Order the New Album“Live at Pizza Express Jazz Club V.2”

Buy the new Limited Edition V.2 2nd pressing of the live album (from the button below) by the Dave Jones Quintet, recorded at Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho) London on 8 Jan 2023. Now with added bonus tracks recorded live at the Bebop Club in Bristol on 29 June 2023, and packaged in an attractive Digipack cardboard cover. Order now, now ready for release on 20 October 2023.

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Jones has long been a fan of the music of the great ex-Miles Davis saxophonist/composer Kenny Garrett, particularly since hearing him on his late 1990s ‘Songbook’ album and live in London. That album featured Kenny Kirkland on piano (Dave’s favourite pianist), and so began the process of discovering Garrett’s other music, both older and newer.

Now in 2022, it turns out that Andy Hague (drummer in Dave’s Quartet) has a great set of charts for a wide selection of Garrett’s tunes, including November 15 and Brother Hubbard from ‘Songbook’, and some favourite tunes from other albums including Boogety Boogety, Chief Blackwater, Native Tongue, and of course A Hole in One.

Jones is now utilising Hague’s horn-playing skills again, following a similar move for the ‘Crime Scenes and Subterfuge’ production music album (2020) and on gigs to promote Jones’ ‘Unfinished Sentences’ album (from 2021). Add the impressive Ben Waghorn/Dan Newberry/Joe Northwood (saxes), Ashley John Long/Chris Jones/Nick Kacal (bass), and Ryan Thrupp/Alex Goodyear (drums) to complete the Quintet from a pool of great players, and their collective skills, experience, and credits make this a project to watch out for…

Ben Waghorn (saxes and flutes for NYJO, Tommy Chase, Slowly Rolling Camera and Keith Tippett, Goldfrapp, Kasabian and Portishead),  Ashley John Long (bass for John Law, Brandon Allen, Geoff Eales, Alan Barnes, Scott Hamilton, and London Philharmonic Orchestra), Andy Hague (trumpeter for Portishead, his own bands, and Be-Bop Club in Bristol regular), and pianist Dave Jones has released numerous critically acclaimed albums, performed internationally, and has TV composition credits including ‘The Big Bang Theory’, the US Open Golf Tournament, ‘The Today Show’, and ‘Location, Location, Location’.

18 March 2024 - Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho) London - 60th Birthday Tour

20 March 2024 - Fringe Jazz Bristol, tbc - 60th Birthday Tour

21 March 2024 - Narberth Jazz, tbc - 60th Birthday Tour

For Quintet bookings and inquiries, please contact Dave Jones at…        

davejonesjazz@gmail.com

mob: 07895 179250

https://www.davejonesjazz.com