The BruMing Band - Celebrating the music of Brubeck & Mingus

Thursday 1st February 2024

Welcome, welcome to the first Spin gig of 2024; Happy New Year to all Spin fans!

We kick off the year with a brand new band, set up to celebrate the music of two celebrated jazz pioneers, Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus. Both of these bandleaders put out ground-breaking albums in 1959: 'Time Out' and 'Ah Um', respectively; it is from these recordings that The BruMing Band are drawing their material.

The band features the amazing virtuoso and long-time Spin favourite, David Gordon, on piano. David is an incredibly inventive musician who draws on a hugely diverse musical background, which ranges from playing harpsichord with the London Concertante to outrageous piano stylings with such jazz luminaries as Chris Garrick, Jacqui Dankworth, and Tango with Zum and the London Tango Quintet.

On saxes is Bristol-based Jake McMurchie.  Jake's distinctive sound, imagination and melodic invention have made him a key member of many innovative and exciting bands, notably Get The Blessing, Michelson Morley, Portishead and Massive Attack, among many others.

Mingus’s huge shoes are filled by the outstanding bassist (and raconteur!), Sandy Burnett. Sandy has worked as a musical director at the RSC National Theatre and spent over a decade as one of BBC Radio 3’s core presenters; this all aside from his regular jazz work with many of the finest musicians in the UK.

Completing the line-up on drums is Paul Cavaciuti, another long-time stalwart of the Spin. Paul spent over a decade living in the US where he absorbed the language of jazz first-hand. His infectious groove and creative playing have featured in a multitude of different musical contexts. He has worked with a huge number of the top names in British jazz (including many years touring and recording with the David Gordon Trio) and has had his playing described by ‘Musician Magazine’ as “outstanding and virtuosic”.