Jubilant, lyrical and creative, Angle Shades is the debut album from the Manchester-based Richard Jones Trio. Comprising three young, rising-star musicians on the UK scene – Jones on piano, Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley on bass, and Johnny Hunter on drums – the group was born out of the renewed friendship that came in the period post-lockdown, when old friends finally felt able to share a room once more.

Angle Shades is tight in the intimacy with which the trio interlock, yet also free ranging; economical in its instrumentation, and yet teeming and tumbling with freshly minted ideas. Whilst there are reminders of the infectious playfulness of Norwegian trio, Moskus, or the fluid invention and deep groove of Jim Black Trio or indeed, the melodic lyricism of the celebrated pianist, Liam Noble, with Angle Shades, Richard Jones Trio brings a fresh, creative voice to the piano trio format. This is an original and inventive album from three accomplished players, all constantly striving to accomplish even more.

Borealis is a contemporary music project led by emerging jazz guitarist Joe Steels, who graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2019. These original compositions were written during the lockdown, living in Cumbria and Northumberland, channelling the beauty of these landscapes with melodious improvisation. The project brings together musicians from across these regions. The pieces fuse elements of folk, rock and contemporary jazz, taking inspiration from British musicians such as Mike Walker and Nikki Iles. The collective are recording in December, with the album being released in May ‘23.

Ferg Kilsby is an exciting young jazz trumpet player and composer from Northumberland. His passion for jazz and improvisation started with local youth bands and developed with Sage Gateshead’s Jambone and the National Youth Jazz Collective (2020-2022). His fluent playing style has received much acclaim with Knats, a hard-hitting four piece contemporary jazz/dance outfit playing their own material and covers across the North East.

Asha's solo work blends shadows and song, acoustic and electronic, to create ethereal yet haunting compositions which have drawn comparisons to the likes of electronica alt-rock band Portishead and the ambient folk of experimental musician Grouper. Her debut EP - 'Where Are My Shoes' - explores the longing for a sense of purpose as the effect of COVID isolation lingers and mixes with thoughts of an unstable future.

Dan Brown is a Glasgow based pianist. After studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he continues to play regularly around Glasgow. His own project ‘Rewilding’ made the long list for the Scots trad album of the year awards. Having grown up near Joe in Cumbria, they share an affiliation for the countryside around them.

Paul Susans is a Double and Electric bassist living in rural Northumberland with his family. Paul has built a glowing reputation as a performer, recording artist and educator over the last 25 years, in a career that has taken him as far as China & Russia and sees touring regularly around Europe and extensively throughout the UK. He is an integral part of Newcastle's own wandering minstrels the Baghdaddies.

John Hirst is a drummer and percussionist based in Northumberland; he performs around the UK and beyond with many different ensembles in a wide variety of musical styles. He also curates The Bandstand Sessions, a yearly music festival in west Northumberland, composes and performs his own music, and is a visiting tutor at Newcastle University.

Joe Steels – Guitar

Ferg Kilsby – Trumpet

Asha Nicholson – Vocals

Dan Brown – Piano

Paul Susans – Bass

John Hirst – Drums

We’re super excited to present the two commission performances from our Intersect project!

4 artsists were selected to work together as duos in workshop settings in two youth clubs - Concord Youth Centre and Maypole Youth Centre. Shivraj Singh, a double bassists and freelance composer, has been working with local spoken artist and educator Joe Cook with Concord Youth centre, teaching young people about developing skills across multiple art disciplines. These skills include musicianship skills, lyric writing and music production.

Maureen Onwunali, a poet and spoken word artist currently based in the midlands, and Piera Onacko, a piano + synth player and freelance composer living in Birmingham, worked together in delivering workshops at Maypole Youth Centre. They then expanded the project into interviewing other members of the community about the area of south Birmingham, and how people have witnessed changes socially, economically, and environmentally during their time in Birmingham.

The two instrumentalists have selected a group of musicians each to write for, culminating in a set of music that features members of Concord Youth centre in one of the sets, and the other including samples taken from members of the community. We’re really proud of the project and can’t wait to hear the new original music and spoken word performed and we hope all our regular audience members and new visitors can join us for what will be a special afternoon!

