Two excellent bands this sunday, please come support your local jazz gig! 830 start £5 entry
Metamorphic:
Metamorphic are a sextet who play song-based contemporary jazz/folk; their album, 'The Rock Between', featuring Shabaka Hutchings on bass clarinet on the title track- was released to critical acclaim on the F-ire label in 2011. Metamorphic have recently recorded their second album, 'Coalescence', featuring guitarist Chris Montague and bassist Seth Bennett, as well as other special guests. Metamorphic are: Chris Williams, alto sax (Led Bib); John Martin, tenor sax (The John Martin Quartet); Ker
ry Andrew, vocals (Juice Vocal Trio); Tom Greenhalgh, drums (World Sanguine Report); Paul Sandy, bass (Rude Mechanicals); Laura Cole, piano/composer/arranger (Juxtavoices).
Josh Kemp's Jazz Prophets
Josh Kemp is a jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger based in Walthamstow. Playing his own material and classic standards, he is known for his melodic inventiveness, warm sound and grooving swing. The Jazz Prophets showcases Josh’s original material, alongside classic standards delivered with driving swing and earthy bluesiness. In this band Josh shows his talent for inventive melody and fluid rhythms, always performing the material with feeling and conviction.
“Their music breathes beautifully with subtle light and shade and it is shot through with feeling. This is mature, fully realized jazz of a high order, and a pleasure to hear." Ian Carr
“really a player to watch… great individuality” Alan Barnes
“Their music breathes beautifully with subtle light and shade and it is shot through with feeling. This is mature, fully realized jazz of a high order, and a pleasure to hear." Ian Carr
Josh Kemp - Tenor Sax, John Turville – Piano, Dave Mannington – Double Bass,Nick Smalley - Drums