Gary Willcox Quartet play Cole Porter ft Riley Stone-Lonergan

Event information

Riley Stone-Lonergan - tenor saxophone (QOW Trio)
Tim Lapthorn - piano - (Brandon Allen)
Andrew Robb - double bass
Gary Willcox - drums (WayOutWestJazz, Loz Speyer’s Inner Space)

Cole Porter was one of the greatest composers of popular song in the early and mid 20th Century and a major contributor to the American Songbook.
His melodies were captivating and their musical forms indelible on the listeners ear.
Many of his songs became Jazz Standards played by everyone ; Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker. Coleman Hawkins , to name a few.
The BeBop musicians used his songs as basis for their own creations and musical vehicles.

This evening a quartet of some of the UK's finest musicians play their version of some Cole Porter classics ; How Deep is The Ocean, So in Love, Everything I Love, Just One of Those Things and others will be interpreted with excitement and intimacy

“Lapthorn blends witty invention with deep swing and unerring reassuring balance. ****”
​Mojo


Gary Willcox - ".......a brisk, sensitive drummer capable of great dynamic and textural range....."
Chris Parker, Vortex Review
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" Stone-Lonergan’s big, generous tone and unfailing response to the gravitational pull of melody invests even his most challenging explorations with an emotional directness that’s utterly compelling to experience." - Eddie Myer Jazzwise