One of the best nights of live jazz across the city 🎶. The Carlton Jazz Club returns on the last Sunday of the month as we welcome the Gavin Barras Trio.
Gavin is a professional double bass and electric bass player, performing regularly throughout the UK and abroad in a variety of performing and recording projects.
Gavin has performed as part of Matthew Halsall‘s band for over 15 years and appeared on all of his studio and live albums as well as at regular sold-out gigs in UK venues such as as Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Stoller Hall, The Barbican and Union Chapel.
Internationally, Gavin has performed at multiple jazz festivals throughout the world, including the Joy of Jazz Festival in South Africa, Uber Jazz in Germany, Pori in Finland and Liege Jazz Festival in Belgium. He has also made several appearances on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music and on the TV documentary ‘Jazz UK: Spitting Fire’ on BBC Four.
In March 2017 Gavin released his solo album ‘The Family Tree’ on ASC Records featuring Jeff Guntren on tenor saxophone, Jim Faulkner on guitar and Dave Walsh on drums. The album, which was recorded at 80 Hertz Studios in Manchester, contains ten original compositions written by Gavin. The album was inspired by the double bass Gavin’s father made for him (which Gavin plays on the record) as well as the themes of fatherhood, friendship and home. On two short interlude tracks Gavin plays a steel string acoustic guitar, also built by his father in 1967.
Join us at the end of the month for this great night of live music! Free entry with donations taken towards the entry! 🫶
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