Jazz at Trades 6th of August

This August Jazz at Trades is excited to welcome a very special guest, George Garford on alto saxophone! George Garford is a saxophonist, composer and improviser active in the UK's intersecting contemporary jazz & improvised music scenes. Garford leads IDEASTHESIA, the contemporary jazz quintet that explores his original material. He also writes & plays with the post-fusion group DREAMSCAPES & co-leads free-improvising quartet LET FOREVER BE DELAYED. Garford frequently collaborates, records, performs & tours with musicians such as Josh Walker-Martin, Julien Durand, Dan Kemshell, Tara Cunningham, Olivia Murphy, Olly Chalk, Torin Davies, Sam Eastmond, John Bisset, Huw V Williams, Cameron Scott, Myra Brownbridge, Leo Morland, Julia Br?ssel & Caius Williams. Currently, Garford co-curates the monthly cult improvised music club ~ ?the pool? ~ alongside lap steel guitarist John Bisset. In the heart of Stoke Newington (where the connections to improvised music run deep) they program improvised music in the unique setting of an underground swimming pool. In 2024, he ran the FUTUREPROOF residency @ RYAN?S N16 and is committed to supporting the capital?s grassroots circuits. Simultaneously, he can regularly be heard playing a diversity of music(s) at established venues including The Vortex, Cafe OTO, The Jazz Cafe, The Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. George will be joined for this gig by a great rhythm section of Olly Chalk (piano), Tom Rivi?re (double bass) and Mark Hale (drums). Another evening not to be missed, we hope you can join us! Doors at 7pm, music from 8pm Our two tier pricing system aims to strike a balance between making our event accessible for all, whilst trying to ensure we can pay the musicians a fair wage for their performance. Please consider paying the full ticket price of ?10 if you can, to help support our musicians and help to cover the costs involved in running the night.