Hugh Pascall Quartet

About

Thursday 8th August | 2024 | Doors 7pm
Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham
£8 - £12

An award-winning trumpeter & composer, Hugh presents music from his album 'Borderlands' as well as new compositions, with a quartet of star musicians from the UK jazz scene.

"Exemplary hard bop" – Jazz Journal

"An outstanding soloist" – London Jazz News
"Exemplary hard bop" – Jazz Journal

Following Hugh's UK "Borderlands" tour, he makes a welcome return to Peggy's.

Influenced by musicians like Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Tom Harrell, Coltrane and Miles, Hugh's music is a lyrical, vibrant and modern approach to post-bop jazz. It's straight-ahead jazz with melody, where swinging, modal explorations are complimented by beautiful, atmospheric and expressive ballads rich in harmony and character. Hugh also brings interpretations of choice standards and tunes in the classic jazz tradition, weaving these into the set alongside music from the new album and other brand new compositions.

Recent projects include playing with such luminaries as The Last Poets, with UK legend Tony Kofi's Inside Straight and rising star guitarist Aidan Pope's new Octet.

His eclectic career has included performances and recordings with a huge variety of artists, regularly performing at festivals and venues across the country and throughout Europe as a sideman. Forthcoming projects include a recording with guitarist Peter Bernstein as a member of the acclaimed David Ferris Septet. Borderlands is his much anticipated first album as bandleader.

Line up:
Hugh Pascall – trumpet & flugelhorn ("Fluent, lyrical solos that unfold gradually and gracefully" – The Jazzmann)
Liam Dunachie – piano ("melodic and highly empathetic" – Eastern Daily Press)
Oli Hayhurst – double bass ("A really positive, pro-active bassist; his control of time and tuning are super-human" – London Jazz News)
Jay Davis – drums – (award-winning drummer, and proud recipient of the Yamaha Jazz scholar prize).