ARQ on tour
Sherborne Jazz
Plume of Feathers
ARQ 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).
Tickets: £12/8 concs
ARQ are releasing their first album AUGUST in October 2014, supported by the Jazz Services Recording Subsidy Scheme.
“August could hardly represent a sharper reminder to the British
jazz world of the breadth and depth of Alison Rayner’s often unsung
talents… It’s taken a while for Alison Rayner the composer to step all
the way out of the shadows. But on the strength of this fine album,
she might have to get used to the spotlight.”
John Fordham
Blow the Fuse Records BTF1411CD
Distribution: Proper Notes
