Billy Marrows Band - 'Dancing On Bentwood Chairs' Album Launch at Vortex Jazz Club

Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music
Line-up:
Billy Marrows - Guitar Chris Williams - Alto saxophone Huw V Williams - Double bass Jay Davis - Drum kit

About:
Join us for the launch of Billy’s third album, 'Dancing On Bentwood Chairs', his first with long-standing quartet, the Billy Marrows Band.

Their vibrantly melodic and expressive sound explores the the meeting point between composition and improvisation, creating a fertile playground for four highly inventive musicians. Drawing on grooves from across the globe, the band take inspiration from a wide range of music, including contemporary jazz, funk and progressive jazz....

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Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music
Line-up:
Billy Marrows - Guitar Chris Williams - Alto saxophone Huw V Williams - Double bass Jay Davis - Drum kit

About:
Join us for the launch of Billy’s third album, 'Dancing On Bentwood Chairs', his first with long-standing quartet, the Billy Marrows Band.

Their vibrantly melodic and expressive sound explores the the meeting point between composition and improvisation, creating a fertile playground for four highly inventive musicians. Drawing on grooves from across the globe, the band take inspiration from a wide range of music, including contemporary jazz, funk and progressive jazz.

The group features Billy Marrows on electric guitar and compositions, Chris Williams on alto sax (Led Bib, Sarathy Korwar), Huw V Williams on double bass (Gruff Rhys, Mark Lockheart) and Jay Davis on drums (Eddie Parker, Elliot Galvin). 'Dancing on Bentwood Chairs' is released on Friday 13 February 2026, and this show forms part of their album-launch tour.

Alongside this quartet, Billy leads the critically acclaimed chamber-jazz project Grande Família (also featuring Chris Williams), who have sold out the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, a two-night residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, and appeared at Scarborough Jazz Festival 2025. Their 2024 debut Penelope received ---- and Editor’s Choice in Jazzwise, and was shortlisted for Album of the Year in the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

"Marrows plays with such lyrical melodicism...you can't help but be seduced into his charmed world" ---- Jazzwise (Mount Tibidabo EP review)


"Marrows’ melodic intuition always shone through" Jazzwise (Billy Marrows' Grande Família live review)


“Melodic and distinctive” ---- All About Jazz (Penelope album review)

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