Monsterosa

Wednesday 9th July 2025

We bring to you for the first time, a great new outfit based in Scotland: Monsterosa. The lineup features 5 players – that all have diverse careers in the jazz world – that have come together to create this quirky, original music which the London Jazz News described thus:

“The band are terrific: the whole ensemble play with a deftness and sensitivity… a joy to listen to”

The band is fronted by vocalist Rebecca Hollweg. Following performances at Glastonbury Festival and the London Jazz Festival, Jamie Cullum said of her: 

“A great singer who I love very much…a great, great album…a great listen from start to finish”.

The music is composed by bandleader and saxophonist, Graeme Wilson. Graeme’s work is hugely varied, ranging from commissions from the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra to lecturing and writing on the psychology of music (with works published by the Oxford University Press). In a review for Graeme’s album ‘Shoes for Losers’, Jazzwise had this to say:

“punchy, intense and demanding intricacies... the whole session is a love letter to daring spontaneity”

Andy Hamill is one of the UK’s most in-demand bass players. His deep musicianship has led him to work with, among many others, Laura Mvula, Eska, Annie Lennox, Nitin Sawhney, Carleen Anderson, Tim Minchin, Mark Murphy, Kylie Minogue, Anita Wardell…and so on and so on!

Also massively in demand is drummer Tom Gordon. Tom continues to hold the drum chair in The BBC Big Band and has worked with such A-list artists as Al Jarreau, Joe Sample, Jamie Cullum, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Eliane Elias, Sammy Nestico, Patti Austin, John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, and Jon Faddis.

The band is completed for this gig with The Spin’s own Pete Oxley on guitar (of whom you probably know enough about…and if not, check out his website: www.peteoxley.com)