John Stowell and Alex Merritt
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£15
£12 under 18, over 60
6.30pm Marcus Coates
7.45pm main show
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John Stowell and Alex Merritt
Alex Merritt tenor saxophone
John Stowell guitar
Will Harris bass
Eric Ford drums
A prominent figure in the US guitar world, John Stowell has lent his personal voice to work with many legends from the tradition over a 50 year career including Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, Herb Ellis, Dave Liebman and Billy Higgins amongst others.
Following a fruitful musical collaboration with saxophonist Alex Merritt and drummer Eric Ford in 2022- John will join forces with Alex and Eric once again, with the addition of fantastic Bristol-based bassist Will Harris for this show. The group will approach standard songs, and their own original music, that features arrangements and contrafact melodies on standards, in a fresh way; with a view to reinvention and a spacious take on group narrative and interaction.
6.30pm Marcus Coates
7.45pm main show
Running time approx. two hours and thirty minutes