"The New Orleanian trumpeter lets his charisma shine through between a raft of memorable solos"...THE EVENING STANDARD
The premiere of my new Olympic septet project, Running With The Flame, performed to a sell out show at London's most presitgious jazz venue, Ronnie Scott's on Wednesday night.
For two hours we transported our London audience to the warm weather of Australia, India, Sudan, China, New Orleans, New Zealand, Brazil and South Africa as well as the colder temperatures of Russia with a collection of international folk songs arranged in a unique style rooted directly in the jazz tradition.
My highly acclaimed regular quartet grew to seven with the strong presence of the legendary Peter King on alto sax, Jean Toussaint on tenor sax and Trevor Mires on trombone. I had a great time playing with such awesome musicians and we worked hard to give people a global perspective of jazz music whilst swinging hard, playin' the blues and improvising at the highest level!
Next stop Bedales Arts in Petersfield TONIGHT followed by Cheltenham Jazz Festival on MONDAY 7th.
TOUR DATES
4th May - Bedales Arts, Petersfield
7th May - Cheltenham Jazz Festival
8th June - Taliesin Arts, Swansea