Personnel
Scottie Thompson – piano
Kasper Rietkerk – sax
Nico Klöffer: Double Bass
Finn Genockey Drums and Compositions
Finn Genockey is a drummer / composer from London currently studying in his fourth year at the Guildhall School of Music. Since starting drums at the age of 6, Finn has had plenty of experience performing regularly with some of the most notable jazz artists such as Rufus Reid and Stan Sulzmann at some of the country’s top jazz venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Soho and Vortex as well as across the world in places such as Germany, France and the Caribbean. He also regularly writes music for the ensembles he runs: including his own 20-piece Jazz Orchestra, The London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra which he recently founded for a debut performance for EFG Jazz Festival 2023 as well as the international group: ‘Inc Quartet’.
He can be heard on a wide variety of recordings from Emma Rawicz’s debut album: “Incantation” to Orla Gartland’s hit single: “I Go Crazy” and is the curator of Nostra Jazz on Old Street.
Scottie Thompson is an emerging talent on piano . He played at the East Side with Nick Smart’s Kenny Wheeler tribute , he’s played with Emma Rawicz and Trish Clowes and fast becoming a first call pianist
Kasper Rietkerk moved to London from the Netherlands in 2023. Since then he has been a mainstay of the London jazz scene playing and promoting . He has played with Emma Rawicz and Mark Lockheart ans well as running his own sextet KRsix
Expect ‘a startlingly assured set from a truly original independent creator’ Eddie Myer, NewGenJazz.