JOHN TURVILLE QUINTET

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This all-star group, led by the award-winning pianist John Turville, and featuring a frontline of the lyrical and multi-faceted trumpeter Robbie Robson and the gifted, imaginative saxophonist Josephine Davies (winner of Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Instrumentalist), was formed in 2017 to explore a wide-ranging set of new music composed by John as well as material new arrangements of choice repertoire from Tonino Horta, Michael Petrucciani and John Coltrane.

Taking inspiration from British jazz legends John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler, the Argentine composer and tango pianist Diego Schissi, and imbued with a deep love of the jazz and classical tradition, John’s writing is refined and wide-ranging, from lyrical ballads and spiky rhythmic compositions to reflective classical vignettes and free jazz.

John Turville is one of the leading jazz pianists in the UK (Ian Mann) and his music has been described as world class… exquisite… constantly inventive (***** Jazz Journal) and mining as deep a seam of musical ideas as Brad Mehldau (John Fordham, Guardian).

Their debut album, Head First was recorded at the legendary Artesuono Studio in Udine, Italy, and features the saxophonist and composer Julian Arguelles.

JOHN TURVILLE – Piano
JOSEPHINE DAVIES – Tenor and Soprano Sax
ROBBIE ROBSON – Trumpet
NIKLAS LUKASSEN – Bass
JAY DAVIS – Drums