Returning to his first instrument the Alto Saxophone, Tony Kofi joins the Organisation to celebrate alto legend Lou Donaldson, whose roots in Bebop evolved into a mastery of the Soul Jazz style instigated by the great Jimmy Smith and championed by Blue Note founder Alfred Lion.
Playing Donaldson tunes such as "Hotdog", "Blues Walk," and "Ode to Billy Jo" as well as associated tunes by Jimmy Smith and Horace Silver, expect everything they play "to be funky".
Tony Kofi, alto sax
Simon Fernsby, guitar
Liam Dunachie, organ
and Pete Cater, drums.
Saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes leads MY IRIS, an intense and thrilling quartet with Ross Stanley (piano / Hammond organ), Chris Montague (guitar) and Joel Barford (drums). Dedicated to exploration and adroit writing, Clowes provides her bandmates with a unique platform for individual expression and group interplay, delivering driving grooves and lingering melodic lines, seamlessly morphing between earthy restlessness and futuristic dreamscapes.
Clowes is currently an Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall (London), and her recorded music can be found on US indie label Greenleaf Music, and UK labels Stoney Lane Records & Basho Records. Having been previously commissioned to write for ensembles such as the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta, Clowes appeared as a guest soloist with the NDR Big Band (Germany) in November 2024, performing a new set of her own music entitled ‘Radiant Resistance’.
“brilliant” - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 Music
“an incredible band” - Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2
Described by the Guardian as “eclectic, eccentric and unobtrusively erudite”, Bruno Heinen joins forces with ECM recording artist Tom Challenger to play arrangements of Horace Silver, Bobby Hutcherson and Dorothy Ashby alongside originals from the co-leaders with a fiery young rhythm section of Kobe Heath Ngugi and Will Cleasby.
Featuring Neil Angilley - piano and vocals, Davide Mantovani - bass and vocals Davide Giovannini - drums and lead vocal, the trio have worked regularly in the London Jazz scene including Ronnie Scott's and across the U.K. They have released 5 acclaimed albums.
As an original member of the Grammy-nominated band Down To The Bone, Neil has co-written and played on many of their number one albums, most recently The Sweetness, which charted at number one in the USA Billboard Charts for jazz/funk. Neil has also appeared as a guest soloist on various albums, including An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place by US3, Fuzzy Logic by David Benoit and Crush by Richard Elliot.
In addition to appearing on the main stage at Glastonbury with Dame Shirley Bassey, Neil has also performed with Vanessa-Mae, Maceo Parker, Lionel Richie, Lisa Stansfield, and Three Friends (Gentle Giant), among many others.
"The Neil Angilley Trio has long been one the UK’s best kept secrets in the Jazz world." - Blues & Soul Magazine
The live show is spellbinding, incorporating instrumental virtuosity and 3 part vocal harmony which adds a unique dimension to the sound, creating an uplifting take on infectious rhythms from Brazil and Cuba to the audience. Do not miss this one!
Isobella Burnham is a London based, Barbadian grown bassist, vocalist and composer. She grew up in Barbados where she went on to study music at the local college. Isobella moved back to London in 2018 and went on to be a session bassist for Mabel, Tom Misch, Jorja Smith, Steam Down, Sampa The Great , Connie Constance and play stages across Europe, Africa and Asia.
In 2021, she released her debut EP Dancin Garuda and turned her attention to her solo career. Since then she has gone on to play Love supreme, We Out Here and Swanage jazz and a sold out Ronnie Scott’s.
