PARTISANS is Phil Robson on guitar, Julian Siegel on saxophones, Laurence Cottle on bass and Gene Calderazzo on drums. Phil and Julian lead jointly and write and arrange ornate,
expressive tunes that call upon incongruent sources as far apart as dainty ballads, rocky grooves and coarse hard bop, brought together as a skeleton around which the flesh of their bold,
fiery, invigorating and thoroughly modern jazz is formed.
Guitarist Phil Robson has experienced a briskly developing career from his early teens, playing with no less than John Etheridge, Tim Garland, Mornington Locket, Gerard Presencer,
Stan Sulzmann, Jean Toussaint, Bobby Wellins and Kenny Wheeler. He has toured widely through Europe and elsewhere and has played at festivals in Bath, Brecon, Cheltenham and Glasgow.
Julian Siegel is much in demand in the UK, leading his own quartet as well as this one and playing also with bands run by Julian Arguelles, Larry Bartley, Django Bates, Ingrid Laubrock,
Kirk Lightsey, Stan Sulzmann, Colin Towns, Byron Wallen and Jason Yarde.
Bassist Laurence Cottle started on trombone, switching to bass guitar at 16. He became guitarist Jim Mullen’s bassist for the best part of eight years, recording and touring extensively.
His jazz know-how has seen him playing with Dave Newton, Gerard Presencer, Tommy Smith, Clark Tracey and Bobby Wellins and he has played bass for musicians as varied as Eric Clapton,
Brian Eno, James Galway, Nina Hagen, Tom Jones, Black Sabbath and Seal. He is known also to have been a member of Procol Harum.
Gene Calderazzo is a native of New York and began his musical studies at the Berkley College of Music in Boston, moving on to Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York,
where he performed with Michael Brecker, Lionel Hampton, Joe Henderson and Reggie Workman. Since making the UK his home base in 1995, Gene has worked with Guy Barker, Gordon Beck,
Randy Brecker, Joey Calderazzo, Dave Green, Steve Grossman, Gary Husband, James Moody and Phil Woods.
Partisans’ music is often described as jazz-rock, combining Bitches Brew type funky dory jazz-rock with the foxy Experience of Jimi Hendrix. Don’t let that worry you though:
this is a high-energy musical experience with a jazz life all its own.
Tickets are £8.00 and £6.00 (concessions) and for advance tickets call CaféJAZZ on 029 2038 7026.
There is also a music/supper package available for just £15.95.
For further information and review tickets contact Andrew Powell on andrew@powell84.fsnet.co.uk or 029 2048 4014.
