Jack Gillen Trio
Thursday 5th September 2024
Tickets: £20.00 Seat at a shared Table for 4 /£15.00 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.
Guitarist and composer Jack Gillen brings his idiosyncratic original music to Hampstead Jazz Club for the first time.
Enjoy an evening Jazz forms blend with blues, rock and classical music influences, resulting in a highly expressive, emotive and exciting playing style reminiscent of guitarists such as John Scofield, Bill Frisell and Julian Lage but with his own distinctive sound and composing style.
JACK GILLEN
Jack Gillen is a guitarist who doesn’t quite fit neatly into any one category – falling in love with classical guitar at age 7 and immersing him self in it, before becoming obsessed with Jimi Hendrix (and consequently electric guitar) at 15, then going on to study Jazz at Leeds College of Music for 3 years are just a few early snapshots of a musical journey that refuses to settle in one place.
Returning to his home town of London after studying in Leeds, Jack cut his teeth as a session guitarist/ co-writer/ musical director/ producer, working with artists in various musical settings and playing the role of musical chameleon, meanwhile learning a lot about the nuances of songwriting and music making.
After a particularly influential lesson with UK guitar legend Mike Walker (The Impossible Gentlemen), Jack decided to start his own trio and begin creating his own original music, the first evidence of this being his EP ‘The Long Way Down’. In composing for his budding guitar trio, Jack draws influence from the likes of Nick Drake, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix and Frederic Chopin (as well as modern guitar heroes like Julian Lage and John Scofield), guided by a deeply introspective leaning and focus on emotional potency.
Years of collaboration with bassist Phil Donnelly and drummer Darren Beckett (Aaron Parks, Madeleine Peyroux, Kurt Rosenwinkel) have forged an unquestionable musical chemistry, which brings an exciting energy and spontaneity to this idiosyncratic yet accessible music which can go between sensitive ballads, hard grooves and cathartic rocking out, all with Gillen’s distinctive songwriter-esque approach to composing. The debut album ‘No Home But Here’ is set to be released later this year.
‘A real storyteller’ – Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Joey Baron, Larry Grenadier, Larry Goldings)
LINE-UP:
Guitar – Jack Gillen
Drums – Darren Beckett
Bass – Phil Donnelly
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 £20.00 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 £15.00 Tickets:
This is a fully seated event. Seats are not numbered and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
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 1st floor of the Pub.
Showtimes
Doors: 7:30 pm | Show: 8:00 pm