"This is a new project inspired by the music I grew up listening to; a salute to one of my all time saxophone heroes - Stan Getz.
There is so much fantastic repertoire associated with Stan Getz from lush ballads and bossa novas to swinging standards and bebop compositions. We have chosen a varied programme reflecting this range of material and have interpreted the music respectfully but not reverentially, allowing it to breathe and feel natural for our time.
We will be recording an album over the summer of 2024.
“perhaps the most gifted British saxophonist of his generation, not to mention the most adaptable.” Underscore music magazine
Line-up:
James Allsopp – Tenor Saxophone
Colin Oxley – Guitar
Olly Hayhurst – Double Bass
Dave Storey – Drums
James Allsop:-
In a 20 year career James Allsopp has been a featured performer and recording artist for an incredibly diverse range of musicians. James has played in concert and on albums by legendary artists such as The Last Poets, David Axelrod, Dr John and Mulatu Astake, for European jazz luminaries such as Django Bates, Nostalgia 77, Kit Downes and Polar Bear, on more commercial albums by Jamie Cullum and Jorja Smith and as featured soloist in a wide range of compositions by composer Brian Irvine.
James’s debut album was nominated for BBC Jazz Award for Best Album 2007 and he won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation 2008.
