Guitarist Nigel Price

Sebastian writes:

The most dynamic, entrepreneurial and resilient of the UK’s jazz musician-promoters, guitarist NIGEL PRICE has just announced the most extensive and ambitious venture that he has organized to date, a fifty-six date trio/quartet tour of the UK, involving fourteen support bands and fifteen workshops, starting in late August and concluding just before Christmas, by which point (see review of the thirtieth date of a previous tour), the band will have gelled, and cohered to a point which is now seen far to rarely in jazz.

Nigel Price’s regular trio consists of Ross Stanley on Hammond Organ and Matt Home on drums, and in quartet format has a choice of either Alex Garnett or Vasilis Xenopoulos on saxophone. Nigel Price wrote on Facebook: “Steve Brown, Dean Masser and Brandon Allen are all involved. There will be other special guests too.”

Nigel Price’s tour acknowledges substantial support from Arts Council England 

DATES:


AUGUST

FRI 26 RONNIE SCOTT’S LATE SHOW QUARTET
SAT 27 RONNIE SCOTT’S LATE SHOW QUARTET
SUN 28 USHAW JAZZ FESTIVAL TRIO

SEPTEMBER

FRI 2ND PROGRESS THEATRE, READING QUARTET
MON 12 TAMWORTH JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT TRIO
TUE 13 CINNAMON CLUB, ALTRINCHAM + WORKSHOP QUARTET
WED 14 JAZZ BAR, EDINBURGH TRIO
THU 15 BLUE LAMP, ABERDEEN + SUPPORT TRIO
FRI 16 JAZZ CAFÉ, NEWCASTLE + SUPPORT TRIO
SAT 17 HUDDERSFIELD JAZZ CLUB + WORKSHOP TRIO
SUN 18 HERTS JAZZ FESTIVAL 2PM TRIO
TUE 20 FLEET JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT QUARTET
WED 21 STORYVILLE, MILTON KEYNES VISITOR + WORKSHOP
THU 22 SPIKE’S PLACE, BECKENHAM QUARTET
SAT 24 THE BEAR, LUTON TRIO
TUE 27 SOUTHERN JAZZ GUITAR SOCIETY, ROMSEY + WORKSHOP TRIO
THU 29 THE HIDEAWAY, STREATHAM QUARTET

OCTOBER

THU 6 FOLKESTONE JAZZ CLUB QUARTET
FRI 7 THE VERDICT, BRIGHTON QUARTET
MON 10 THE PHOENIX, EXETER QUARTET
TUE 11 ST IVES JAZZ CLUB + WORKSHOP QUARTET
WED 12 ST AUSTELL JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT QUARTET
THU 13 TEIGNMOUTH JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT QUARTET
FRI 14 LA HAVANA, CHICHESTER – VISITOR + WORKSHOP
MON 17 RONNIE SCOTT’S LATE SHOW QUINTET
WED 19 SWANSEA JAZZLAND + WORKSHOP QUARTET
THU 20 FUTURE INNS, BRISTOL QUARTET
FRI 21 KINGSHILL HOUSE, DURSLEY QUARTET
TUE 25 THE MAD HATTER, OXFORD UNI JAZZ SOCIETY + WORKSHOP TRIO
WED 26 SWING UNLIMITED, BOURNEMOUTH + WORKSHOP QUARTET
SAT 29 JAZZ CAFÉ POSK, HAMMERSMITH + SUPPORT QUARTET

NOVEMBER

TUE 1 WATERMILL, DORKING QUARTET
SUN 6 CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD 12.15PM QUARTET
SUN 6 MILESTONES, LOWESTOFT QUARTET
TUE 15 NORWICH JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT TRIO
WED 16 GRIMSBY JAZZ CLUB + WORKSHOP QUARTET
THU 17 THE OLD COURTS, WIGAN + SUPPORT QUINTET
FRI 18 WAKEFIELD + SUPPORT QUARTET
SAT 19 GRANTHAM CONSERVATIVE CLUB QUARTET
SUN 20 PETERBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT QUARTET
THU 24 HOT NUMBERS, CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL + WORKSHOP TRIO
FRI 25 BILLINGSHURST ARTS CENTRE QUARTET
SAT 26 RICHMOND RACC + SUPPORT TRIO
TUE 29 YARDBIRD ARTS, WORCESTER TRIO
WED 30 PERSHORE JAZZ CLUB + SUPPORT + WORKSHOP TRIO

DECEMBER

THU 1 SPAN JAZZ, NARBETH + WORKSHOP TRIO
FRI 2 BURDALL’S YARD, BATH + WORKSHOP TRIO
SAT 3 BIRMINGHAM JAZZ + SUPPORT TRIO
SUN 4 JAZZ EAST, FELIXSTOWE VISITOR + WORKSHOP
FRI 9 THE CRYPT, CAMBERWELL QUARTET
SUN 11 PIZZA EXPRESS, MAIDSTONE TRIO
MON 12 PORTSMOUTH JAZZ SOCIETY XMAS SPECIAL QUINTET
TUE 13 MARLOW JAZZ CLUB QUARTET
THU 15 LAUDERDALE HOUSE, HIGHGATE QUINTET
TUE 20 BRECON JAZZ CLUB TRIO
WED 21 LEAM JAZZ , LEAMINGTON SPA TRIO

LINKS: Nigel Price website
Nigel Price’s Facebook announcement of the tour, with more reflection and detail
Interview in Telegraph ahead of 2014 tour