Doors open at 2:30pm

LINEUPS:

Shivraj Singh + Joe Cook

Shivraj Singh: Bass, Composition

Joe Cook: Spoken Word, Lyrics

Steve Saunders: Guitar

Luke D’Aurelio: Drums

Featuring members of Concord Youth Centre

Piera Onacko + Maureen Onwunali

Piera Onacko: Composition, Piano, Synths

Maureen Onwunali: Spoken Word, Lyrcis

Shannon Simon - Guitar

Ben Muirhead - Bass

Max Tomlinson - Drums

1st Set 3pm

2nd Set 4pm

£5 minimum suggested donation

Food available to purchase from Chakkus!

Nigel Price - Guitar

Arnie Somogyi - Bass

Andrew Duncan - Drums

Over a career spanning more than 25 years, award winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price has become widely acknowledged as one of the hardest working musicians in the business. Musically, his blend of flowing bebop lines, deep blues sensibility and his mastery of chording continue to delight audiences and fellow musicians alike. His career highlights include a support show for Gladys Knight at The Royal Albert Hall and an appearance on Van Morrison’s recent album Keep Me Singing.

Starting his professional career in his early 20s, Nigel toured Europe with various reggae and funk bands before settling on a solo guitar career and turning his attention to jazz. Citing early influences as Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Nigel honed his craft by attending gigs and sitting in with the players of the time. Nigel has played on more than 50 albums including 5 as a leader, spent ten years with acid jazz outfit The Filthy Six, was a member of James Taylor’s band for 3 years (with whom he recorded 5 albums) and performed with the legendary David Axelrod.  He has also taught at The International Guitar Foundation at King’s Place, London.

This event follows another event hosted by Jazz Midlands Central at Pan Pan in Digbeth beforehand. Details can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/arnie.somogyi/posts/pfbid02xXEkX25CrWxvRkUebeoXubTmfoM8xbtQ9Uv1W7Tv3NRpBy1QTUkbiUnmb9XNnJHRl

In Motion is a new project set up by Birmingham-based saxophonist and composer Luke Chakrabarti, focusing on enabling freedom and conversation through improvisation. The project aims to combine the influence of the jazz lineage with more modern sounds and compositional techniques, drawing on artists such as John Coltrane, Bill Frisell and Brian Blade all the way through to artists like Adrianne Lenker and Radiohead. The band will be playing two full sets of original music, featuring compositions by the musicians themselves.

LINEUP:

Luke Chakrabarti: Alto Saxophone

Torin Davies: Guitar

Tom Pountney: Guitar

Josh Vadiveloo: Bass

Jonno Gaze: Drums

TIMINGS:

7:30pm Doors

8pm: 1st Set

8:45pm: Interval, £5 minimum donation

9:15pm: 2nd Set

10:15pm Jam session

Jam session after til 11:30pm!

Guitarist Steve Banks releases his debut album, Emboldened, in May 2023 on Stoney Lane Records. The Steve Banks Quintet 2023 UK tour includes performances of Emboldened alongside the premiere of brand-new music.

Steve Banks Quintet:

Steve Banks – guitar

Sam Crockatt – saxophone

Rebecca Nash – piano

Henrik Jensen – bass

Mark Whitlam – drums

“This excellent debut album as leader is well worth the wait and delivered with an original voice. Banks conveys an authenticity that brings a fresh voice to the world of jazz. An invigorating listening experience with clearly defined energy and character, there is a delight in its originality” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ UK Vibe

“All the compositions are heartfelt and honest, as are the performances. A chronicle of hard-won optimism and hope. An elegant response to troubled times” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Jazz album of the month BBC Music Magazine

“Purposeful precision and smart invention . . . tightly written, long unfolding melodic structures weaving the musicians into braided soundscapes . . . deserving of a much wider audience” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jazzwise

“An excellent debut recording. Banks has developed a strong individual voice as an intelligent composer and distinctive guitar stylist. He plays with a controlled intensity; fluent, joyous and, at times, stratospheric” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Jazz Mann

“Emboldened is a truly distinctive and personal work that should leave you captivated from start to finish. Listening to these tunes feels like you’re experiencing the view of a breath-taking natural wonder; it makes you feel smaller as your world expands” 9/10 Blues and Soul Magazine

Featuring in-demand musicians, students and alumni of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and Trinity Laban, Jakub Klimiuk Quintet combines modern jazz with influences from Scandinavian improvised music, Eastern European folk and contemporary classical pieces. The resultant repertoire, consisting of original compositions, is a highly energetic mix of scripted forms and free improvisation, drawing from various genres but at the same time staying deeply rooted in the jazz tradition.

