A gig held at The Hen & Chicken on Sunday 17th July. The event starts at 20:00.
Zhenya Strigalev (Alto Sax, Russia), Michael Janisch (Electric Bass, USA), Marc Ayza (Drums, Spain)
Alto saxophonist and composer Zhenya Strigalev is one of the rising stars of the European jazz scene and he is fast building a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for his exhilarating take on contemporary jazz.
His live shows are as exciting as they are uniquely eccentric, and after headlining around Europe with sold out shows at Porgy & Bess in Vienna and Ronnie Scott’s in London he brings his powerhouse trio featuring the extraordinary US bassist Michael Janisch (Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, Gary Husband) and first-call Spanish drummer Marc Ayza (Jason Linder, Greg Osby) to blend the lines between jazz, funk, rock, electronica and improv in a genre mish-mash of high calibre interplay and raw emotion.
"A typical Strigalev collision of hip jazz virtuosity and surrealism.....Strigalev's alto displays bebop agility, shivery lyricism, or sometimes a bluesy Ornette-ish swerve."
★★★★; The Guardian
Possessing fire, grace and edgy attitude alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev is a young virtuoso forging an increasingly high profile international presence.
In the eight years since graduating from London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Music in 2007, Strigalev has cut a dynamic path between the London and New York jazz scenes.
He’s worked with some of today’s most forward thinking musicians and appeared at many world leading jazz festivals, performing extensively in Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, France and Britain.
Now with five albums under his belt, Strigalev has reached a new level of artistic maturity on his superb new albums Robin Goodie and Never Group
This new trio project Never Group. Recorded over two days in Berlin with the rhythm section of electric bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Eric Harland – as well as welcoming guests such as keyboardist John Escreet, double bassist Matt Penman and trumpeter Alex Bonney – Strigalev’s desire with this different focus, is to fashion the unexpected and the fleeting (alluded to in the project name) both from his own original compositions and the contributions of respected Austrian electronics composer/musician Bruno Liberda (who also appeared on the recording).
Tonight we will a touring version of that music.
"Russian-born saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev (long domiciled in the UK) is one of jazz’s mavericks. His playing has a mastery which puts him right at jazz’s heart."
★★★★ The Telegraph (Ronnie Scott’s live review)
Entry requirements:
Alto saxophonist and composer Zhenya Strigalev is one of the rising stars of the European jazz scene and he is fast building a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for his exhilarating take on contemporary jazz.
His live shows are as exciting as they are uniquely eccentric, and after headlining around Europe with sold out shows at Porgy & Bess in Vienna and Ronnie Scott’s in London he brings his powerhouse trio featuring the extraordinary US bassist Michael Janisch (Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, Gary Husband) and first-call Spanish drummer Marc Ayza (Jason Linder, Greg Osby) to blend the lines between jazz, funk, rock, electronica and improv in a genre mish-mash of high calibre interplay and raw emotion.
"A typical Strigalev collision of hip jazz virtuosity and surrealism.....Strigalev's alto displays bebop agility, shivery lyricism, or sometimes a bluesy Ornette-ish swerve."
★★★★; The Guardian
Possessing fire, grace and edgy attitude alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev is a young virtuoso forging an increasingly high profile international presence.
In the eight years since graduating from London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Music in 2007, Strigalev has cut a dynamic path between the London and New York jazz scenes.
He’s worked with some of today’s most forward thinking musicians and appeared at many world leading jazz festivals, performing extensively in Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, France and Britain.
Now with five albums under his belt, Strigalev has reached a new level of artistic maturity on his superb new albums Robin Goodie and Never Group
This new trio project Never Group. Recorded over two days in Berlin with the rhythm section of electric bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Eric Harland – as well as welcoming guests such as keyboardist John Escreet, double bassist Matt Penman and trumpeter Alex Bonney – Strigalev’s desire with this different focus, is to fashion the unexpected and the fleeting (alluded to in the project name) both from his own original compositions and the contributions of respected Austrian electronics composer/musician Bruno Liberda (who also appeared on the recording).
Tonight we will a touring version of that music.
"Russian-born saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev (long domiciled in the UK) is one of jazz’s mavericks. His playing has a mastery which puts him right at jazz’s heart."
★★★★ The Telegraph (Ronnie Scott’s live review)
Entry requirements: