8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door
Julian
Siegel studied sax, clarinet and conducting at UEA, Norwich. Moving to
London in 1991 he became known on his second instrument, the double
bass. Now established as one of the most in-demand saxophonists on the
scene, his current bands are the Julian Siegel Quartet featuring pianist
Liam Noble, the Julian Siegel Trio with US stars drummer Joey Baron and
bassist Greg Cohen and the influential band Partisans, co-led for the
last 14 years with guitarist Phil Robson. Julian has played in large
ensembles led by Andrew Hill, Mike Gibbs alongside Bill Frisell, Steve
Swallow and Adam Nussbaum, the Hermeto Pascoal UK Big Band, Django Bates
Delightful Precipice, John Taylor, Jazz Jamaica, Kenny Wheeler, Colin
Towns with the NDR big band, Hans Koller New Memories Band with Steve
Lacy and with Jason Yarde's'Acoutastic Bombastic' In smaller groups he
has played with Gary Husband’s ‘Drive’, Django Bates’ Human Chain, NYC
performance artist/violinist Laurie Anderson and
pianist/singer-songwriter Steve Nieve, The Smith Quartet, Kirk Lightsey,
Norma Winstone and Jason Palmer’s Quartet featuring Jeff Ballard.