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Jazz & Meze: Simon Spillett Quartet

3 George St, Hockley, Nottingham, Notts, NG1 3BH

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Saturday 7th March 2020 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Peggy's Skylight

Tickets from £10

Seated dining from 7pm
Performance 8 till 10pm
Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Meze Menu served until 9:30pm

"Those of us who have caught him....have been left blinking in disbelief. It's not only his mastery of the tenor saxophone, phenomenal though that is, but the absolute conviction of his playing that is so impressive" - Dave Gelly, The Sunday Observer

"Straight-ahead, high energy jazz is his line and he does it with aplomb" - The Guardian

"Spillett doesn't shake you by the hand so much as grab you by the throat..." - Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings

Described by the late Humphrey Lyttelton as "formidable," Simon Spillett is a British jazz saxophonist who leads his own quartet featuring Robin Aspland (piano), Alec Dankworth (bass) and Clark Tracey (drums). He has won several awards for his music, including the tenor saxophone category of the British Jazz Awards (2011), Jazz Journal magazine's Critic's Choice CD of the Year (2009) Rising Star in the BBC Jazz Awards (2007) and most recently the Services to British Jazz in the 2016 British Jazz Awards. Other celebrated jazz leaders and bands with whom he has worked have included Sir John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Peter King and The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra. He has recorded three albums, Introducing Simon Spillett (Woodville Records, 2007), Sienna Red (Woodville Records, 2008) and Square One (Gearbox Records, 2013), all of which have received highly favourable reviews in both the specialist and national press. His festival, concert and club appearances across the UK have included sold-out gigs at Ronnie Scott's and the Brecon Jazz Festival and he has broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Jazz-Line Up with his own band.

In 2016, Simon was appointed to the board of patrons of The Jazz Centre UK, alongside Sir Michael Parkinson, Dame Cleo Laine, Jools Holland and Van Morrison.

Simon will be joined for this concert by

Rob Barron (piano) - "One of the most creative & versatile musicians of his generation"

Stuart Barker (bass)

James Bashford (drums)

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