The Spin presents: The Jon Lloyd Quartet ft. pianist extraordinaire, John Law @ OXTWO - Sunday 27th July, Doors 6pm
Doors: 6pm
Performance from 8.30pm
N.B. Kitchen open 6.00pm - 8.00pm
The Spin is delighted to be returning to the recently refurbished OXTWO (formally, the Summertown Wine Bar) on Sunday 27th July, kicking off a new series of shows at this lovely venue on each last Sunday of the month.
For this reopening, we bring you an outfit that The Guardian described as a “UK-based group presenting vibrant European Contemporary Jazz, played by a quartet of superb musicians…”
The leader and composer is tenor and soprano saxophonist Jon Lloyd, turning his attention now to European contemporary jazz using classical and non-western music influences (as well as jazz sources) to write vibrant, melodic and emotionally direct new jazz compositions. The quartet also comprises the virtuosic John Law (Congregation, Re-Creations, Art of Sound Trio with Yuri Golubev, Asaf Sirkis) on piano, Nick Pini (Laura Marling, Seth Lakeman, Izzie Yardley, Iain Ballamy) on double bass and Alex Goodyear (Yetii, Simon Spillett, Re-Creations, Jake McMurchie) on drums.
This is truly beautiful and very classy music performed by these masters. (Many of you might recall last year’s concert at Tap by John Law’s re-Creations: one of the most outstanding gigs of The Spin’s history!)
UK Jazz News wrote: “His tunes are steeped in the ECM aesthetic, and he and long-time collaborator John Law on piano make it sound like the only music you ever want to hear.”
Or this from a 4-star review in Jazzwise: “The interplay between the quartet members is magical, instinctive… creating music of often startling beauty.”
Well, Amen to all of that!
About the venue and the event: on the night, OXTWO will be serving their indulgent cheese Fondue alongside a seasonal Small Plates menu, ideal for sharing and grazing before the gig. Doors open from 6pm and food will be available in the lead-up to the performance. There’s no need to book for dining, but if you'd like to reserve a table for this, just drop OXTWO a line at info@oxtwo.co.uk. N.B. prior to 7.30pm, there will be loading in, setting up and rehearsing by the band.
So…let’s kick off this new series gigs in style! One thing to note: for your comfort, there are fewer tables than previously, so really, don’t delay folks, BOOK NOW!!!
Returns Policy:
As these Sunday shows require extra admin on our side, we're unfortunately unable to accept ticket returns for these events. Thanks for your understanding.
A note about the venue:
- We have brought the ‘doors’ time forward to 6pm as food is popular at the OXTWO. This allows for orders to be better staggered over the course of the evening.
- We seat people as much as possible on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This means that those who buy tickets first are allocated the better seats (as opposed to that allocation being for those that show up first on the night)…so, BOOK NOW (and also save £5 off the ticket prices with our early bird deal)!!
- We are ready to support people who have additional accessibility needs, please let us know in advance via the contact form in order for our team of volunteers to design the assigned seating plan to accommodate you.
- There is no dedicated parking for the venue, but there are local car parks and on-street parking available in Summertown.
Location:
OXTWO
267 Banbury Rd
Summertown
OX2 7HT
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