21st July 2016: Ivo Neame to tour UK this autumn with quintet ft.Tori Freestone, Jim Hart, Huw Williams and Dave Hamblett.

Collaborating again with UK luminaries (including three fellow Whirlwind artists) Tori Freestone (saxes/flutes), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Tom Farmer (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums), this collection of eight Ivo Neame originals gyrates energetically with complex written grooves and varying instrumental colors to spark opportunities for venturous, improvised blowing.  A player whose style – whether through programmatic or differing improvisatory structures – is certainly distinct amongst today’s jazz pianists, his particular aspiration for Strata is that it might reveal “memorable themes which make an impact on the listener, both musically and emotionally”.

This Autumn, Ivo will be touring the UK with his quintet featuring Tori Freestone (saxes/flute), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Huw Williams (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums.)

 For further details go: here

24th Sept – Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton (duo with Maciek Pysz)

30th Sept – Calstock Arts

2nd Oct – Jazz East Felixstowe

8th Oct – Cafe Posk, Hammersmith

12th Oct – The Vortex, London (duo with Maciek Pysz)

20th Oct – Capstone Theatre, Liverpool

21st Oct – Workshop, Leeds College of Music

22nd Oct – St. Gregory’s, Canterbury Festival

23rd Nov – Restormel Arts, St Austell, Cornwall

24th Nov – Future Inns, Bristol

13th Dec – St Ives Jazz

14th Dec – Ashburton, Devon

15th Dec – Soundcellar, Poole

16th Dec – Leicester Jazzhouse (duo with Maciek Pysz)