East Grinstead Jazz Club welcomes back award-winning sax player Simon Spillett Tuesday 1st.July tickets on sale Tuesday 3rd June from 10am ticket link up soon.
Simon will be accompanied by the House Band: Adrian York (Keys), Paul Whitten (Bass), and Vince Dunn (Drums).
"Straight-ahead, high-energy jazz is his line and he does it with aplomb"
The Guardian
Over his twenty-five-year career Simon Spillett has worn almost as many hats as it's possible to wear within jazz; multi-award-winning instrumentalist (BBC Jazz Awards, British Jazz Awards, Jazz Journal's Album of The Year), quartet and big band leader, recording artist, author, historian, record producer, archivist, magazine columnist and latterly blogger.
However, for all these varied skills he identifies most strongly as a powerfully swinging, straight-ahead tenor saxophonist, one capable of taking the audiences who hear him on a roller-coaster ride encompassing everything from energetic bebop to heartfelt balladry.
And it’s in this guise that he’s become a solid fixture on the UK jazz landscape, regularly playing sold-out gigs at major festivals (EFG London Jazz Festival, Brecon, Swanage, Scarborough, Wigan etc.) and world-famous club venues (Ronnie Scott’s).
A charismatic performer, gifted with a dry observational wit, he’s never lost sight of the fact that jazz is entertainment as much as self-expression and whether playing, writing or articulately holding forth on his favourite subject – UK jazz history – he’s an infectiously passionate communicator.
Simon Spillett plays Rico Reeds supplied by D'Addario UK and Cannonball Vintage Reborn Soprano Saxophones
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