Spice Jazz Soho Presents: Denys Baptiste Quartet

After 25 years of solid jazz promoting, as founded by Paul Pace, at the Spice of Life Soho, nurturing upcoming talents as well as established masters of the music, the SpiceJazz Team (Tara Minton and Clement Regert) are excited to relocate their acclaimed operation to the well-appointed and stylish music room of Crazy Coqs.

Denys Baptiste presents his new quartet, exploring an exciting mix of new compositions, standards and revisiting a selection of his most memorable compositions from his award-winning albums.

This project features rising star Sultan Stevenson – a pianist of great depth and passion.

The mercurial Joel Barford on Drums. On the bass is Denys’ longtime collaborator Larry Bartley.

Expect an evening of deep swing infectious melodies and inventive solos

Line up:
Denys Baptiste: Tenor Sax
Sultan Stevenson: Piano
Joel Barford: Drums
Larey Bartley: Double-Bass

“Denys has once again taken his time. But it’s been worth the wait”– Jez Nelson, BBC3

“Classy takes on lesser-known jazz gems”– The Guardian
★★★★

“Baptiste leads this ensemble with great maturity, giving a sense of measure and focus to his improvisations”– Jazzwise
★★★★

Mercury Music Prize for An Album Of The Year – MOBO award winner 1999
Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Album 2004
BBC Jazz Award Nomination for Best New Work 2004
MOBO Nomination for Best Jazz Act 2004