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Pete Roth (Electric Guitar), Mike Pratt (Electric Bass), Bill Bruford (Drums)

The Pete Roth Trio creates jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond jazz conventions. Originally from Germany, Pete Roth's guitar style originates from a blues and rock background. However, his musical horizons expanded when he ventured to England to study jazz. There, he delved into the rich complexities of the genre, drawing influence from luminaries such as Joe Pass, John Scofield, and Julian Lage.

The band features legendary drummer Bill Bruford, internationally known as rock musician with the prog-rock outfits 'Yes', 'Genesis' and 'King Crimson'.
Bill also has impeccable jazz credentials, having recorded, performed with or written music for Al Di Meola, the Buddy Rich Orchestra , Allan Holdsworth, Django Bates and Chris Botti, as well as his own groundbreaking jazz fusion groups 'Bruford' and 'Earthworks'.

Bruford was voted into Modern Drummer Magazine's Hall of Fame (1990), and named by Rolling Stone Magazine as #16 Greatest Drummer of All Time (2016) and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of 'Yes' (2017).

Mike Pratt is a double bass and bass guitar player, composer and producer based in London. Mike performed fortnightly at Ronnie Scott's for several years in the ensemble Shorter Than Miles. Mike plays and writes for the jazz fusion project KGQ with Kieron Garret featuring Dave O'Higgins and Duncan Eagles on saxophones. He has performed with Acantha Lang & Liane Carroll, and at the Cape Town Jazz Festival, the Jazz Cafe and The Royal Albert Hall as well as many jazz venues in London, across the UK and abroad.

The trio will present a combination of Roth's original compositions, collaborative works, and interpretations of jazz & funk standards, even a piece inspired by Dvorak. This offers an insight into the trio's approach to the trio format.

Pete Roth Trio Tour Promo
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Quentin Collins (Trumpet), Vasilis Xenopoulos (Saxes), Rob Barron (Piano),
Matyas Hofecker (Bass), Matt Home (Drums)

Five-Way Split is a jointly led band which was formed in 2020 and features some of the finest contemporary jazz bebop musicians in the UK. Five-Way Split is fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins, Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos and the golden touch of pianist Rob Barron. Added to this is virtuosic double bassist Matyas Hofecker and hard-swinging drummer Matt Home.

The band's vision is to carry on the lineage of groups like Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as well mirroring the New York contemporary-bop scene. From this inspiration, the band presents a sound that respects the tradition of the hard-bop era whilst also bringing it up to date for today's audience..

With an extensive repertoire of carefully crafted and imaginative original compositions, along with cool, swinging material by greats like Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton and Horace Silver, Five-Way Split delivers some of the best swinging and soulful music in contemporary jazz.

Five-Way Split in the studio, playing 'Out of Wayne's Bag' by Vasilis Xenopoulos.
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Greg Osby (USA), (Alto Sax), Ivo Neame (UK), (Piano), François Moutin (FR), (Bass), Florian Arbenz (Switz), (Drums)

Greg Osby is a saxophonist, composer, producer, educator and curator, who has been a formidable presence on the international music scene as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with other acclaimed groups for the past 39 years. Highly regarded for his insightful and innovative approach to composition and performance, Osby is an inspired voice among the ranks of improvising musicians. He has earned numerous awards and critical acclaim for his recorded works and passionate live appearances and has been recognized by The New York Times as one of the "most provocative musical thinkers of his generation".

Osby has worked with a who's who of top jazz artists from Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Chic Corea and even the Grateful Dead. In 1985 he joined drummer Jack DeJohnette's seminal 'Special Edition', where he honed his improvisational skills and led to continued work together over many years. Quite simply, he is one of the best in the world!

Florian Arbenz first collaborated with Greg Osby back in 1998, that professional relationship has now lasted over 25 years. Florian has a long term trio with his pianist twin brother Michael Arbenz, which they called the Vein Trio, this trio collaborated with Osby as well as Dave Liebman, Ron Carter and most recently Andy Sheppard.

