Chris Hodgkins Quartet + The Weave at The Spice Of Life

Strong double-bill featuring fine Cardiff raised Swing/mainstream trumpeter CHRIS HODGKINS leads his well-meshed quartet in the vein of Ruby Braff playing originals and favourites ranging from 'Stompy Jones' (Duke Ellington) to 'Blues in the Afternoon' (Humphrey Lyttelton).

Line-up:
CHRIS HODGKINS trumpet
DIANE McLOUGHLIN alto sax
MAX BRITTAIN guitar
ALISON RAYNER bass

'Chris can surprise any audience lucky enough to hear him' Digby Fairweather and on his latest CD 'Boswell's London Journal'...'a tuneful tribute to Dr Johnson's biographer, craftily arranged and gracefully played’ Evening Standard Jazz CD of the Week - Jack Massarik...

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Strong double-bill featuring fine Cardiff raised Swing/mainstream trumpeter CHRIS HODGKINS leads his well-meshed quartet in the vein of Ruby Braff playing originals and favourites ranging from 'Stompy Jones' (Duke Ellington) to 'Blues in the Afternoon' (Humphrey Lyttelton).

Line-up:
CHRIS HODGKINS trumpet
DIANE McLOUGHLIN alto sax
MAX BRITTAIN guitar
ALISON RAYNER bass

'Chris can surprise any audience lucky enough to hear him' Digby Fairweather and on his latest CD 'Boswell's London Journal'...'a tuneful tribute to Dr Johnson's biographer, craftily arranged and gracefully played’ Evening Standard Jazz CD of the Week - Jack Massarik

...plus London debut performance for new contemporary jazz group THE WEAVE, led by trumpeter MARTIN SMITH who has appeared on Jools Holland’s Later with The Coral as well as featuring on recordings by Super Furry Animals and The Lightening Seeds, is a collection of world class Liverpool based musicians playing a repertoire of warm, melodious and largely friendly home grown tunes. For several years, Liverpool has been home to a small but extremely vibrant jazz community with a direct, honest and often humorous charm, a hallmark of the city’s music.

Line-up:
MARTIN SMITH trumpet
TONY PEERS trumpet
TONY ORMESHER guitar
ROB STRINGER piano
HUGH HARRISON double bass
TILO PIRNBAUM drums.

Reviews of their eponymous album on Rufus Albino Records include:
'The world needs more of such joys...more of The Weave' Bruce Lindsay - All About Jazz
'Splendidly energetic and accessible' Charles Waring - Record Collector
‘Hot new jazz from Liverpool’ Mark Radcliffe
‘Just beautiful! Great music in which the true spirits of jazz walk benignly and contently’ Digby Fairweather
“Distinctive and engaging” Paul Pace, Ronnie Scott’s/Spicejazz

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