The ensemble features Simeon May on tenor saxophone, Cody Moss on piano, Harry Pearce on bass, Adam Merrell on drums and Jakub on guitar.

We’ve individually performed with artists and bands like Martin Speake, Tom Challenger, NYJO, Morsyca, Donovan Haffner, Húrra, Tom Waters.

Tom Niblock - Conductor + Compositions

Liam Brennan - Alto/Soprano/Flute + Compositions

Elliot Drew, Tom Barford, Dan Spirrett, Alicia Gardener-Trejo - Saxes/Woodwind

Dave Sear, Joe Carnell, Josh Tagg, Pearce Abbey - Trombone

Tom Syson, James Borland, Luke Vice-Coles, Alex Astbury - Trumpet

Dave Ferris - Piano, Steve Saunders - Guitar, Aram Bahmaie - Bass, Jonathan Silk - Drums

Liam and Tom Niblock first collaborated on a project together back in September 2021 when Liam premiered The Castlecove Suite, a collection of pieces dedicated to a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. After the success of this performance, Liam and Tom will premiere a new set of music each, written especially for the occasion and featuring a hand-picked band of musicians hailing from Birmingham and London.

LIAM BRENNAN

Liam Brennan is a Saxophonist and Composer based in Birmingham, UK. He performs primarily on Alto Saxophone, but also on Soprano, Tenor, Flute and Clarinet. Liam has been fortunate to be mentored by composers Mike Gibbs and Ed Puddick, as well as being taught by Mike Williams and world-renowned New York Saxophonist John ‘O’ Gallagher. He has performed at outstanding performance spaces, such as at the Siena Jazz Festival, The Thailand International Jazz Conference, and Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Other recent performing highlights include Pizza Express, Soho, London, the Karamel Club, Symphony Hall and Birmingham Jazz Festival. Liam was recently commissioned by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to arrange for large ensemble a composition by world renown composer Mike Gibbs in December 2022. His arrangement of Tunnel Of Love was performed by students at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 1st December. His main influences include Thad Jones, Charles Mingus, John Hollenbeck and Miguel Zenon.

TOM NIBLOCK

Tom Niblock is an award winning composer and saxophonist who is based in London. He is a graduate of both the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Jazz-Institut Berlin where he studied under the tutelage of Florian Ross. Whilst there he led his own Jazz Orchestra project which played original music featuring many young stars of the Berlin scene. Since returning to the UK he has won the Eddie Harvey arranging prize as well as the Dankworth Prize for composition for Big Band. Influenced by his heroes such as Jim McNeely, John Hollenbeck, Slide Hampton and the great history of jazz music, Tom’s composition also draws on 20th century classical approaches in its rich harmony, structure and attention to detail whilst always serving as a springboard for organic improvisations.

Byron Wallen - trumpet & conches

Rob Luft - guitar

Paul Michael - bass

Rod Youngs - drums

Byron Wallen will play music from his latest album ‘Portrait: Reflections on Belonging’. His band Byron Wallen’s Four Corners is led by himself on trumpet and conches, Rob Luft on guitar, Paul Michael on bass and Rod Youngs on drums,

The idea for this album was conceived in 2013, when Byron Wallen was sitting in the central square in Woolwich. He was struck by the community around him with its mixture of ages and nationalities, from Nepalese elders to young Nigerian men, and Somali mothers with young families, a new Eastern European contingent and descendants of families who used to work in the docks and at the Arsenal. A few years later, he was commissioned by PRS For Music Foundation to compose a suite of music celebrating his chosen hometown. 

This suite which became known as ‘Anthem for Woolwich’ forms the nucleus of his new album ‘Portrait’. Conceptually, the album is a journey on which he explores issues of ancestry, diasporic journey and cultural roots. His music draws inspiration from contemporary and indigenous cultures. Byron’s passionate musical knowledge and his fascination with the human spirit is evident once again in the compositions on this new album. 

The music for this album is inspired from the timeless sound of the human soul from all corners of the earth. Landmarks of blues, mode and groove are explored and re-invented. Inspiration for the compositions was also drawn from early Renaissance music, Central and East African rhythm and polyphony and the music of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Thelonius Monk.

