Alexandra Ridout -trumpet
Tal Kalman -tenor saxophone
Sasha Berliner -vibraphone
Iver Cardas -guitar
Rafael Enciso -bass
Miguel Russel -drums
The Alexandra Ridout 6tet will make its debut appearence at the Jazz Gallery. Alexandra carefully chose this band, made up of some of her favourite artists around today.
The music is written specifically for this show and will feature alot of Alexandra's writing - with these musicians in mind throughout the process.
Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout received the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016, British Jazz Awards ‘Rising Star’ 2018, in 2019 Alexandra was named one of ‘London’s Most Influential People’ under 25, was 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’.
Alexandra’s exquisite playing is sought out by many revered international musicians, performing all over the globe with artists including Renee Rosnes’ band ‘Artemis’, celebrated pianist Pablo Held, Orlando Le Fleming’s ‘Romantic Funk’, Dayna Stephen’s ‘Custom Deluxe’, Performing around NYC with Jochen Rueckert 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
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