ED JONES QUARTET

Award-winning Saxophonist/Composer Ed Jones returns to the quartet format with which he first made his name on the UK jazz scene over 30 years ago. The quartet played several gigs in late 2023 and are touring the UK in early 2024 presenting new music that will be recorded later this year.
This current lineup was formed in 2011 and initially inspired by the music of Wayne Shorter this quartet has branched out to feature original new compositions from Jones and bassist Riaan Vosloo with outstanding support from Ross Stanley on Piano and Tim Gilles on Drums. During this time through many tours, the Quartet have formed a unique identity of powerfully driven fire music with atmospheric improvised soundscapes drawing both from original compositions with arrangements and fresh interpretations of the American songbook repertoire.

The band have not been in the studio since the 2017 release of the critically acclaimed "For Your Ears Only" (Impossible Ark Records) so news of the new compositions and new album for 2024 has caused quite a stir in jazz circles. This is going to be a very special night.


"A formidable saxophonist. Ed Jones may have hit his highest profile through his work with bands US3 and Incognito, but he's an improviser to his fingertips, a player of forceful imagination, and one of the UK's most distinctive saxophonists." - John Fordham The Guardian.

"The Vigorous, sometimes downright volcanic tenor sound of Ed Jones has long been one of the great live delights of British Jazz. His barnstorming 'terrier with a rat' approach raises the music's temperature whenever he solos ".  - Chris Parker, Jazzwise.