We have sadly decided to cancel this because of the extreme heat weather warning

Time 8.00 – 11.00

Tickets – £12

Personnel

Miguel Gorodi: trumpet
Mike Chillingworth: alto
Alcyona Mick: piano
Ferg Ireland: bass
Will Glaser: drums

A cracking band this playing a mixture of jazz compositions from the 60’s and originals inspired by Joe Henderson, Sam Rivers, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and several more contemporary jazz musicians. Mike Chillingworth has replaced Nathaniel Facey who was unavailable

Miguel Gorodi is a London based trumpet player, composer and teacher working across a broad spectrum of jazz and improvised music. He leads several ensembles playing music that reflects his interests in contemporary and traditional ideas in Jazz. Gorodi released his debut album Apophenia on Ubuntu in 2019 featuring his original compositions for Nonet.  His versatility has seen him work across many styles of music with musicians and projects such as Ian Shaw, Jamie Callum, BBC Big Band, Barry Green, SEED Ensemble, Yazz Ahmed, Femi Temowo, The London Jazz Orchestra, Smitty’s House Band, London City Big Band, Hackney Colliery Band, The Ticklers, Riot Jazz and many others. He has performed in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland, Russia, Monaco and across the UK.

Mike Chillingworth is a London based saxophonist and composer. He regularly performs throughout the UK and internationally with his own groups, and with many leading musicians at the forefront of British and European jazz. He played at the East Side in the Ivo Neame Quartet earlier this year. “lyrical and imaginative alto saxophonist Mike Chillingworth, with a gorgeous sound and sense of line.. His ‘out’ playing was controlled, reminiscent in many ways of the very best of Art Pepper.” Sebastian Scotney, londonjazznews.com  . “Really special … Very complicated but full of wit and melody too. Clever Sod.” Liam Noble

Alcyona Mick is a pianist working at the forefront of the London jazz scene and has been performing internationally for many years. She is a member of the London Jazz Orchestra, Tori Freestone/Alcyona Mick Duo, Bachar Zarkan ensemble, Eddie Parker’s Debussy Mirrored ensemble, Josephine Davies’ Orenda trio, Brigitte Beraha Lucid dreamers, Randolph Matthews band, Merit Ariane Ensemble, Noel Langley’s Edentide ensemble, John Warren Nonet, Paul Clarvis/Stuart Hall trio, Samy Bishai quartet. She has worked with Anglo/Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas for many years, performing worldwide. She has played on TRT music series in Istanbul with many Turkish artists, and performed with a wide array of other musicians including Yazz Ahmed, Ingrid and Christine Jensen/Whirlwind bigband, Nikki Iles bigband, Alec Dankworth/Cleo Laine band, Mircan Kaya, Jerry Dammers Spatial aka Orchestra, Ibrahim Maalouf, Macadi Nahhas, Zoe Rahman and many more.

Ferg Ireland is one of London’s most versatile and in demand Bassists. Whether playing behind some of the biggest Pop Artists in the world (Sam Smith/Gregory Porter/James Bay/Dave/Marcus Mumford) , performing with US Jazz legends (Jason Marsalis/Johnny O Neal/Leroy Jones), or appearing with many of the UK’s best Jazz musicians (Kansas Smittys/Soweto Kinch/Ashley Henry/Empirical/22A and many more) “…his playing throughout illustrates why he’s so in demand; with a simply awesome if unorthodox technique put in the service of a powerfully individual musical imagination, simultaneously grounding the harmony and sending it into unexpected directions.”-Jazzwise Magazine

Will Glaser, a Nottinghamshire born drummer and percussionist, mixes an eclectic range of influences in a drumming style that is musical, melodic and deeply rooted in the Jazz tradition. His inspiration draws on every corner of Jazz history, from traditional and early Jazz styles and New Orleans music to Free Jazz and improvised music, but also Rock music, experimental music, singer songwriters and pretty much anything that makes a sound. Will’s playing style is a charming combination of both the familiar and surprising. Will moved to London in 2010 to study Jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After graduating in 2014 he quickly became an in-demand sideman for a startling array of British and International Jazz musicians. The exhaustive list includes Soweto Kinch, Yazz Ahmed, Kit Downes, Nikki Iles, Dame Clio Lane, Alex Garnett, Laura Jurd, Empirical, Ian Shaw, and Jason Rebello, to mention just a few. He played at the East Side with the Rick Simpson / Riley Stone-Lonergan Quartet