Alex Garnett's cd Launch at 606 Club

A “musician’s musician” Alex has enjoyed a varied musical career as both a pro jazz artist and an in-demand session and studio saxophonist. His powerful, flowing, hard bop sax style has been heard with some of Europe's leading bands and creative jazz ensembles and it is testament to his reputation that Alex is also one of the few headlining UK jazz musicians in the current Ronnie Scott’s All Stars pool. He is the sideman of choice for many of the finest visiting artists and has himself performed in over 30 countries worldwide with artists such as Sir John Dankworth, Wynton Marsalis, Peter King, Humphrey Lyttelton, Van Morrison and Jools Holland. Tonight Alex will be performing with his international "Bunch of Five" collective, who will be launching their highly anticipated debut album "Andromeda" released on the greatly respected Whirlwind Record label. Aiming to bring the hard grooving swing tradition of days gone by into a more contemporary 21st century setting, the gig features a duelling tenor saxophone format, with Alex and NYC based maestro Tim Armacost (Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron) sharing the front line. The rhythm section is, unsurprisingly, of the highest calibre, including the remarkable pianist Liam Noble, double bass powerhouse (and Whirlwind Records founder) Michael Janisch and London's first call young drummer James Maddren. With the quality of musician on offer this band is clearly going to be one of the highlights of the 2015 jazz calendar, book early to avoid disappointment!...

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A “musician’s musician” Alex has enjoyed a varied musical career as both a pro jazz artist and an in-demand session and studio saxophonist. His powerful, flowing, hard bop sax style has been heard with some of Europe's leading bands and creative jazz ensembles and it is testament to his reputation that Alex is also one of the few headlining UK jazz musicians in the current Ronnie Scott’s All Stars pool. He is the sideman of choice for many of the finest visiting artists and has himself performed in over 30 countries worldwide with artists such as Sir John Dankworth, Wynton Marsalis, Peter King, Humphrey Lyttelton, Van Morrison and Jools Holland. Tonight Alex will be performing with his international "Bunch of Five" collective, who will be launching their highly anticipated debut album "Andromeda" released on the greatly respected Whirlwind Record label. Aiming to bring the hard grooving swing tradition of days gone by into a more contemporary 21st century setting, the gig features a duelling tenor saxophone format, with Alex and NYC based maestro Tim Armacost (Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron) sharing the front line. The rhythm section is, unsurprisingly, of the highest calibre, including the remarkable pianist Liam Noble, double bass powerhouse (and Whirlwind Records founder) Michael Janisch and London's first call young drummer James Maddren. With the quality of musician on offer this band is clearly going to be one of the highlights of the 2015 jazz calendar, book early to avoid disappointment!

“Alex Garnett…one of Great Britain’s most accomplished post bop musicians” AllAboutJazz

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