Alex Ridout - trumpet
Alex Hitchcock - tenor saxophone
Rafael Enciso - bass
Karl Henrik-Ousbäck - drums
UK trumpeter Alexandra Ridout received the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016, British Jazz Awards ‘Rising Star’ 2018, was named one of ‘London’s Most Influential People’ under 25 in 2019, a Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominee 2020, won the Laurie Frink Career grant in 2022 and recently received ‘Best Soloist’ at the ‘Keep an Eye International Jazz Award 2023’ and 2nd place at the Prestigious Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet competition 2023.
Alexandra’s exquisite playing is sought out by many revered international musicians including Renee Rosnes, Pablo Held, Orlando Le Fleming, Dave Douglas, Jochen Rueckert, Arturo O’Farril and Dayna Stephens. She was on multiple occasions a featured artist with Pablo Held as part of his ︎Pablo Held meets...︎ series in Germany and regularly works with ECM artist Kit Downes and award winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock. Alexandra is also a busy performer with her own bands of various sizes in New York. She was a showcased performer/composer in the International Festival of New Trumpet Music with her trio in New York in 2022 and will be performing with an all star line up in 2024. The Festival is curated by world famous jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. She also can be found performing around NYC with Jochen Rueckert's quartet and Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
“Pretty much from the first note you know that you’re dealing with an original voice” – Matt Penman
Alex Ridout brings a new quartet consisting of 3 of her favourite musicians and long time collaboraters in NYC, performing her original compositions.
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