Jonathan Chung – Tenor Saxophone

James Kitchman – Guitar

Corrie Dick – Drums

Genre provoking trio Glasshopper, is an exciting group born out of a love for melody and improvisation. Led by its saxophonist Jonathan Chung, the trio brings together the creative minds of guitarist James Kitchman and drummer Corrie Dick.

This unit of focused players explore melody and improvisation with complete reverence and abandon, intricately weaving together moments of sonic bliss and euphoric rock-outs. Always aspiring to search for fresh interpretations, the bass-less line up blurs the lines between the jazz, folk and rock realms. Seldom settling, always searching.

Formed in 2014, Glasshopper have being captivating audiences across the UK, with highlights including sell out shows during the London Jazz Festival and an intimate performance at the Old Church Stoke Newington to celebrate the recording of their album, “Fortune Rules”.

Lauren Kinsella - Vocals

Tom Challenger - Tenor Saxophone

Dave Smith - Drums

Award winning Irish vocalist Lauren Kinsella is joined by saxophonist Tom Challenger and drummer Dave Smith in her new innovative trio that explore themes of conservation and the complexity of nature through song writing and improvisation. Their music is described as "required listening" (Morning Star) celebrating Kinsella's "refreshingly open-spirited, knowingly risk-taking (Londonjazznews) approach to vocal composition and group interplay.

Having premiered Radicle (a plant’s first root) at the London Jazz Festival (2018), the group are currently on their first Winter UK tour ‘20.

“For me, coming to the capital from Sheffield, I found a message for the city council and its profiteering PFI partners Amey and their wholesale destruction of the city's beautiful trees. Lauren Kinsella sang Radicle (a plant's first root), with her brave and transformative suite to the life, union and ecological necessity of trees, accompanied by saxophonist Tom Challenger and drummer Dave Smith. Kinsella's message flew with the wind, directly to the Steel City, its notes curling around its trees' blessed branches.”

-Morning Star

“A bold, intelligent and unusual improvising vocalist who seems to have found a very distinctive approach.”

-MusicOMH

Corrie, a musician and composer specialising in euphoric, sonically-inventive drumming, is at the rhythmic epicentre of a new era of innovative British jazz. He is lauded for his dynamism, his melodic slant and for his playfully subversive take on style and genre. An artist of prolific and varied output, Corrie has long been an essential component of Laura Jurd’s music including Mercury Prize shortlisted Dinosaur; is a crucial co-pilot in Elliot Galvin Trio and Rob Luft Group; and co-writes music with an abundance of artists including alternative Indie band Ink Line. His 2015 release Impossible Things which skilfully fused Celtic folk and contemporary jazz with new takes on African rhythms culminated in sold out touring and concerts across the UK. Now Corrie resets for an album which further embraces the eclectic whims of a child of the iPod shuffle generation - finding cohesion among disparate elements.

Concerning the idea behind Sun Swells, his latest project, Corrie explains: “I wanted to write a jazz album that had rock instrumentation at its core: guitar-bass-drums. Rob Luft (guitar), Tom McCredie (bass) and I have been improvising and writing together for years and years and we’ve forged a sound that is uniquely crunchy yet summery, so I wanted that sound at the centre but decorated with all sorts of elements. I basically wanted to make folk-rock-jazz but treat it how electronic music producer Mura Masa treats his tracks--chucking the whole damn fruit bowl at the thing but somehow keeping space and air in the arrangement and the mix.”

The music on Sun Swells is highly unique in a way that is becoming a trademark for the highly gifted artist. Corrie continues: “This is outsider jazz; it’s extremely listenable music that has lots of very current, familiar ingredients but put together in a way you may not be familiar with. Some key elements include soaring folkish melodies, Scandinavian free jazz, 90s-kid grooves, a playful shunning of conventional jazz roles and form, stillness, turbulence, beautiful and ugly-pretty sounds, warmth, stunning lyrical imagery, climate change, feminism, and eclectic guests. It’s an album that embraces contrasts and spectra and that can be listened to in so many ways. It finds cohesion in the disparate.”

