LONDON: East Side Jazz Club @ Leytonstone Social Club

Tuesday 26th March, 2024

8:00pm

Event information

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Vasilis Xenopoulos - sax
Paul Edis - piano
John J.Williamson - bass
Billy Pod - drums

Vasilis and Paul began playing together 20 years ago when both relocated to West London to study. Originally from Greece, Vasilis had just finished studying at Berklee College in the US, while Paul had moved South from the Northeast of England. In the intervening years, they’ve played numerous gigs together, releasing their debut album in 2016, A Narrow Escape, to critical acclaim. Their latest recording features original music inspired by the theme of ‘home’…home in this sense represents not only the many places they’ve both lived, but also the people they’ve known along the way.

Vasilis and Paul describe the music on Feels Like Home: “Rooted in the jazz tradition, this is music that's eclectic, groove based and fundamentally melodic. Including elements of hard bop, Latin jazz, gospel and even folk, there are nods to Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, McCoy Tyner and more besides. This is honest music full of emotions, inspired and unified around the central theme of ‘home’.”

Concerning their new relationship with Ubuntu Music, they continue: “It’s been a real pleasure working with Martin Hummel and the Ubuntu team towards the release of our new album, ‘Feels Like Home’. We’ve felt really supported as artists in developing this project, and we’re both very excited for the official release of the new album in April 2024.”

2 Harvey Rd
Leytonstone
E11 3DB

www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/