Sunday 3 December

7pm doors, 7.30pm start

The Nigel Price Organ Trio

Amazing guitarist Nigel Price returns to Milestones for the penultimate date on his 43-date national tour. One of the most exciting and popular players in the UK today, his hard-swinging, blues-soaked grooves feature long flowing lines performed over originals and standards in the spirit of Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith and 1960’s Blue Note jazz. Petrol is thrown on the fire by the incredible Ross Stanley (Hammond organ) and Joel Barford (drums).

Visit Nigel's website here and watch plenty of YouTube footage here

Admission £14/£7 (U25) on the door or online

"…probably the most dynamic and gifted guitarist on the British jazz scene today"
All About Jazz

"Inventiveness, originality and ensemble playing are terrific"
The Observer

"It’s the group music – with Hammond organist Ross Stanley a treat as always – that packs the set’s real punch",
The Guardian

"This is just about as good as it gets..."
Bebop Spoken Here

Ross Stanley and Joel Barford



 

*PLEASE NOTE*: details of concerts and musicians appearing are correct at the time of writing although changes are sometimes necessary. Please feel free to check with us before attending.

 

 

 

 

 


Somebody who decides to play jazz for a living knows he will struggle for the rest of his life, unless he opts for predictable and soothing compromise. Honest jazz involves public exploration. It takes guts to make mistakes in public, and mistakes are inherent. If there are no mistakes, it's a mistake. In Keith Jarrett's solo improvisations you can hear him hesitate, turn in circles for a while, struggle to find the next idea. Bird used to start a phrase two or three times before figuring out how to continue it. The heart and soul of improvisation is turning mistakes into discovery. On the spot. Now. No second draft. It can take a toll night after night in front of an audience that just might be considering you shallow.

From 'Close Enough For Jazz', Mike Zwerin (1983)

 

Now, divine air! Now is his soul ravished! Is it not strange that sheeps' guts should hale souls out of men's bodies? Well, a horn for my money, when all's done.

From 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Act II, Scene iii), William Shakespeare (1600)

 

Onstage, he storms inwardly, glaring at his audience, wincing at his trumpet, stabbing and tugging at his ear. Often his solos degenerate into a curse blown again and again through his horn in four soft beats. But Miles can break hearts. Without attempting the strident showmanship of most trumpeters, he still creates a mood of terror suppressed - a lurking and highly exciting impression that he may some day blow his brains out playing.

Barry Farrell, writing in Time Magazine (February 28 1964)

 

Late in his career, drummer Earl Palmer appeared in a music video with the band Cracker on the song ‘I Hate My Generation’. According to Cracker leader David Lowery, when Palmer was asked if he would be able to play along with the songs, he gave Lowery a look and said, 'I invented this shit’.