The Verdict, Brighton 

ARQ (Alison Rayner Quintet).

A winner of the Jazz Services Recording Subsidy Award for 2013, bass player and composer Alison Rayner leads this contemporary jazz quintet. Original compositions draw on a love for lyrical melodies, deep grooves and influences from folk, funk and Latin.

The lineup features pianist Steve Lodder (Andy Shepherd, George Russell, John Harle); guitarist Deirdre Cartwright (the Guest Stars and BBC TV’s Rockschool programme); saxophonist Diane McLoughlin (Giant Steppes Jazz Orchestra, Vortex Foundation Big Band) and drummer Buster Birch (Heads South, London Jazz Trio).

£10/8 concs
01273 674847

ARQ are releasing their first album AUGUST in October 2014, supported by the Jazz Services Recording Subsidy Scheme.