WILD CARD & Friends - EFG London Jazz Festival at Spicejazz Soho

Double show (7.30pm & 9.45pm)

Presented by: Spicejazz Soho

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0	LONDON: SpiceJazz Soho
P	Saturday 11th November, 2023
N	7:00pm

Event information

Double show, 2 houses:
1st house 7.30pm (Doors 7.00pm)
2nd house 9.45pm (Doors 9.15pm)

It will be mainly standing only for this show, only a few seats available on the 1st floor. 1st come first serve for seating. table sharing policy applies.

Line up:
JAMES COPUS: Trumpet
EMMA RAWICZ: Tenor sax
DANIEL IGHAM: Trombone
CLEMENT REGERT: Guitar
SOPHIE ALLOWAY: Drums
CHRIS BLAND: Hammond organ

Critically acclaimed Clement Regert's WILD CARD is a melting-pot of musical ideas, fusing Afro/Samba rhythms, Hard-bop tunes and some signature reworked pop/rock numbers.

For tonight’s WILD CARD shows they have a stellar line up which comprises of a dream horn section: Fiery trumpeter JAMES COPUS (Gregory Porter), rising star Saxophonist EMMA RAWICZ (Ian Shaw) and one of the most in demand Trombonist in the country DAN IGHAM (Winton Marsalis) backed up by the core Organ trio of SOPHIE ALLOWAY on Drums, CHRIS BLAND on Hammond Organ and French guitarist/band leader CLEMENT REGERT.

You can expect to hear their famous mix of Afro-Samba, Hard-bop, Samba and pop/rock reworked numbers.

The energy, the groove and the versatility of the line up is something to behold"
★★★★ Jazz in Europe

"The high energy interplay between guitarist Clement Regert, drummer Sophie Alloway & organist Andrew Noble is a soloist dream..."
★★★★ MOJO Magazine

"Wild Card are a band that reminds you of just how fun live music can be, when performed by players who are in sync and at the top of their game"
★★★★ Jazzwise

"Wild Card are something of a ‘party band’, but, there is also a high level of intelligence and sophistication within their music”
★★★★ The JazzMann

"Wild Card features a string of major players.. the core comprises Hammond hero Andrew Noble & Sophie Alloway "
★★★★ Echoes magazine (Kevin Legendre)

"Un group passionant"
Alex Dutilh FRANCE MUSIQUE

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

"Eclectic & clever"
JAZZ RADIO BERLIN (Dr Lyria Messahel MD)