WILD CARD ftg. LEO RICHARDSON & DAN HIGHAM

Presented by: Wild Card

---

0	LONDON: Ronnie Scott's Bar
P	Sunday 16th October, 2022
N	6:30pm

Event information

Advanced tickets SOLD OUT. There are tickets left on the door at 6.30pm.

"NOTE: We operate on a 1st come serve 1st serve basis for seating and table sharing policy.
Please come early to secure a seat of your choice"

Critically acclaimed Clement Regert's Wild Card is a melting-pot of musical ideas, fusing urban rhythms, Hard-bop and grooves with latin and jazz attitude.

For tonight’s show they have a stellar line up which comprises of special guests Virtuoso saxophonist Leo Richardson (Gregory Porter) and rising star trombonist Daaniel Higham (Ronnie Scott’s orchestra) backed up by the core Organ trio of Sophie Alloway on Drums, Andrew Noble on Hammond Organ and French guitarist/band leader Clement Regert.
You can expect to hear their famous mix of Afro-jazz, Hard-bop, Samba and pop/rock reworked numbers numbers.

Line-up:
Sophie Alloway: Drums Clement Regert: Guitar
Andy Noble: Hammond organ Dan Higham: Trombone
Leo Richardson: Tenor Sax

2x "Album of the week" ★★★★ Evening Standard
"A fine live act... full of treats" ★★★★The Telegraph


"Wild Card defies gravity by spinning from Funk, Soul, jazz & Afro/latin sounds..."
★★★★ JazzinEurope

"No frills, Funk fuelled, fun played with integrity and a passionate feel for Jazz!"
★★★ Jazzwise

"it’s a seamless blend of jazz, funk and Latin"
★★★★ KindOfJazz


"It's creative, refreshing and jam packed with energy...Hot and cool but definitely Jazz."
★★★★ Music republic magazine


"Energetic, unapologetic hybrid of funk, fusion and irrepressible swing"
★★★★ AllAboutJazz


"Anyone who thinks the jazz scene has been surrendered to the squeaky experimentalists should. Sit back and let the adrenalin sizzle!
★★★★ The Art Desk

“Regert’s band Wild Card is a must-see if you get the opportunity”
★★★★ The Jazz Journal


"their approach is the diametrical opposite of navel-gazing jazz"
Londonjazznews

"Excellent playing… Wild Card’s natural habitat is in live performance… raising the roof in the right club environment…Exciting stuff.”
★★★★ The JazzMann

"Un Groupe passionant!"
Alex Dutilh "France Musique"

"Éclectic and clever"
JazzRadio Berlin 106.8fm (Dr. Lyria Messahel MD)


"I love Wild Card"
NPR Atlanta 91.9FM (Aaron Cohen MD)

"Sounds great...grooves like crazy"
Russ Davis "Voice of America"

"My goodness me, phenomenal band, you gotta love these guys...very exciting and energetic "
Linley Hamilton BBC JAZZ WORLD

“A festival highlight - groovacious music purveyed through jazz edginess to an appreciative audience - Wild Card indeed!”
Paul Pace (Booking Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club)