Acoustic music

Pianist Dave Jones has long been a fan of the music of the great saxophonist/composer Kenny Garrett, particularly since hearing him on his late 1990s ‘Songbook’ album and live in London. That album featured Dave’s favourite pianist Kenny Kirkland, and so began the process of discovering Garrett’s other music, both older and newer. Now in...

Guitarist Denny Ilett is, of course, well-known as the organiser of the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival, and is one of the few musicians around able to play convincingly in almost any style. He can be found performing in groups ranging from Gypsy Jazz through to Frank Sinatra and Led Zeppelin tributes, and along the...

Martin Kern grew up in Bülach near Zürich in Switzerland and first started to play classical cello, then later at age 17 picked up the saxophone. He studied in Paris at the Cèntre d´'Information Musicale and at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern before spending some time in New York. He then moved to Berlin...

Pedal Mania is a project led by organist John-Paul Gard. JP is based in Bristol but is another of our players with a national reputation who spends a lot of his time working out of the city. JP started playing organ at a young age, and is one of the few exponents to have mastered...