Roller Trio + guests (Music:Leeds / Jazz Leeds Festival)

A night of JazzNotJazz at Brudenell Social Club as part of Jazz Leeds Festival curated by Music:Leeds with partners The Leaf Label

Brudenell Social Club, Hyde Park
6pm - late
Pay What You Can
*All profits contribute toward supporting emerging artists in the region through Music:Leeds Launchpad*

Headined by Roller Trio, the majority of the line-up will be made up of artists selected from Music:Leeds Launchpad callout

Artists based in the West Yorkshire area have until Wednesday 19th June to submit their music for consideration, as well as recording and mentoring opportunities. For full details and to submit your music please visit: https://www.musicleeds.com/launchpad

ROLLER TRIO

Roller:Trio are James Mainwaring, saxophone & electronics, Chris Sharkey, guitar/bass & electronics and Luke Reddin-Williams, drums.

Leeds based Roller:Trio return in June 2018 with a new album, a new sound, a new line-up and a new home at Edition Records. On their previous two albums Roller:Trio have stunned audiences and won great critical praise for their mix of high-octane technique and deceptively catchy tunes. Chosen for a BBC Introducing showcase at Band on the Wall in 2011 by tastemakers Gilles Peterson, Mike Chadwick and Kevin LeGendre, they subsequently won the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award and their eponymous debut album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize. That same year they were also nominated for the MOBO Best Jazz Act and Jazz FM Best Newcomer awards.

With their new album Roller:Trio have moved up a gear. The addition of guitarist Chris Sharkey (TrioVD, Acoustic Ladyland) has enabled the band to explore greater use of electronics, blending powerful grooves with processed beats for a much more edgy and raw sound. With their new base at Edition Records Roller:Trio now have the opportunity to grow a significant international following, confirming them as one of the hippest and most forward-thinking small ensembles in European jazz now! As Saxophonist 

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Music:Leeds Launchpad offers emerging artists, musicians, singers, DJs and bands in Leeds & West Yorkshire region the opportunity to receive paid recording time, live showcases and industry mentoring - as well as attending workshops & networking focused on a range of themes and genres to develop your music and support careers in the music industry - through support from Leeds City Council, Leeds 2023, PRS Foundation and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Music:Leeds has been established to act as a single, centralised point of contact that will coordinate activity to support, promote, develop and grow music-based activity within the city and wider region, across any level, medium, genre or pathway.
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