Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 5 |
Oct / 2017 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ Cambridge Modern Jazz Club | Cambridge | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ Omnibus Arts Centre | London | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ Clare Cellars | Cambridge | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ Coventry University | Coventry | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Alex Hitchcock/Tom Barford Quartet @ Ronnie Scott's | London | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ The Verdict | Brighton | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ London Jazz Festival | London | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ The Spotted Dog | Birmingham | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Alex Hitchcock Quintet @ The Bear Club | Luton |
2016 performances included sold-out shows at the London Jazz Festival and New Generation Jazz at The Verdict, Brighton.
Taking its compositional cue from an Anglo-American range of influences including Kneebody, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Jasper Hoiby, the group showcases a spirit of openness and interaction grounded in its members’ close musical relationships, while blurring the boundary between written and improvised music.
Featuring trumpeter James Copus (Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Orchestra), pianist Will Barry (Jasper Hoiby’s Fellow Creatures), bassist Joe Downard (NYJO) and firebrand drummer Jay Davis (Big Bad Wolf).
‘A fantastic young talent’ – Helen Mayhew, Jazz FM
‘Incredible young lion of the tenor sax’ – Gareth Lockrane
‘One to watch’ – Jazzwise
'...effectively mixed a traditional tenor-ballad warmth with a brisk contemporary attack' – John Fordham, The Guardian
'Hitchcock blows contemporary post-Coltrane tenor soaring up into the outer limits' – Bebop Spoken Here