Glen Manby's Homecoming at Stoke-By-Nayland Hotel

"This well-balanced and finely integrated quintet speaks bebop fluently . . . their cohesion and familiarity with some clean, unfussy and elegant arrangements is remarkable".
                                                                    -   Jazz Journal

In 2015 Glen Manby was awarded an Arts Council of Wales Project Grant to compose, arrange and record a new repertoire with his recently formed quintet.  The recording garnered very favourable reviews, including the following from Dave Gelly of the Observer: 
"Jazz is constantly throwing up new genres and forms, but hard bop continues to outlive them all.  Perhaps because it is technically demanding, it seems to attract more than its fair share of talented musicians too.  Alto saxophonist Glen Manby is a case in point.  Fully at home in the idiom, with a polished technique and mature tone, he's an eloquent player.  Most of the tunes are Manby originals, plus pieces by Wayne Shorter, Quincy Jones et al.  All round, it's a stylish session, with a good variety of mood and tempo."...

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"This well-balanced and finely integrated quintet speaks bebop fluently . . . their cohesion and familiarity with some clean, unfussy and elegant arrangements is remarkable".
                                                                    -   Jazz Journal

In 2015 Glen Manby was awarded an Arts Council of Wales Project Grant to compose, arrange and record a new repertoire with his recently formed quintet.  The recording garnered very favourable reviews, including the following from Dave Gelly of the Observer: 
"Jazz is constantly throwing up new genres and forms, but hard bop continues to outlive them all.  Perhaps because it is technically demanding, it seems to attract more than its fair share of talented musicians too.  Alto saxophonist Glen Manby is a case in point.  Fully at home in the idiom, with a polished technique and mature tone, he's an eloquent player.  Most of the tunes are Manby originals, plus pieces by Wayne Shorter, Quincy Jones et al.  All round, it's a stylish session, with a good variety of mood and tempo."

"Hard bop lives and is in no better hands than the Glen Manby Quintet"
                                                              London Jazz News  

". . . this is British Jazz at its best"    -   The Jazz Rag

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