Nick Costley-White Trio “Nice Work!”
Thursday 28th September 2023
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.
The Hampstead Jazz club presents Acclaimed UK Guitarist Nick Costley-White leads his trio featuring Tom Farmer (Empirical, Anoushka Shankar) on bass and Josh Morrison (Stacey Kent, Dave O Higgins) on drums. The band is fresh from the studio recording their debut EP “Nice Work!”, featuring compositions by some of the greats of the modal jazz era alongside favourites from the American Songbook.
Having notched up hundred of hours on the bandstand together they’ve honed their trio sound over the course of years of gigging on the London jazz circuit. Expect swinging and dynamic improvising from three of the most in demand players in the country.
Acclaimed UK Guitarist Nick Costley-White leads his trio featuring Tom Farmer (Empirical, Anoushka Shankar) on bass and Josh Morrison (Stacey Kent, Dave O Higgins) on drums. The band is fresh from the studio recording their debut EP “Nice Work!”, featuring compositions by some of the greats of the modal jazz era alongside favourites from the American Songbook. Having notched up hundred of hours on the bandstand together they’ve honed their trio sound over the course of years of gigging on the London jazz circuit. Expect swinging and dynamic improvising from three of the most in demand players in the country.
Nick has performed all over the world in some of the most historic jazz clubs, including the Blue Note Jazz Club in Milan, Beijing and Shanhai, as well as tours in Australia, Brazil, Europe and America. He has recorded dozens of albums as a sideman as well as releasing his debut quartet album “Detour Ahead” in 2018 to critical acclaim. He’s continued to be in high demand as a collaborator in the bands of some of the countries most established artists including Gareth Lockrane, Martin Speake, Alex Garnett, Rob Barron, John Warren and Stan Sulzmann. In 2022 Nick was offered the guitar chair in the London Jazz Orchestra, a historic group which he performs and composes for at their monthly residency at the Vortex. Nick is also a passionate teacher and has had the great opportunity to teach as a guest both the Guildhall School of music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Nick’s bandmates Josh Morrison and Tom Farmer are stalwarts of the UK jazz scene, performing in a broad range of styles at the absolute highest level. As a young music student in the late 2000s Nick was inspired to hear these two perform together on London’s buzzing grassroots contemporary jazz scene with bands such as Round Trip. It’s now with great pleasure that Nick has the opportunity to collaborate and perform so frequently with them as contemporaries.
“I was struck by the sheer presence and melodic heft and ease of Nick Costley-White’s playing. The ideas flow naturally, the sound is gorgeous, there’s just nothing missing” – Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News
LINE-UP:
Guitar – Nick Costley-White
Drums – Josh Morrison
Bass – Tom Farmer
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