Allison Neale Quintet at Sheffield Jazz at Millennium Hall

Influenced by the great West Coast altoists of the 1950s – an advocate of the melodic West Coast approach, returning with her fantastic hard-swinging rhythm section plus remarkable young vibes player Nathaniel Steele. – “Inspired by such masters as Art Pepper and Paul Desmond, she has her own distinctive style in the same cool-intense idiom”… Dave Gelly

American born altoist Allison Neale’s beautifully crafted lines evoke the spirit of Paul Desmond and Art Pepper with whom she has a particular affinity. Born in the USA when her British father was working for Boeing in Seattle, Allison returned to the UK as a young child. Her father’s love of jazz meant that the West Coast followed her back to England—Stan Getz and Paul Desmond were early influences, followed by Art Pepper and Lee Konitz....

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Influenced by the great West Coast altoists of the 1950s – an advocate of the melodic West Coast approach, returning with her fantastic hard-swinging rhythm section plus remarkable young vibes player Nathaniel Steele. – “Inspired by such masters as Art Pepper and Paul Desmond, she has her own distinctive style in the same cool-intense idiom”… Dave Gelly

American born altoist Allison Neale’s beautifully crafted lines evoke the spirit of Paul Desmond and Art Pepper with whom she has a particular affinity. Born in the USA when her British father was working for Boeing in Seattle, Allison returned to the UK as a young child. Her father’s love of jazz meant that the West Coast followed her back to England—Stan Getz and Paul Desmond were early influences, followed by Art Pepper and Lee Konitz.

As a strong advocate of the melodic West Coast style, she has performed alongside leading international artists such as Adelaide Hall and Bud Shank and more recently tenorist Scott Hamilton, as well as featuring in both the John Dankworth ‘Generations‘ Band and the “Back to Basie’ Orchestra.

Drawing from the influences of the great West Coast altoists of the 1950s, her new Quintet project ” Neale Meets Steele ” features vibraphonist Nathaniel Steele, a young jazz musician in the American bop tradition influenced heavily by Milt Jackson, alongside hard swinging pianist Leon Greening, bassist Julian Bury and on drums, Steve Brown. They will perform music from her latest CD “I Wished on the Moon”, released to great acclaim in 2015 on Trio Records.

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