Tickets £10, Doors 7pm, Performance 9pm

DAVE O’HIGGINS QUARTET

Dave O’Higgins - tenor/soprano saxes

Arnie Somogyi - bass

Andrew McCormack - piano

Matt Home - drums

Dave is undoubtedly one of this country’s finest modern jazz sax players. His powerful, driving, style has been a feature of the scene since the early 80’s, and includes work with the likes of Cleo Lane & John Dankworth, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Jimmy Smith and Annie Lennox.

A multi-award winner (British Jazz awards twice!), he has produced 9 albums to date of his own work, and has appeared on numerous sessions and festivals around the world. Currently he is working with his own, terrific, quartet; a storming 10 piece band (the “Biggish” Band) for which he also writes and arranges; an organ based “groove” band (“Organic Grooves”); and has now teamed up with one of New York’s leading sax players, Eric Alexander, to form a classic two sax “hard bop” quintet to perform on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to all that he includes playing, writing and recording work with the “Jazzcotech Dancers” and has recently formed a band with two Norwegians and a Swede which has performed at venues around the World.

Dave is also a respected Jazz educator teaching at Leeds College of Music, Goldsmiths College, Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music, Wavendon, Royal Northern College of Music and the Universities of Natal and Cape Town. The music is a mixture of jazz standards and great originals and is powerful yet always lyrical and accessible.

“…exceptional fluency. ..one of Britain’s finest musicians” Observer

“…virtuoso jazz/fusion saxophonist” Time Out

“….world class player” BBC Music Magazine

“…Dazzling” Guardian