Tickets £16.50 / £14.50 concessions
Doors open 7.30pm, show starts 8pm
This show is for a seated audience

Chris Allard – guitar
Robbie Robson – trumpet
John Turville – piano
Olí Hayhurst – bass
Will Glaser – drums

‘Utterly sublime’ Jazz Journal ★★★★

‘This is one of those albums which brings together some of Britain’s most talented jazz musicians. All the members of this quintet have an impressive track record. If you like jazz with strong melodies, imaginative harmonies, and musicians who know how to play, and who really gel together, then this is an album for you’ Jazz Views

A new collaborative contemporary jazz group formed by guitarist Chris Allard, encompassing the diverse musical experience and influences of each of the members – producing a fresh and original cohesive sound.

Washes of emotionally charged, complex and intellectual harmonic colours framed in an interactive simultaneously swinging, controlled yet free rhythmic palette. Spiralling contrapuntal melodic figures dart between the guitar, trumpet and piano, by turn giving way to open atmospheric grooves, virtuosic and energetic improvising. In places driving, reflective, wistful, playful, humorous, progressive and yet steeped in tradition.

Each of the members brings their original compositions and stylistic approach to create an exciting collective ensemble. All the members have been highly-regarded creative improvising musicians in the UK for some years; Guitarist Chris Allard has recorded five previous original albums to date; garnering critical acclaim including four stars in Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, Guitarist and BBC Music Magazines. He has also been involved in many collaborative projects and work in the studio/session realm. He has worked for some years with Jacqui Dankworth MBE, Charlie Wood, the BBC Big Band, Steve Waterman and many others. He is also a Professor of Jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Pianist John Turville has won 3 national jazz awards and his recent albums have garnered 4 and 5 stars in the UK and European press. Robbie Robson is a highly respected trumpet player and composer – he plays in the London Jazz Orchestra, with Hans Koller and Gareth Lockrane and has recorded with Bill Frisell amongst others. Oli Hayhurst is one of most highly regarded bass players in the UK – notably he played for more than 10 years in Pharoah Sanders’ European quartet. Will Glaser is one of the most creative drummers on the jazz and experimental music scenes and has performed with Kit Downes, Nikki Illes, Ben Van Gelder and many others.

Hot on the heels of Chris’s most recent release Tortugas in July 2022, this new album is his third on Perdido; independent record label of legendary Memphis musician Charlie Wood, specialising in Jazz and Blues, contemporary original music – and on which catalogue Jacqui Dankworth MBE and Charlie Wood himself also feature.

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