
Jake
McMurchie Quartet
Thursday 27th March 2008
Carlton Theatre Bar
Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start
"... the inventive
McMurchie, his sensual tone falling somewhere between early Sonny Rollins
and Pink-Panther tenorist Plas Johnson, was a revelation. Where has he been?"
Jack Massarik, London Evening Standard, Nov 2007
… A very, very
good tenor saxophonist – very original, very passionate … a sexy sound.”
Jack Massarick, Jazz Line-up Radio 3 November 2007
Cambridge educated, Jake McMurchie has been an influential member of the
thriving South West jazz scene for more than a decade.
His distinctive sound, imagination and melodic drive have made him a key
member of many of the most innovative and exciting bands to emerge from
the Bristol area:
What Four who won Birmingham Jazz's new music award in 1998, the contemporary
big band Ultrasound and The Blessing who will be appearing at the 2008 Festival