become a recognisable name on the British jazz scene appearing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival for the last three years. This quartet is a new band which he is really excited about playing some original compositions and arrangements with. The rhythm section includes bassist Calum Gourlay and drummer James Maddren.

Calum Gourlay, who graduated from the Royal Academy's jazz course last year is now very busy on the London jazz scene playing regularly with many London based musicians including Martin Speake, Tom Cawley (and his band Curios), Barry Green, Sebastiaan Cornelison and on occasion Ronnie Scott's House Band.

James Maddren, in his final year on the Academy jazz course, is currently playing in Phil Donkin's trio, Ivo Neame's trio, Kit Downes' trio and numerous other top class acts in London.