Adventurous jazz improvisation meets contemporary classical & groove, signalling the arrival of a distinctive force on the improvisational string world.
The London based string trio present music from their upcoming debut album ‘She Looks Up at the Trees’ featuring music for ‘improvising string trio & loop pedals’ on themes of the Climate Crisis. The album features original compositions, as well as a collaboration with composer Oleta Haffner, funded by the Peter Whittingham Developmental Award. The music occupies a fluid space between jazz and contemporary string sound worlds, with improvisatory elements running throughout.
J.A.M String Collective are Jan Halen on Violin, Julia Dos Reis on Viola, and Miranda Lewis-Brown on Cello.
"J.A.M. bring old-school violin swing into the 21st century with their sinuously entwined ensemble inventiveness, succinct solo breaks and cruising grooves" The Guardian
"An exciting collective…excellent new music” Chris Philips, One Jazz
Two of the UK’s most innovative and sought-after guitarists, Ant Law and Chris Montague, join forces in this new quartet.
This thrilling collaboration grew from a powerful duo performance several years ago, and now blossoms into a dynamic quartet featuring two of the UK jazz scene’s most in-demand rhythm section players — the phenomenal Herbie Rees on bass and the ever-creative Jamie Murray on drums. Together, the group will perform freshly composed original material, co-written by Law and Montague, that draws on a rich palette of contemporary influences.
Both Ant and Chris have forged reputations as boundary-pushing musicians, praised for their technical brilliance, bold writing, and boundary-defying approach to the guitar. Between them, they’ve worked with a staggering range of artists from Squarepusher, Jeff Ballard, and Sarah Gillespie, to Django Bates, Joel Ross, and BBC orchestras.
Features: Ant Law - guitar & compositions, Chris Montague - guitar & compositions, Conor Chaplin - bass & Jamie Murray - drums
Portuguese saxophonist and composer Bruno Margalho presents music from his second album “Preserved Dreams”, leading a powerful group with Eduardo Faustino (electric guitar), Dan Hewson (piano) and Pedro Oliveira (drums). Expect contemporary jazz with strong melodies, rich textures and energetic improvisation.
"Ingham’s music propels him into the ranks, writing an exciting chapter in contemporary UK jazz history" - All About Jazz
Dominic is an accomplished and well-rounded musician, a powerful communicator and performer, a composer of captivating original music and a pioneering violinist.
He has toured extensively across the UK and iIn 2020 he was nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz award and was also a semi-finalist in the renowned Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition.
Dominic's 2020 debut album ‘Role Models’ features an arresting suite of lucidly crafted and characterful pieces. Widely acclaimed, it received a string of great reviews including in the BBC Music Magazine.
The quartet features some of the most exciting musicians in town with Jay Verma - piano. Tom Farmer - bass and Luke McCarthy - drums joining Dominic on violin.
