The Crescent Bar & Lounge, Belvoir Terrace YO11 2PP 01723 507507
Weds Oct 21st | 8.15 | Minimum donation £5.
Simon Spillett + MG4
We welcome back multi-award-winning saxophonist Simon Spillet (BBC Jazz Awards, British Jazz Awards, Jazz Journal’s Album of The Year). The recipient of all these awards is a powerfully swinging, straight-ahead tenor saxophonist, capable of taking audiences on a roller-coaster ride encompassing everything from energetic bebop to heartfelt balladry. Simon is also a charismatic performer, gifted with a dry observational wit, who has never lost sight of the fact that jazz is entertainment as much as self-expression.
As his current listing shows, Simon is a solid fixture on the UK jazz
scene, regularly playing at clubs around the country as well as at major
festivals (EFG London Jazz Festival, Brecon, Swanage, Scarborough, Wigan
etc.), and world-famous club venues like Ronnie Scott’s.
‘Straight-ahead, high-energy jazz is his line and he does it with
aplomb’ (The Guardian).
Tonight he’s backed by the four-piece house band.
Doors 7.45. Music 8.15. Minimum donation £5. Students and under 18s half price.
