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The quartet features Charlie Hearnshaw clarinet and alto sax, Andrew Barrett guitar and Mike Thorn double bass and Coach York on drums. The quartet has been together for twelve years, presents it's own brand of user-friendly, melodic, swinging contemporary jazz and world music. The sound is forward looking and innovative without being introverted, angry or disappearing beyond the realms of human comprehension: the musicians champion old-school values of melody, harmony, solid bass and rhythm.

"There is a kind of joy which communicates itself to the listener...this is the kind of music which gives me the most pleasure." Alun Morgan, jazz critic
"Virile and reflective chamber jazz". The Times
"Hearnshaw combines the focus and purity of classical clarinet tone with the freedom of expression of jazz improvisation". France MP3
"Widely regarded as a leading exponent of jazz clarinet in the UK". Torbay Herald
"It is modern and audiences like it because it is accessible". Andy Morleigh, director, Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre
"Quietly ferocious alto sax." Somerset County Gazette