Kevin Figes and Matt Hopkins Quartet

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Kevin Figes - alto sax, Matt Hopkins - guitar, Jules Jackson - bass, Andy Hague - drums

Kevin Figes predominantly plays alto sax but sometimes also includes flute and baritone sax in his armoury. A mainstay of the Bristol scene for many years now, Kevin is one of the city's most prolific composers and has arranged music for various sized ensembles as well as running his own label, Pig Records. His CD Changing Times was released during lockdown, and reflects his interests in UK jazz of the late 60s and early 70s from artists such as Mike Osborne and Soft Machine. Changing Times received a 4-star review from Dave Gelly in The Guardian.

For this newly formed quartet Kevin has joined forces with guitarist Matt Hopkins, whose melodic and inventive guitar playing has been featured in groups as stylistically diverse as Andy Sheppard’s Hotel Bristol, Emily Wright & The Royals and the Hopkins-Hammond Trio. He also takes the lead role in the “Music of Pat Metheny” project alongside pianist Dave Newton.

On bass we have multi-instrumentalist Jules Jackson - whilst bass is his main instrument he is equally proficient on drums and keyboards, and is also well known as a studio producer who has participated in the recording of many jazz albums. Besides all this he is Assistant Deputy Head of Jazz at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Andy Hague takes a break from trumpet to occupy the drum chair.