Jazz festival performer profiles
Thursday 29 July 2010
Walpole Park
Main Stage
Gary Crosby and Tomorrow’s Warriors
5.45 – 7pm
Binker Golding - tenor sax
Alex Ho - piano
Gary Crosby - double bass
Eddie Hick - drums
This is a fresh and exciting new quartet from the Tomorrow’s Warriors’ seemingly endless pool of talent featuring some of the brightest rising jazz stars of the future. Led by double bassist Gary Crosby, a stalwart of the UK jazz scene on the award-winning Dune Music platform, this latest collective takes up the baton from former line-ups that featured such dynamic stars as Jason Yarde, Andrew McCormack, Soweto Kinch and Denys Baptiste. These young musicians inject a bright, contemporary into their music while always staying true to the Tomorrow's Warriors legacy for the jazz tradition.
Andrew Butcher and Butcher’s Brew
7.30 – 8.45pm
Andrew Butcher - trombone
Simon Meredith - sax
Richard Bolton - guitar
Andy Skinnard - piano
Matt Ridley - double bass
Elliot Toms - drums
An Ealing Jazz Festival favourite, this modern six piece moves on every year with a fresh mix of standards, fusion and band originals. The band features Ealing's own Richard Bolton and leader Andrew Butcher in a hard-hitting front-line of saxophone, trombone and guitar.
Ray Gelato Giants
9.15 – 10.30pm
Ray Gelato - vocals, tenor sax
Danny Marsden - trumpet
Andy Rogers - trombone
Ollie Wilby - tenor sax
Gunther Kurmayer - piano
Ollie Hayhurst - double bass
Matt Home - drums
Ray Gelato is back with more great jumpin’ songs, storming jazz solos and a swinging world-class band. The award-winning vocalist and tenor saxophonist has his own unique style and has taken his dynamic seven-piece band to perform at some of the finest festivals, concerts and clubs around the world. As a globe-trotting Ealing man, he will proudly tell you that playing on his home turf is very special for him. So get ready for yet another memorable night of spectacular entertainment by the best band in the land for swinging good-time jazz.
Crypt Stage
The 7% Solution
6.30 – 7.45pm
Pete Cater - Drums
Pete Whittaker - Hammond organ
Simon Fernsby - Guitar
Alex Garnett - Tenor Sax
Bob Martin - Alto Sax
Steve Fishwick - Trumpet
Gareth Lockrane - Flutes
Superb arrangements and classic bebop soloing from this excellent ensemble of top London musicians.
Steve Taylor Big Band (tribute to Buddy Rich)
8.30 – 9.45pm
A thunderous, hard-swinging big band tribute to Legendary drummer and big band leader Buddy Rich. Hear some fiery and hard-hitting new arrangements and a hotbed of talented accomplices drawn from the London scene, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Royal Academy and Guildhall, and sophisticated fusion singer Josie Frater.
