Rob Luft Quintet
Rob Luft is both a Peter Whittingham and Kenny Wheeler Prize recipient. He won 2nd Prize in The 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition and his debut album, ‘Riser’, released on Edition Records in 2017, was received with widespread critical acclaim. Rob has been nominated for a string of awards – “Breakthrough Act” in the 2018 Jazz FM Awards, “Instrumentalist of the Year” in the 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards and “Instrumentalist of the Year” in the 2019 Jazz FM Awards and in May 2019 was selected as a BBC New Generation Jazz Artist, an accolade granted to “some of the world’s most exceptional young musicians” (Emma Bloxham, Editor, BBC Radio 3). Tonight he will be appearing with his fabulous quintet featuring Joe Webb-piano and Joe Wright-sax for what promises to be a great gig.
"[Rob Luft] …fizzing with vitality and stuffed full of quirky and original musical ideas” London Jazz News