Tony Kofi/Denys Baptiste "Cannonball & Coltrane"
Saxophonist Denys Baptiste (Courtney Pine, Manu Dibango), a multiple award-winner including the "Mercury Music Album of the Year" and "MOBO Award for Best Jazz Act", is considered a leading light on the UK jazz scene. Fellow saxophonist Tony Kofi (The Jazz Warriors, Gary Cosby’s Nu Troop) has performed with the likes of Courtney Pine and the iconic US band the World Saxophone Quartet and has received multiple BBC Jazz Awards and a Parliamentary Jazz Award. Tonight these two master musicians, joined by their quintet featuring featuring Rick Simpson-piano, Mikele Montolli-double bass and Winston Clifford-drums bring to the Club the first outing of their brand new “Cannonball & Coltrane” project. Featuring music associated with these two giants of jazz, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, Tony & Denys re-imagine the meeting of these two iconic musicians for the 21st century.
"Baptiste…icon of British jazz" Time Magazine; “Kofi…a great musician” The Arts Desk