Tom Sochas Trio - New Album 'Facing North'
Friday 27th 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.
Franco-American pianist Tom Sochas and his trio return to Hampstead Jazz Club premiering new Mountain-inspired music from their upcoming album ‘Facing North’, composed in the arctic circle on a small island off the coast of Norway. Not to be missed!
The show will feature Tom on piano and electronic textures, Theo Malka-Wishart on double bass and Filippo Galli on drums. The music will also be accompanied by mountain related projections and animations. Expect a blend of delicate contrapuntal melodies, spacious Scandi soundscapes as well as harder hitting grooves!
TOM SOCHAS
Tom Sochas is a Franco-American pianist born and raised in Paris, France and Nairobi, Kenya. Tom moved to London in 2011 and began to compose for quartet and brainchild ‘Phoenician Blinds‘. The contemporary jazz quartet has kept very busy and released three critically acclaimed albums as well as keeping a busy touring schedule in the UK and Europe.
Tom’s love of lyrical and melodic music, hard hitting post-bop and his passion for western classical music has led him to developing a unique sound, itself materialising into his first solo EP, ‘You could hear the bird sing’. Following it’s success Tom Sochas released his debut trio album ‘The Sorcerer‘ on Khumbu Records in April 2022. Tom was awarded the Do It Differently grant from Help Musicians UK to support the release of this record.
Tom and the trio have had the pleasure of touring this record and performing to sold-out audiences in some of Europe’s greatest jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s in London, Birdland in Hamburg, Sunset Sunside in Paris, Philly Joe’s in Tallinn, Sala Clamores in Madrid, The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh and Milano Jazz Club in Barcelona amongst others. Tom was very recently awarded a another grant by Help Musicians UK and is set to release a new mountain inspired trio album Facing North in November 2024.
“Spellbinding piano from Tom Sochas… a very, very beautiful album.” — Jamie Cullum
★★★★ “The Sorcerer” resonates deeper with every play.” — MOJO
★★★★ “The Sorcerer” is full of surprises, intricate mood swings and unfolds gradually, with all its meditativeness, leaving no opportunity for the listener to get bored.” — Jazzist Magazine
LINE-UP:
Tom Sochas – Piano
Theo Malka-Wishart – Bass
Filippo Galli – Drums
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