Greg & Florian have also worked as duo; however, this gig has come together as an American / European project especially for this gig. In comes talented UK pianist Ivo Neame (Phronesis, Marius Neset Quintet) and French bassist François Moutin (Martial Solal, Monty Alexander, Archie Shepp), to work in tandem with the pair.

This may well turn out to be the highlight of the Jazzata programme for 2026..

Greg Osby & Florian Arbenz Taken from the 2020 album release Reflections of the Eternal Line, this track features Greg and Florian, improvising a piece called 'Wooden Lines', while the recording was made in the workshop of renowned painter Stephan Spicher in Basel, Switzerland, who created an original artwork during the session. It shows the mastery of their instruments, however the live gig in March will be a fuller sound with the quartet line-up
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Xavi Torres (Piano), Jasper Høiby (Bass), Naima Acuña (Drums)

Jasper Høiby's trio 3Elements stands as one of Europe's most compelling contemporary piano trios around. His new album 'Conversations of Hope', to be released on Edition Records in March 2026, featuring Naima Acuña on drums and Xavi Torres on piano, captures a band working at full intensity.

The sound is physical and fast-moving, with a melodic and bold, bass-driven sound that highlights Høiby's knack for enthralling musical synergy. They use shifting time signatures and a shared instinct for when to push and when to leave space.
Acuña's driving, detailed drumming and Torres' clear, harmonically rich piano language meet Høiby's bass-led writing in music that feels urgent, open and deeply connected.

Høiby first emerged internationally as the founder of Phronesis, the influential trio formed in 2005 that reshaped expectations of the piano trio through a balance of structure, risk and collective momentum. Across a decade of touring and acclaimed releases, Phronesis established Høiby as a composer and bandleader with a strong sense of form and narrative. That experience feeds directly into 3Elements, alongside his work with Planet B and Fellow Creatures, as he continues to develop projects centred on interaction, energy and forward-thinking ensemble writing.

3Elements features a revolving line-up of some of Europe's best emerging talent. The new 2025/6 trio line-up will feature the exceptional talents of Torres & Acuña. Both from Spain, both are some of the most in-demand musicians of their generation, playing in several high calibre projects across the world.
Xavi Torres in particular is a pinaist of real note, he has a stellar future

Jasper Høiby's '3Elements' in the studio recording the track 'High Sky' from the new March release 'Conversations of Hope'
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Robert Mitchell (Piano, Rhodes Mk8, Keytar (Roland Ax Edge), MPC Keys 37),
Zayn Mohammed (Guitars), Laurie Lowe (Drums)

"A Power Trio like no other" is how this outfit has been described, a wild mix of rock, jazz, fusion & more. It's certainly the most hard-edged group the extremely talented Steinway artist Robert Mitchell has put together to date. He is a long-standing figure in the UK jazz scene, a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and a prolific artist with many albums and several bands under his belt, including Epiphany3 and TRUE THINK.

Drawing inspiration from the heavy fusion of Chick Corea and Allan Holdsworth, the psychedelic bluesy swagger of Jimi Hendrix, and the fearless multi-media explorations of Cecil Taylor.
Little Black Book brings together three bravura players in uplifting performance. Laurie Lowe on drums and Zayn Mohammed (Sky Guitar Star winner - 2nd series) on guitar, bring the exact combination of power, accuracy and unbounded imagination to make the project come alive.

These are three firebrand virtuosos, with a long-shared history, who wear their influences brightly on their sleeves. Rock, Fusion, Classical, Jazz, Spoken Word, Freeform and Cinematic Soundscapes and Robert's narration of original poetry combined with improv, and a first recording with the new Rhodes Mk8 and Roland Ax Edge 'Keytar'. - all generously mixed in a cauldron of synergy.

Polymath Mitchell is a composer, pianist, band leader, professor and poet, who has been lauded for his technique and empathy on the piano since a teenager. This group shows yet another progression in his career, working closer with guitar sounds, something he's wanted to do for some time. the effect is a hard edged, groove based trio with no holds barred.

Jimi @Granada is a track written by Robert about the time in 1967, when the legend Jimi Hendrix played The Granada Theatre in Tooting, London on his first tour of the UK. The video is a freaky animation, a-la the 60s psychodelic stuff similar to parts of The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper video
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