Blow the Fuse presents ARQ: Alison Rayner Quintet

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Presented by: Blow The Fuse

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0	LONDON: Vortex Jazz Club
P	Thursday 30th May, 2019
N	8:00pm

Event information

Tickets on sale tonight on the door at £15

Blow the Fuse celebrates 30 years 1989 - 2019 with their new season
RESISTANCE - 30 years of Blow the Fuse

ARQ: Alison Rayner Quintet

★ Winners: Jazz Ensemble of the Year 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards
★ Shortlisted: Best Small Group 2018 British Jazz Awards
★ Alison Rayner Runner-up: Best Double Bass 2018 British Jazz Awards

Described by LondonJazzNews as ‘a celebration of life itself’ ARQ’s music is ‘inventive, vibrantly colourful and unfailingly melodic, possessed of a strong sense of narrative and cinematic quality, frequently inspired by personal experiences’ (the jazzmann.com).

Their combination of richly nuanced compositions with folk-infused grooves, skilful musicianship and a love of improvisation, creates a compelling and coherent whole. ARQ play 'songs without words' and are known for their vibrant, communicative performances.

Alison Rayner - double bass
Buster Birch - drums
Deirdre Cartwright - guitar
Diane McLoughlin - saxophones
Steve Lodder - piano

ARQ are currently previewing new music from their third album – working title ‘Short Stories’ – to be released later this year. They have UK festivals and club dates over this Spring and Summer, with national touring Autumn 2019-Spring 2020 to promote the new album.

‘Inspired by real-world ideas, people and situations but infused with the kind of heady imagination that transforms their resonances into a series of vivacious musical adventures’ ★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine

‘A gorgeous album synthesising mood, melody and the interplay between musicians totally at home with each other’ ★★★★ Jazzwise

With a support set from gavrielle gg:

American-born jazz influenced singer-songwriter guitarist, now resident in England.
Her debut album Playing the Changes was released in September 2018, produced by Carol Grimes and features a great line-up: Alison Rayner, Steve Lodder, Carol Grimes, Diane McLoughlin, Winston Clifford and Paul Cheneour.
www.gavriellegg.com.

Advance tickets £12, on the door £15