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Rising star pianist/composer Eddie Gripper makes his Kenilworth Jazz debut with his trio featuring Ursula Harrison on bass and Patrick Barrett-Donlon on drums as part of a national tour to promote their debut album HOME released on Ubuntu Music.

Eddie Gripper is an English pianist, composer and educator based in Cardiff, Wales. Born and raised in Oxford, he first moved to Cardiff in 2018 to study under the tutelage of Huw Warren before graduating with First Class Honours from Cardiff University.

He has worked as a performer, promoter and producer alongside top musicians in his field. Including: Huw Warren, Iain Ballamy, Laura Jurd, Alex Merritt, Yuri Golubev, Eric Ford, Kevin Glasgow and John Parricelli. As a composer, he has collaborated with welsh folk artist, Angharad Jenkins (Calan), in a handful of projects, exploring the various aspects of folk, jazz and contemporary classical traditions. ‘Hiraeth’, a band featuring Isaac Zuckerman, Daniel Newberry and Ursula Harrison, featured many of his own compositions alongside the work of other band mates, they featured as finalists in the 2022 edition of the International Bucharest Jazz Competition.

Ticket link : https://www.wegottickets.com/event/621586

The Wayne Matthews Trio have been playing together for over 12 years under various guises such as the Mike Sole Trio and Status trio which attributes to their residency at the Donkey in Leicester.

They recently played at the B:Music Symphony Hall with special guest – Violinist Benet Mclean, have played various festivals including the Northampton Music Festival and For the Love of Jazz Festival in Leicester and backed many artists including Esther Bennett, Ray Butcher and Elle J.

Displaying a rich tapestry of styles reflected by their influences, the trio play straight ahead, bebop, contemporary jazz alongside latin, funk, hip hop fusion styles.