Tuesday 2nd May | 7pm | £12.50 advance tickets / £7 concessions & unwaged / Pay way you can option
Woah there ! This is some truly HEAVYWEIGHT shizzle right here. YES!
London-based guitarist & composer, David Preston has pulled together an absolute powerhouse of a quartet featuring ECM pianist extraordinaire (and Rose Hill Fave) Kit Downes (Squarepusher, Bill Frisell, Troyka), Mercury nominated drummer & composer Sebastian Rochford (Sons of Kemet, Acoustic Ladyland, Polar Bear ) and Bass virtuoso Kevin Glasgow. Wow.
What a joy and an honour to host them! If you don’t know who they are, you are in for a treat and if you do know who they are then you are in for a treat! Beautiful interwoven melodies. Incredible rhythmic interplay. Deep music
“Virtuosic" - The Guardian
“You are playing some scary s#!*” - Kurt Rosenwinkel
"Amazingly talented" - Gary Husband
“A refreshingly unique sound” - ★★★★ Jazz Journal
David Preston was a finalist at the 2009 Montreux International Guitar competition and is a composer and co-leader for the critically acclaimed UK modern-jazz trio ‘Preston Glasgow Lowe’ . He has been active as a sideman to a variety of cross-generational UK musicians such as Jeremy Stacey, Lianne La Havas, Nathaniel Facey, Asaf Sirkis, Peter Ind, Emma Rawicz, Eska, Goldie & the Heritage Orchestra, Jamie Murray, and the internationally celebrated piano and drum virtuoso Gary Husband.
Kit Downes is now acknowledged as one of Europe’s top jazz pianists. He composes for and tours with his own group ‘Tricko’ (in which he plays piano, with Lucy Railton – cello), while also working with ‘Wedding Music’ (playing church organ, Tom Challenger – saxophone) and piano trio ‘The Enemy’ featuring Petter Eldh (bass) and James Maddren (drums). He also plays and writes for ‘Troyka’, and collaborates with many other musicians, composers, artists, filmmakers and organisations. www.kitdownesmusic.com/
“One of the finest pianists of his generation” – Timeout
Seb Rochford is perhaps best known as a member of Polar Bear, two of whose albums were nominated for the Mercury Prize. He has also played with Acoustic Ladyland, Ingrid Laubrock Quintet, Sons of Kemet, Corrine Bailey Rae and Herbie Hancock. Seb has worked extensively with Joanna MacGregor and Andy Sheppard, toured with Patti Smith and recorded with David Byrne and Brian Eno album and played on Adele’s album ‘19’. Since late 2018 he has been playing with his new band Pulled by Magnets.
Kevin Glasgow studied Popular Music at Napier University in Edinburgh. Whilst there he played regularly on the Edinburgh jazz circuit. He has performed and recorded with many different artists including Tommy Smith, Tim Garland, Alex Hutchings, Alicia Olatuja, Ant Law, and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. He currently plays in a number of projects, including Jamie Murray’s Beat Replacement, the Asaf Sirkis Trio, the Nicolas Meier World Group, the Dave O’Brien Electric Trio and Preston-Glasgow-Lowe. www.kevinglasgow.co.uk/
“Glasgow must surely be among the best bassists this country has ever produced” – Mike Flynn, Jazzwise