Party: Jeff Williams Quartet

Party: Jeff Williams Quartet

"A top notch British band plays superbly throughout with Williams' intelligent but approachable compositions giving them plenty to get their teeth into." **** -Ian Mann

Jeff Williams - Drums, Josh Arcoleo - Sax, John O'Gallagher - Alto Sax and Sam Lasserson - Bass

Over his forty-year career the American drummer and composer, Jeff Williams has accompanied the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley, Randy Brecker, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone and Mike Gibbs, amongst others. Since 2005 he has been based both in New York and London with bands in each location, working with an exploding generation of younger players. From this pool of talent Jeff has cast his current UK ensemble.

Josh Arcoleo won a Yamaha Parliamentary Jazz Scholarship and the Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize. He is "one of the best young saxophonists to emerge in the UK in recent years" according to Jazz critic, Ian Mann.
John O'Gallagher is a stunning American saxophonist.
Double bassist Sam Lasserson John Fordham called him "the lynchpin" in Jeff’s quintet, says John Fordham.

"A treasure of a group" - Mike Collins