Henrik Jensen formed his quartet Followed By Thirteen in 2010, and the group are touring to coincide with the release of their third album. Bassist Henrik Jensen moved from Denmark to London in 1997 and is a graduate of the Royal Academy. He has toured the world from Tokyo to Moscow with various modern jazz...
Continuing our occasional Be-Bop Club Introducing series, tonight we're pleased to welcome two musicians to the stand who have recently relocated to Bristol, Luke Annesley on alto sax, and Liam Butler Webb on piano. Alongside his performance work, Luke Annesley is also a Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy at UWE. His playing career ranges from...
Bristol is an increasingly exciting place for jazz and improvisation at the moment, with a recent influx of musicians from London and other areas leading to new collaborations with established heavyweights of the Bristol music scene. Alex Merritt, a lyrical, creative and extremely well-read tenor player is one of the most exciting of these new...
Damon Brown is one of the UK's top jazz trumpeters, who released his debut album A Rhythm Indicative back in 1998 to great acclaim. He went on to work alongside most of the UK's best-known players such as Peter King and Don Weller and began to forge international links with players from Europe, Japan and the...
It was only a matter of time before Cuban born trumpeter and trombonist Michel Padrón crossed paths with ‘gringo’ Jim Blomfield, one of the South West’s best-known Jazz and Latin pianists. Two brilliant exponents of the Afro-Cuban and Salsa genres, the pair bring together some of their favourite musicians to play a dynamic set of...
