Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-be-bop-club Joe Bradford - trombone, Greg Sterland - tenor sax, Tom Berge - piano, Chris Jones - bass, Paolo Adamo - drums Trombonist Joe Bradford returns to the Be-Bop Club after his last sold out appearance. This time bringing another fantastic quintet, playing a collection of his own compositions along with some hard bop tunes. Harking back to the 50's and 60's of East Coast Jazz, the group will be bringing intensity, intricate arrangements and plenty of warm lyricism to match. Drawing inspiration from artists like the Jazz Messengers, Jackie Mclean and Kenny Dorham. Trombonist Joe Bradford is a familiar face on the Bristol scene. Having grown up playing in local big bands, Joe studied in the USA for a year, under the tutelage of Steve Davis (Art Blakey, Chick Corea), and other greats. Since then Joe returned to Bristol as a professional player. You may have seen him playing with the Tammy Payne Quintet, the Jonny Bruce Organ Sextet, the Dockside Latin Orchestra or Soma Soma, and he is now also running a popular series of jazz workshops. Saxophonist Greg Sterland is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College and has played at the club several times before both as a band leader and as part of the Jonny Bruce Organ Quartet. He cites a wide range of influences including Lester Young, Lars Gullin, Warne Marsh and Joe Lovano and is renowned for his adventurous but melodic style of improvisation. Pianist Tom Berge is a graduate of Leeds College and is constantly busy gigging across the south west. With a growing reputation as a film composer, Tom wrote the music for Laura Tofarides' award winning short animation Brain Space. Click for promo video. Great to welcome back bassist Chris Jones - having been a mainstay of the Bristol music scene for several years, Chris moved up to Coventry in 2025. Chris studied jazz at the University of Exeter and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he had the privilege of studying and playing with some great musicians such as John Taylor, Stan Sulzmann, Mark Hodgson and Dave Holland. Drummer Paolo Adamo grew up in a tiny village in the southern Italian region of Molise. He attended the Thelonious Monk Jazz Academy of Campobasso for nine years, and for six years participated in Jazz Puzzle, an annual seminar in Belgium where he played with musicians from all over Europe, and which helped inform his decision at age 19 to relocate to Bristol to pursue a career in music.

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