ARTISTS
Thursday 17th Nov.
7:30 - 10:30pm
Door entry £5
Luca Stoll was born in Switzerland started playing the cello when he was 9 years old. After hearing Paul Tortelier live, he decided to become a professional musician. At 15, he switched to tenor saxophone and jazz, and at 18 spent 6 months in New York City, attending each week the Barry Harris workshop.
In 2005 he moved permanently to NYC. At the Village Vanguard he sat in with Branford Marsalis, with whom he then studied privately for several years. He also took private lessons with Dennis Irwin. In 2007 he earned a BFA from the New School and in 2013 a MA from CCNY. He performed at Smalls, Fat Cat, Kitano, Little Branch, and other venues. He studied jazz history with Phil Schaap, and taught as an adjunct at CCNY. Luca Stoll has toured Switzerland, France, and Japan. In 2015 he moved to Oxford, UK.
