Next up at the Amersham
Arms we are pleased to be playing host to two wonderfully contrasting bands…and
all for just £5! Come and feel the noise from 8.30 next Tuesday…
The Julian Costello Quartet
Julian Costello – Tenor and Soprano saxophones
Patrick Naylor – Guitar
Alex Keen - Double Bass
Milo Fell - Drums
The Julian Costello Quartet
plays contemporary music that incorporates a range of different grooves, moods
and colours, its textures both tuneful and melodic. Some of the tunes are
really structured and scored while others are more free-flowing and left to
chance. Playing tenor and soprano saxophones and composing all the music.
Julian sees the group as his heritage to ‘jam’; improvise and see what happens.
The rest of the quartet feature very much as equals rather than as
accompanists, and Julian tries to think of his solos as conversations with the
rest of the group rather than traditional solos with rhythmic and harmonic
accompaniment.
To date the group has
released a number of recordings, their most recent being Edge of Distinction and Cake
and Consequences. For more info, check out Julian’s Website:
Matthew Read’s ‘Quartal’
Laura Jurd – Trumpet
Helena Kay – Alto Saxophone
Elliot Galvin – Piano
Harry Pope – Drums
Matthew Read – Double Bass
Quartal is an exciting new
Quintet of young London-based musicians playing original compositions by
Matthew. Calling on influences as diverse as Ornette Coleman, Dave Holland,
Brad Mehldau Trio, Charlie Haden, Kenny Wheeler and Eric Dolphy, Quartal creates an eclectic blend of
open-formed improvised music. For a sneak-preview of Quartal click on the link below:
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