Bridge Quartet
UK tour of Oslo-based Bridge Quartet paying tribute to Sonny Rollins’ iconic record ‘The Bridge’
Presented by: Jazz at MAP| 0 | LONDON: MAP Studio Cafe (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Sunday 22nd June, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | All ages |
| C | Music - Jazz/latin |
Event information
Inspired by saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ and guitarist Jim Hall’s legendary quartet collaboration, as immortalised by their record ‘The Bridge’, the new Scandinavian-British Bridge Quartet was set up by British guitarist James Girling after he recently moved to Norway. Bringing together compatriot saxophonist Dave Edge and the formidable young rhythm section of Danish drummer Emil Norman and Norwegian double bassist Andreas Svabø, this all-Oslo-based quartet establishes a conduit between British and Scandinavian musicians for expressing their shared love of the American modern jazz tradition against a contemporary northern European backdrop.
Bridge Quartet’s debut project pays tribute to Sonny Rollins’ iconic album ‘The Bridge’, played in its entirety, alongside gems from Rollins’ following album ‘What’s New’: all recorded within a few months in early 1962 by Rollins’ same band of Hall, Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Ben Riley (drums).
This project is touring Norway and the UK in 2025 (the year that saxophone colossus Rollins turns 95).
JUNE UK DATES
22/6 Jazz At MAP, London - MAP Studio Cafe
23/6 NQ Jazz, Manchester - The Yard
24/6 The Domino Club, Leeds
25/6 L’Aperitivo, Liverpool
Dave Edge (UK) - tenor sax
James Girling (UK) - guitar
Andreas Svabø (NO) - double bass
Emil Norman (DK) - drums
