Jeff Spencer’s Crocodile
Crocodile is the vehicle for compositions by bassist Jeff Spencer, featuring an all-star lineup of some of the best young jazz musicians around. The best of modern classical influences sit amongst infectious and raucous world rhythms and obtuse funk. With a healthy splattering of free improv and some almost rock bits, Crocodile is a crafty beast and it’s after your ears!
Gareth Lockrane – flute
Laura Jurd – trumpet
Gavin Broom – trumpet
James Gardiner-Bateman – alto sax
Josh Arcoleo – tenor sax
Joe Wright – tenor sax
Kieran McLeod – trombone
Callum Au – bass trombone
Elliot Galvin – keys
Alex Munk – guitar
Jeff Spencer – bass
Dave Hamblett – drums
Hugh Wilkinson – percussion
Nick Malcolm Quartet
Nick Malcolm is a musician who happily inhabits multiple stylistic worlds, equally at home playing freely improvised music as he is in a more composed jazz setting. His quartet play his original compositions, exploring this love of both freedom and structure. The music merges and deconstructs rhythm, melody and all the points in between, resulting in an intense and thrilling performance. Featuring some of the leading improvisers on the UK scene, the quartet have released two albums to critical acclaim, the most recent being 2014’s excellent ‘Beyond These Voices’.
Nick Malcolm – trumpet
Alexander Hawkins – piano
Olie Brice – bass
Ric Yarborough – drums
