Trish Clowes

“Everything Clowes does has an invigorating purposefulness”

The Telegraph

Described as “one of the most agile and original jugglers of improv and... composition”, Award-winning saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes has proven herself to be an exciting, world-class, musician of real creativity and skill. A former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, she received the British Composer Award (BASCA) in 2015 with notable performances including the Barbican, Toronto Jazz Festival, Rochester International Jazz Festival (US), Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Women in (e)motion Festival (Germany), National Opera House (Ireland), Galway Jazz Festival, and broadcasts for BBC 2 Proms Extra, BBC Radio 3 and Radio Bremen. With numerous critically acclaimed albums as leader to her name with her band "My Iris" or in collaboration with other musicians, Trish is also a highly respected composer, with a PhD in Musical Composition and commissions from the likes of the BBC Concert Orchestra, NDR Big Band (Germany), London Sinfonietta and many many more premier ensembles. 

For this show Trish is excited to be featuring one of the great UK jazz guitarists John Parricelli (Loose Tubes, Andy Sheppard, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone). Remarkably this is the first time these two greats of UK Jazz have actually performed together so Trish is organising something a bit special to mark this new partnership. Expect joyous, exciting, music from originals to Jazz standards performed at the very highest level. Also featuring Alcyona Mick-piano; Calum Gourlay-bass & Jonah Evans-drums.

“Clowes...bristles with uncommon genius” JazzDaGama; “an improviser to be reckoned with” Downbeat; “Parricelli seems capable of endless feats of subtlety and control. Having Parricelli in the band is like having several world class musicians, all in the one chair..” UK Jazz News

photo by Chris Kelly