WESTPORT JAZZ WEEKENDER - APRIL 2024

JULIAN SIEGEL QUARTET
Julian Siegel – tenor & soprano sax, bass clarinet, compositions
Liam Noble – Piano
Oli Hayhurst - Double Bass
Gene Calderazzo – Drums

Seriously sharp Jazz from a grounded foursome - looking forward!
"Julian Siegel’s Quartet play flickering, poised tunes with considerable deftness and drive. Siegel and Noble are great foils for each other and give the music crackle and dance” Love Supreme Festival, Ian Pople in the Manchester Review

“The interaction between the musicians is confident, lyrical and cool, joyous and snappy, precise and sprawling – and enchanting melodiousness throughout.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Saarbrücker Zeitung

“Expressive direct music.... tightly wound
post-bop, pensive improv. and more.”
John Fordham, The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★
Jazz Album of the Month, February 2018

“A great quartet with an enthralling agility.”
★ ★ ★ ★ In Music

”Exciting, dynamic music with improvisation
at its centre.”- London Jazz News

”Imaginative, grounded and beguiling.” - Musikreviews Magazin

"With the Julian Siegel Quartet, the BBC Jazz Award winning saxophonist and composer Julian Siegel can be heard alongside some of this generation’s most distinctive voices, creating an in-demand Quartet on the UK and European Jazz scene. The band features inspirational pianist Liam Noble, his fluid touch and dazzling imagination perfectly complementing Siegel’s music and playing, and providing a perfect foil for the many directions the music can turn. With the creative spark of dynamic drummer Gene Calderazzo and the deep groove of bassist Oli Hayhurst dove-tailing perfectly with Siegel and Noble this is unquestionably one of the UK’s most exciting and powerful quartets."
JazzFestival Goettingen, Deutsches Theater, November 2019

“Clear-cut moods and meaty discourses... As tracks ebb, flow and draw to a peak, Siegel’s assured fluency is underscored by the understated, equal partner support of Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo.” - Financial Times ★ ★ ★ ★

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