We-Bop is a dynamic quintet from Leeds led by Anna Chandler and Tom Sharp. Specialising in music of the be-bop era, this group lovingly recreates the sounds of the genre, whilst injecting their sets with a wide range of more modern influences and original compositions. Tackling some of the most titanic tunes in jazz history, hold onto your hats, because this band unabashedly takes no prisoners.

Anna Chandler - alto

Tom Sharp - trumpet

Tom Harris - piano

Gavin Barras - bass

John Arnesen - drums

Timings:

7:30pm Doors + £5 donation
8pm: 1st Set
9:15pm: 2nd Set
10:30pm Jam session set -
11:00-12:00am - Open Jam session

Influenced by a blend of jazz and folk from artists such as Nick Drake and John Martyn, the music that Marco Woolf makes can prove similarly complex to categorise, his lyrics introspective and insightful – earning him a reputation as a self-evidently skilled storyteller – though thoughtful instrumentation too is just as crucial to his compositions, clearly considered to ensure it possesses comparable weight to his wording.

His latest release, “Francine, I” – a narrative-led EP issued via Phlexx Records in July – follows an African woman as she migrates West for the sake of her children and perfectly typifies the trademark one-two punch of tenderness that makes Marco’s music so transcendent. A limited 12” run sold out within 24 hours and the release received positive reviews from several publications, including PAM (Pan African Music, a website dedicated to promoting music from the African continent and diaspora).

Tom Harris - piano

Awen Blandford - Cello and vocals

George Grundy - Drum Kit

Andy Patterson - Bass

Timings:

7:30pm Doors + £5 donation
8pm: 1st Set
9:15pm: 2nd Set
10:30pm Jam session set -
11:00-12:00am - Open Jam session

Tori Freestone - Tenor Saxophone

Alcyona Mick - Piano

Tori and Alcyona formed their Duo in 2015 playing Thelonious Monk tunes on a project in the Canary islands, and debuted as a duo at Manchester Jazz Festival. Both much in demand players on the London jazz scene, the two have known each other for years, working together in many different ensembles including Ingrid and Christine Jensen Whirlwind bigband, Nikki Iles Big band, Cleo Laine/Alec Dankworth band, and are permanent members of the London Jazz Orchestra (the original line up of which included Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor and Henry Lowther).

The duo have a very spontaneous, interactive approach and share a large range of musical influences that fall not only within the jazz genre, including English folk, Brazilian music, free playing, silent film, Monk and more. Performances have included Birmingham Symphony Hall, Museo del Grifo (Spain), Emotion Festival (Bremen), Halle 242 (Hamburg), Salle Krieps auditorium (Luxembourg) and the Manchester and London Jazz Festivals. They have been invited by Steinway House to perform in Frankfurt in 2021 and are soon to embark on a tour of Australia.

Having grown up with the vibrant sounds of gospel and jazz, Lucy-Anne Daniels is a vivid storytellercreative improviser whose rich vocals effortlessly weave her through an array of styles.

With the evening programmed in two halves, she will be joined, first, by the Sekine string quartet 

and then her trio - consisting of Nick Manz, Ben Love and Jonno Gaze, for a melange of reimagined standards and lush songs! 

Lucy-Anne Daniels - Vocals

Nick Manz - Piano

Ben Love - Bass

Jonno Gaze - Drums

Timings:

7:30pm Doors + £5 donation
8pm: 1st Set
9:15pm: 2nd Set
10:30pm Jam session set -
11:00-12:00am - Open Jam session

With her Right Here, Right Now Quartet, featuring Ashley John Long on double bass, Ben Handysides on drums and Moss Freed on guitar, British composer and freely improvising musician, Charlotte Keeffe, enables raw musical ingredients and individual expressions to come together and flow…

...Keeffe wears her serious love for free improvisation, jazz and experimental music on her sleeve and passionately embraces the moment with her audiences! She is captivated by trumpeters like Jaimie Branch, Tomasz Stańko and Lester Bowie. She's also inspired by painters and refers to her horns as 'Sound Brushes'.

Charlotte Keeffe’s music is a wish for creative freedom for ALL!

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Charlotte Keeffe's Right Here, Right Now Quartet have been  performing regularly since 2019 with performances in Newcastle, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cambridge and as part of the London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Lancaster Jazz Festival, as well as at London's Café OTO, Jazz in the Round, Toulouse Lautrec, Karamel CLub, Spice of Life and at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room...

