Hailing from New York, Italy, and the U.K., the artists who performed at The Parakeet in September took us on a journey of the eclectic array of talent our wonderful music scene has to offer. From the swinging sets of Mike Soper and the Ellison/Fishwick Quintet, to the highly inventive Olie Brice, the charming New York song-bird Gabrielle Stravelli, and the virtuosic pianist Lorenzo Bellini.

This October, we’ll bring you an equally diverse programme featuring more of what Europe, and the U.S. has to offer. See below for our listings this month and the links for purchasing tickets. We can’t wait to see you!

As usual, we’d like to extend a huge thank you for your continued support; we’d be nothing without our audiences, and the musicians really thrive when we manage to fill the room! So tell your friends and family, and share our posts far and wide to help us continue to bring our brand of high-level live creative music to our humble home above The Parakeet pub each and every Monday night.

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 P.S. WeGotTicket sales will show as “Sold Out” a couple of hours before doors open at 8pm but please still come down as there will most likely be tickets available on the door.

Ashley and Kasper x

Barry Green 7/10

https://wegottickets.com/event/634409

Barry Green trio (plus very special guest)
w/ Jeremy Brown – bass
Tristan Maillot – drums

Barry has been playing on the international jazz scene for 25 years. He lives between London and Rotterdam. He has played in clubs and festivals across the UK and Europe with musicians such as Dick Oatts, Charles McPherson, Chris Cheek, Bill McHenry, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Adam Cruz, Gerald Cleaver, Judy Niemack, Conrad Herwig, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, Bobby Wellins Elaine Delmar and many more. Has has two new albums recorded in New York awaiting release aswell as forthcoming albums with Elaine Delmar, Brigitte Beraha, Ian Shaw, Tony Kofi and Alan Barnes. Barry is a professor or jazz piano at Guildhall school of Music and Drama in London and in Groningen , The Netherlands.

Heinen / Challenger / Ngugi / Cleasby 14/10

https://wegottickets.com/event/634411

Bruno Heinen – keys
Tom Challenger – saxophone
Kobe Heath Ngugi – bass
Will Cleasby – drums

Described by the Guardian as eclectic, eccentric and unobtrusively erudite, Bruno Heinen joins forces with ECM recording artist Tom Challenger to play arrangements of Horace Silver and Dorothy Ashby alongside compositions by Yusef Lateef, Stanley Cowell and originals from the co-leaders, with a fiery rhythm section of Kobe Heath Ngugi and Will Cleasby.

Josephine Davies 21/10

https://wegottickets.com/event/634413

Josephine Davies – saxophone
Alcyona Mick – piano
James Maddren – drums
Dave Whitford – bass

Satori is a Buddhist word meaning a moment of presence and inner spaciousness away from the clutter of thought, and reflects saxophonist and composer Josephine Davies’ fascination with Japanese philosophy. It is her most recent artistic project, in which she demonstrates a continuing evolution of sound and style in both her playing and her writing. The deliberate omission of a chordal instrument as well as the frequent absence of regular harmonic sequence allows the compositions to serve as a loose base for the spontaneity and creativity of the players, giving rise to a uniquely integrated trio sound.

Featuring the irrepressible musicality of drummer James Maddren. and bassist Dave Whitford, Satori is an ever-evolving ensemble that defies the categorization of either avant-garde or mainstream jazz, instead shifting deftly and dynamically through various imaginative soundscapes according to where their shared inspiration takes them.

A snapshot of what the press said
(for more, visit the album page):

​ “Definitely a band to watch.” ★★★★1/2 (Downbeat Magazine)

“Winning immediacy.” ★★★★ (Mojo Magazine)

​”Refreshingly imaginative and invigorating.” (All About Jazz)

​”Inventive, Lyrical.” (Jazzwise Magazine)

“Spiritual, Spiralling, Joyful.” (UK Vibe)

“Fluent, Imaginative.” ★★★★ (The Jazz Mann)

“Irrepressible Tunefulness.” (Downbeat Magazine)

“Highly recommended.” (Culture Jazz FR)

“Davies hat auf dem Tenorsaxophon einen ungemein kraftvollen und klar umrissenen Ton, mit dem sie Melodien zu ausdrucksstarken Skulpturen macht” – “Davies has an exceptionally powerful and clearly defined tone, with which she turns melodies into expressive sculptures” (BR Klassik)

Rik van der Made Group 28/10

wegottickets.com/event/635421/

Rik van der Made – saxophone
Immy Churchill – vocals
Benji Bown – piano
Niklas Lukassen – bass
Jonah Evans – drums

The Rik van der Made Group is a young, energetic band that performs original compositions heavily influenced by melodic Northern European improvised music. This group of musicians, at the forefront of the European jazz scene, weave a unique, coherent, lyrical sonic tapestry that draws from a diverse array of genres including jazz, folk, classical and the music of modern piano trios.
Expect to be taken on a journey evoking the vastness of the Nordic terrain.