Andrea Vicary Band Ft. Mornington Lockett
Entry Requirements: Under 18s to be accompanied by an appropriate adult
Performing original compositions from her CD "The Mirror”, based on varied styles and grooves from flamenco to South African rhythms and showcasing the extraordinary improvisational skills of Mornington Lockett as well as her own piano playing, "a constant delight - intense, probing, and generating a seemingly endless succession of ideas … " - Jazz UK Magazine. The band also feature Jez Franks on guitar, Dorian Lockett on acoustic and electric bass and Nic France on drums. Andrea Vicari made her mark on the UK jazz scene both as a pianist and composer and has four CDs under her own name. She has performed at numerous jazz festivals such as Nottingham, Wakefield, Scarborough and Brecon and with world greats Eddie Harris and Art Farmer as well as presenting a weekly radio programme, "Andrea Vicari's Jazz Doodles" on Jazz London Radio. Mornington Lockett, one of the most technically accomplished saxophonists on the London jazz scene, has played and recorded with just about everybody including the Ronnie Scott band, Martin Drew’s ‘The New Couriers’, US organ legend Jimmy Smith, Jack de Johnette, Neils HO Pederson, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin, Ian Shaw and Sarah Jane Morris among many others. "One of the most accomplished contemporary improvisers ...with a fearsome technique and an advanced harmonic approach …. " Time Out. Jez Franks has performed, recorded and toured with among others, Tom Arthurs’ ‘Centripede’, Asaf Sirkis’ ‘Inner Noise’, Henry Lowther, Loz Speyer’s ‘Timezone’, Rick Astley and ‘Solstice’ and toured Portugal, Poland and Austria. Dorian Lockett, electric and double bass, has worked with Spanish harmonica prodigy Antonio Serrano (Paco de Lucia), 80’s star Hazel O’Connor, crooning legend Tony Martin, Elvis Stanic in Croatia and many others. Drummer and Loose Tubes founder Nic France (Ian Carr's Nucleus, Allan Holdsworth, Martin Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Hank Crawford, David ‘Fathead’ Newman, John Taylor, Gordon Beck, L. Shankar & Mose Allison), has toured and recorded with Bill Withers, Tanita Tikaram, Working Week, Pete Townsend and Thomas Dolby and recently played with Annie Lennox and Nigel Kennedy.