Charlotte Keeffe - trumpet, flugelhorn & compositions 

Ashley John Long - double bass

Ben Handysides - drums 

Olly Chalk - piano 

Matt Holmes is a Birmingham based drummer, composer and bandleader emerging on the UK jazz scene. He has performed alongside notable UK Jazz figures such as; Percy Pursglove, Alan Barnes, Norma Winstone, Nikki Iles, Tony Kofi, Soweto Kinch, Orphy Robinson and Hermeto Pascoal. Following the recent successful performance at the Eastside Jazz Club supporting Michael Janisch band featuring Walter Smith III and Eric Harland, we’re very excited to welcome Matt’s newest project to The Spotted Dog!

Matt has also performed at multiple festivals and conferences in the UK, around Europe and beyond including; Barbican Centre, South Bank Centre, Ronnie Scott's Jazz club (UK) Londonderry Jazz (Ireland Sienna Jazz (Italy), The Global Music Foundation Jamboree Jazz Festival (Spain) and The International Jazz Conference of Thailand. Matt also proudly endorses Canopus Drums.

The wonderful Natalie Mclean will also be hosting the jam after with a short set of music to open the jam so bring your instruments!
LINEUP:

Matt Holmes: Drums, Compositions
James Owston: Double Bass
Nick Manz: Piano
TBC: Saxophone

Timings:

7:30pm Doors + £5 donation
8pm: 1st Set
9:15pm: 2nd Set
10:30pm Jam session set - Natalie Mclean
11:00-12:00am - Open Jam session

Millicent B James - Vocals/Compostions

Neil McCracken - Keys

Amy Coates - Bass

Jonno gaze - Drums

Described as having “a distinctive approach to storytelling” and whose music has “a thoroughgoing disregard for genre” (Pinkwafer.club), Millicent B James is an award-winning composer, arranger, performer and artist who combines gospel, jazz cinematic and afro-futurism to create a myriad of sonorities in her music.

Recently, Millicent arranged three pieces for BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room Session for Lemar where she conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London. She recently performed her new commission “Come Show Them the River” with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, where it received high praise from the Guardian and the Telegraph, resulting in a 4-star review from both.

Heidi Vogel - Vocals

Bruno Heinen - Piano

Jasper Hoiby - Bass

Jon Scott - Drums

Vocalist with The Cinematic Orchestra since 2006, Heidi appears on their albums ” To Believe “ , “Live at the Royal Albert Hall “, “ Late Night Tales “and has opened for Erykah Badu in Dubai, performed at Montreux Jazz festival for Quincy Jones and appeared live on The Jimmy Kimmel Show on ABC , as well as performing at The Sydney Opera House and with The Krakow Symphony Orchestra , The Heritage Orchestra, The London Metropolitan Orchestra .

Heidi performed with The Cinematic Orchestra concluding a 2019 USA tour at the prestigeous Los Angeles Walt Disney Hall where she performed with Patrick Watson, Moses Sumney, and Miguel Atwood Ferguson.

Heidi has also performed at festivals such as: Cape Town Jazz Festival, Sonar Japan, Fuji Rock, Coachella, Glastonbury, North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Blue Note Jazz Festival, New York Film Festival, Central Park Summerstage, BBC 6 Music Festival.

Heidi performed as a soloist for the 2019 BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall for a recital of The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington.
Heidi’s performance with pianist Monty Alexander received rave reviews.

She has also performed/recorded with: Thundercat, Cleveland Watkiss, Banda Black Rio, Simoninha, The Brand New Heavies, ‘Lil Louie Vega, Bobby Mcferrin, Isaac Hayes, Austin Peralta, Ig Culture, Sean Khan for his album with Hermeto Pascoal, F-ire Big Band, Alex Wilson Salsa Orchestra, Chick Corea, Shlomo, Eska, Soweto Kinch, Tawiah, Roots Manuva, Ty, Terry Walker to name just a few.

Heidi’s debut album “Turn up the Quiet”, received impressive reviews from Jazz Wise Magazine, Jazz Times Magazine, as well as support from Jamie Cullum, Benji B, Osunlade and many others. The album presents Heidi performing Brazilian Bossa nova and jazz classics. A contrast to her work in EDM house classics, as well as broken beat, hip hop and drum and bass.