ARTISTS
Friday 18th Nov.
Doors open 8:30pm
9:00 - 11:00pm Josh Kemp Quartet
10:30pm- Midnight Mammal Hands
Tickets £6 in advance and at the door.
Josh Kemp is an acclaimed jazz saxophonist and composer known for his melodic inventiveness, warm tone and a heartfelt and lyrical approach to improvisation. Josh read philosophy at Oxford University and won scholarships to study Jazz at London's Guildhall and Trinity Schools of music. Josh is an active member of the E17 jazz collective and conducts workshops and courses around the UK. He endorses Jody Jazz mouthpieces and SAXXAS ligatures.
Wonderfully rich toned tenorist Josh Kemp with a laconic, subtle, highly nuanced and original sound TIME OUT
A polished, mellow and assured mix of contemporary and post-bop styles ... strong compositional skills JAZZ UK
The music breathes beautifully with subtle light and shade and it is shot through with feeling. This is mature, fully realized jazz of a high order, and a pleasure to hear IAN CARR
A magnificent band. Josh's Tenor sax playing made me feel that Coleman Hawkins had just entered the room – warm, mellow and punchy ... splendid
CHARLES SIMMONDS, Artistic Director, NC JAZZ
A musician of great individuality ALAN BARNES
