Heading to Mousehole near Penzance in Cornwall this spring are the quartet of English trumpeter Henry Spencer and the trio of Kiwi drummer Myele Manzanza for a new festival. To take place in the Solomon Browne Memorial Hall on the picturesque Cornish village's Duck Street spread over two nights, sax-bass Cornish duo Tom Neale and Marcus Penrose open for Spencer while the duo of Scottish bassist Ewan Hastie and Azerbaijani pianist Elchin Shirinov - known for his work with bass icon Avishai Cohen - open for Manzanza. Spencer we heard live at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in 2022 - read a review - has guitarist Ant Law (known for his work with Alex Hitchcock and Emma Rawicz) and Flying Machines pianist-keyboardist Matt Robinson with him from that occasion plus Jamie Murray of the hotly tipped Golden Mean on drums. Also from Golden Mean is pianist Lyle Barton who is in New Zealander Manzanza's trio (the group completed by bassist Matt Gedrych). We gave Manzanza's Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 1 - London a 4-star rating on review in 2021.
Dates are 17 and 18 May. Click for full info. Henry Spencer photo: press
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