We are delighted to open our autumn season with a specially curated SYNERGY SESSION, featuring the amazing ELCHIN SHIRINOV on keyboards and local drum legend JEREMY STACEY.
This gig will take place at The Grasshopper,
139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole BH14 9HT.
Please note: If parking in either of the car parks at The Grasshopper, you must register your vehicle on one of the dedicated terminals at the bar or in the function room.
ELCHIN SHIRINOV is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger from Azerbaijan. From 2018 to 2022, he was a member of bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio, performing internationally at venues and festivals including Blue Note New York, Ronnie Scott’s, Blue Note Tokyo, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Jazz in Marciac, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonie, and the Paris Jazz Festival. He has also released two solo albums, Maiden Tower (2017) and Waiting (2018), and has performed solo concerts in cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, Kraków, Milan, and Vienna. In 2018, he was named an Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan. In December 2022, he was included in All About Jazz’s list of 200 favourite living pianists.
JEREMY STACEY, a powerful and highly impressive drummer, has an extraordinary CV. The regular drummer for American icon Sheryl Crow for over seven years, he toured the world (twice!) with his friend Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds before becoming one of the featured drummers with the legendary band King Crimson. He has also worked with Tom Jones, Steven Wilson, Robbie Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and many others. His jazz credentials include performances with Jason Rebello, Claire Martin, Mike Outram, Ivo Neame, Emma Rawicz, Ant Law, Laurence Cottle, and Iain Ballamy.
Elchin Shirinov: keyboards
Jeremy Stacey: drums
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