Top sax-man and “Blockhead”, Atzmon leads all this star jazz quartet. 

*PLEASE NOTE: The Saturday night ticket price includes entry to Hideaway's late music session, which follows the live show!*

Gilad Atzmon - clarinet sax
Yaron Stavi - bass
Eddie Hick - drums
Frank Harrison - piano

 

Gilad Atzmon - musician, writer, and more

Born in Israel, 1963, he had his musical training at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz). As a multi- instrumentalist he plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxes, Clarinet and Flutes. His album, Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the "hardest-gigging man in British jazz". His albums, of which he has recorded nine to date, often explore political themes and the music of the Middle East. Until 1994 he was a producer-arranger for various Israeli Dance & Rock Projects, performing in Europe and the USA playing ethnic music as well as R&R and Jazz.

Coming to the UK in 1994, Atzmon recovered an interest in playing the music of the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe that had been in the back of his mind for years. In 2000 he founded the Orient House Ensemble in London and started re-defining his own roots in the light of his emerging political awareness. Since then the Orient House Ensemble has toured all over the world.

Also, being a prolific writer, Atzmon's essays are widely published. His novels Guide To The Perplexed and My One And Only Love have been translated into 24 languages.

Over the years Gilad Atzmon's music has moved more and more towards a cultural hybrid. As a bandleader and reed player he has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Coltrane’s powerful approach on the sax, Gilad's live performances are simply breathtaking and overwhelming.

As a member of the Blockheads, Gilad has also recorded and performed with Ian Dury, Robbie Williams, Sinead O'Connor and Paul McCartney. Gilad has also recorded with Robert Wyatt, the Water Boys and many others. In 2007 Gilad extended his role as a Producer, working with outstanding singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie to produce her debut album released in September 2009.

Yaron Stavi - double bass and electric bass

Born in Tel Aviv, 6 April 1975, he played in concerts and festivals across Europe and Israel with the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and then joined Gilad in his bands Spiel and Spiel Acid Jazz. Aged 21, Yaron moved to Berlin to study at the Academy of Arts with Rainer Zepperitz, former principal bass player of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Yaron was principal double bass player of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, playing under Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Marris Jansons, Ivan Fischer, Franz Welser-Most, Sir Neville Mariner and others. In 2002 Yaron moved to London and joined Gilad Atzmon as a member of the Orient House Ensemble. Yaron plays in other Jazz bands from the UK and has performed with artists across Europe including Peter King, Larry Coryell, Jarek Smietana, Leszek Mozdzer, Gary Husband, Gene Calderazzo, and Stephen Keogh. Since meeting him at a festival in Switzerland in 1997, he has played with violinist Nigel Kennedy, both as a member of the Nigel Kennedy Jazz Group in Berlin’s Jazz club Quasimodo and in festivals in the UK. He played also on Robert Wyatt’s 2003 album Cuckooland and 2007 album Comicopera, and in 2003 recorded two albums for John Zorn’s label Tzadik with Koby Israelite.

Frank Harrison - piano

Born in Oxford on 8 July 1978, he took up the piano at 11, and began playing gigs when he was 15. In 1994 he won the soloist award in the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Competition, and in 1996 placed second in Young Jazz Musician Of The Year. After taking up a scholarship at Berklee School Of Music, Boston, he returned to England and joined Gilad Atzmon's band. In 2000 they started the Orient House Ensemble, with whom Frank has recorded five albums on Enja Records, including BBC Jazz Album Of The Year 2003, Exile.

Eddie Hick - drums

Born in York in 1987, Eddie Hick started playing drums aged 13 at school. Aged 16 he joined Transglobal drummers and began playing djembe, taught by Jon Ward. The following year they travelled to Accra, Ghana where they studied music and dance with The Kusun Ensemble. Aged 18 he gained a BTEC in performance from Leeds College of Music and the following year enrolled on the BA jazz degree. This gave him the opportunity to study with some great musicians/teachers including Ronnie Bottomley, Dave Walsh, Omar Puente, Rod Youngs and Lucky Ranku. Around this time he began performing in local clubs and bars with many inspiring musicians from around Yorkshire. Whilst in his 2nd year at college he met Gilad Atzmon and Stephen Keogh at a workshop who both encouraged him. In his 3rd year he began playing with the South Trio and Tomorrows Warriors.