TIME: 8.00 – 11.00PM

TICKETS: £14

Tom Barford – Tenor Saxophone
James Copus – Trumpet
Ivo Neame – Piano
Conor Chaplin – Bass guitar
Tim Giles – Drums

Join the 2017 Kenny Wheeler Prize winning Tom Barford and his quintet as they play an exciting set of original compositions alongside some new arrangements of his favourite tunes by the greats of jazz. Some of which include Freddie Hubbard, the late great Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. Joining Tom will be the incredible James Copus on trumpet. Since his quintet was last here Tom has changed the rhythm section which now include East Side regulars Ivo Neame , Conor Chaplin and Tim Giles

Tom has slowly been making his presence known on the global jazz scene with his well received debut album release Bloomer and with his co-lead album AuB, both released on the Edition Records label with a new AuB album in the pipeline. Previous performance highlights for Tom have included Ronnie Scott’s with Billy Cobham, multiple performances at the Royal Albert Hall, album launches at Kings Place, and multiple international tours as a sideman.

James Copus is an award-winning musician who is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting trumpet players anywhere on the jazz scene. Having grown up in a musical household, James took to music at an early age and started playing trumpet at the age of eight years old. He attended the junior Jazz course at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music before going on to study there full-time and graduated with first class honours. During his time at the Academy, he became a proud recipient of the distinguished Derek Watkins award.

James studied with the likes of Till Bronner, Gerard Presencer, Alex Sipiagin and Steve Fishwick and cites all four as major influences on his playing. James has had the privilege of recording and playing with some of the world’s most established musicians including Dave Holland, Joe Locke, Tim Garland, Stan Sulzmann, Gareth Lockrane, Laurence Cottle, Jim Hart, Clark Tracey, Curtis Stigers and many more.

“We are witnessing the birth of a new star in the Jazz firmament.” – Evan Parker.

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