A gig on Sunday 26th January. The event starts at 20:00.
A great Jazz quartet with Craig Crofton on sax, Martin Jenkins on piano, Greg Cordez on bass and Richard Laws on drums. Freight are coming back to The Alma Tavern Theatre to hit us up with some more smooth and soulful original tunes that sound like they have drifted over from the Golden Age of Jazz.
Free entry, Band from 8pm
'Freight is that rare thing, a jazz band with a group identity. One might see it as retro, but that would only be a part of it, one dimension. True, there are plentiful elements of 50s jazz: propulsive walking bass, hi-hat timekeeping on drums, a swing groove from all four that just won't quit (there were even some slightly drunk 20 year olds dancing), but it is not a self-conscious appeal to old folks who pine for the good old days of jazz. This is jazz by four highly skilled young-ish players who have been through it all, from Free to Electronica, World to Hip Hop; 50s jazz is just a part of the panoply of music laid out before us in this Age of Information. ' Listomania, Bath
'This debut recording from newly minted Bristol jazz quartet FREIGHT seems to have wafted directly from a cool corner of the mid-60s. So faithfully does it evoke a definitive'jazziness' that it's a shock to discover the majority of tunes were written by young pianist Martin Jenkins. Equally, many people might be surprised by the straightahead sax of Craig Crofton, more widely known for his funk and dub excursions. The two have a nicely intertwined understanding, each track solidly grounded in Greg Cordez's bass and Richard Laws's drumming. There's an unflustered spaciousness to the sound, beautifully apparent in their hushed gospel rendering of Ellington's sublime'Come Sunday' and Jenkins's own'You Said It Last', a launch pad for Crofton's fine Coltraneistic flights. ' VENUE magazine
Entry requirements:
Free entry, Band from 8pm
'Freight is that rare thing, a jazz band with a group identity. One might see it as retro, but that would only be a part of it, one dimension. True, there are plentiful elements of 50s jazz: propulsive walking bass, hi-hat timekeeping on drums, a swing groove from all four that just won't quit (there were even some slightly drunk 20 year olds dancing), but it is not a self-conscious appeal to old folks who pine for the good old days of jazz. This is jazz by four highly skilled young-ish players who have been through it all, from Free to Electronica, World to Hip Hop; 50s jazz is just a part of the panoply of music laid out before us in this Age of Information. ' Listomania, Bath
'This debut recording from newly minted Bristol jazz quartet FREIGHT seems to have wafted directly from a cool corner of the mid-60s. So faithfully does it evoke a definitive'jazziness' that it's a shock to discover the majority of tunes were written by young pianist Martin Jenkins. Equally, many people might be surprised by the straightahead sax of Craig Crofton, more widely known for his funk and dub excursions. The two have a nicely intertwined understanding, each track solidly grounded in Greg Cordez's bass and Richard Laws's drumming. There's an unflustered spaciousness to the sound, beautifully apparent in their hushed gospel rendering of Ellington's sublime'Come Sunday' and Jenkins's own'You Said It Last', a launch pad for Crofton's fine Coltraneistic flights. ' VENUE magazine
Entry requirements: