Tickets: £22.50 Seat at a shared Table for 4 /£17.50 Seat - No Table

Doors: 7.30pm

Show: 8:00pm-9:30pm - Single Set 75 min

Please note you can book for dinner either before or after the show.

The Hampstead Jazz Club is pleased to be taking part in this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival bringing you a line-up of our esteemed artists.

A night of electrifying hard bop at Hampstead Jazz Club, featuring a powerhouse line-up led by saxophonist Leo Richardson and trumpeter Quentin Collins.

Having played together for several years, they’ve honed an unmistakable chemistry that comes to life on stage. With the soulful Ross Stanley on organ and the dynamic Darren Beckett on drums, the quartet promises an unforgettable evening filled with tight grooves, and fiery solos.

Leo Richardson

Without a doubt, Leo Richardson is widely recognised to be one of the UK's leading Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, best known for his honest, straight-ahead, contemporary hard-bop style. His most significant influences include John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver and Art Blakey.

In 2009, Leo was awarded a scholarship to study Jazz at the prestigious Trinity College of Music. Whilst at Trinity, Leo studied with world-class saxophonists including Jean Toussaint, Julian Siegel, Martin Speake, Mark Lockheart and Mick Foster. In 2012, Leo was awarded the Trinity College of Music Jazz Achievement Award and in 2013 graduated with a 1st class degree with honours in Jazz Performance. He was also a Worshipful Company of Musicians Young Jazz Musician of the Year finalist in 2016.

Since graduating, Leo has been making a name for himself on the London Jazz scene. He has become an in demand side man and has collaborated with many well known musicians at acclaimed venues such as Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, The Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, o2 Arena, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Cadogan Hall, The Vortex Jazz Club and Glastonbury Music Festival. In 2015, Leo was nominated in the London Music Awards for Rising Star in the Jazz category. He regularly hosts the Late Late Show at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with his own quartet.

Some of Leo’s notable performance, touring and recording credits include: Kylie Minogue, John Oates, Jamie Cullum, Gregory Porter, Van Morrison, TLC, Kurt Elling, Brian May, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Ronnie Scott's Allstars, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra, The Buddy Rich Big Band, Ben Sidran, James Burton, Ronnie Wood, Gabrielle, Gary Barlow, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Sheléa, Albert Lee, Wet Wet Wet, Heritage Orchestra, Candi Staton, Mulatu Astatke, Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), Paul Shaffer, Paul Carrack, Deep Purple, Jason Scheff (Chicago), Steve Wariner, Tommy Emmanuel, Beverley Knight, John Newman, Ella Eyre, Jessie Ware, Julian Marley, Imelda May, Paul Jones, Freddie Mcgreggor, Maxi Priest, The BBC Proms, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, U.K. Apache, General Levy, Submotion Orchestra, Outlook Orchestra, Ronan Keating, Blue, Peter Andre, Mica Paris, Tom Chaplin (Keane), Anne-Marie, Clare Teal, Sheridan Smith, The Vamps, Il Divo, The Heliocentrics, Elaine Delmar, Alan Skidmore, Eric Alexander, Joe Sanders, Willie Jones III, Dan Nimmer, Gary Husband, Dick Pearce, Norma Winstone and Jim Mullen.

Quentin Collins

During a career of over 20 years, trumpeter Quentin Collins has established himself as one of the UK’s top jazz/commercial players. He has performed, toured and recorded with a plethora of internationally renowned artists across many genres including Fred Wesley, Gregory Porter, Mark Ronson, Omar, Basement Jaxx, Roy Ayers, Alicia Keys, Dennis Rollins and Mulatu Astatke.

At just 19 years old, he featured on ‘Star Chasers’, a track from 4Hero’s Mercury nominated album Two Pages and soon after, played on the instantly recognisable ‘Do Your Thing’ by Basement Jaxx.

His debut as leader came with the release of "If Not Now Then When" (Sunlightsquare, 2007) and in 2019 he assembled an all-star, transatlantic sextet to release Road Warrior (Ubuntu Music), a collection of original, straight-ahead contemporary bop compositions written by Collins and alto saxophone ace Tom Harrison. The album features pianist Dan Nimmer, drummer Willie jones III, bassist Joe Sanders, tenor sax player Leo Richardson and Meilana Gillard on alto sax.

Amongst other plaudits, the album received a ★★★★ review from the Guardian Newspaper that stated: “The combination of virtuosity, togetherness and sheer spirit that emerges from these nine tracks is quite remarkable.” and a glowing review from Jazz Journal described it as “A vibrant mix of contemporary straight ahead jazz and hard bop... This is creative ensemble playing of the highest order. It sparkles with energy and has highly impressive soloing from musicians at the top of their game."

For the past twelve years, Quentin has toured the world extensively with the Kyle Eastwood Band and is featured prominently as a performer and arranger on Cinematic (Pias, 2019) and as performer and composer on In Transit (Pias, 2017), Time Pieces (Jazz Village, 2015) and The View From Here (Jazz Village, 2013).

In 2015 Quentin co-founded Ubuntu Music with Martin Hummel, a label building a reputation for nurturing the careers of young & gifted artists and connect them with wider audiences. His role as Artistic Director allowed him to develop his skills as a producer and he played an integral role in the critically acclaimed debut albums Leo Richardson's The Chase, Camilla George’s Isang and Noemi Nuti’s Nice to Meet You as well as Chet Baker Live in London. He also produced his own QC/BA (a Hammond-organ quartet with tenor sax titan Brandon Allen) album Beauty in Quiet Places (Ubuntu Music, 2015), the follow up to debut What’s it Gonna Be (Sunlightsquare, 2011), and lauded in ‘Blues and Soul Magazine’ as being “So damn infectious, it's almost impossible to resist!"

"When I heard this album my immediate thought was that all bets are off regarding the CD of the Year.” - Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here

"I have known Leo Richardson for several years and in my view he is destined to become one of the finest jazz tenor saxophone players this country has produced. He has a rare natural talent" - Alan Skidmore

LINE-UP:

Tenor sax – Leo Richardson

Trumpet – Quentin Collins

Drums – Darren Beckett

Organ - Ross Stanley

Please note, The Club is not licensed to allow access to Children under the age of 16 after 9pm, so for evening performances, please do not book tickets for children under the age of 16. Children aged 16 and above are welcome at any time.

For £22.50 Tickets:

Seats are not numbered and you will be seated at available tables. Please note tables seat 4 people, so for bookings of less than 4 people, you will be seated and share a table for 4.

For £17.50 Tickets:

This is a fully seated event. Seats are not numbered and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Please NOTE, there is NO food served in the Jazz Club, there is a bar for drinks. We advise booking a table for dinner at the Duke of Hamilton upstairs at least 1hr before show-time - Book Here

Please note the Jazz Club is situated in the basement of the Duke of Hamilton Pub and access is via a number of stairs. The nearest toilets are situated on the 1^st floor of the Pub.