January 17, 2020

The Foyer Jazz Club Launch

Faces from near and far rocked up to witness Leighton Park’s stellar student musicians perform alongside award winning, London born saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock, for the grand opening of the Foyer Jazz Club on Thursday 16th January.

The Michael Malnick Centre Foyer come Jazz Café proved to be the ideal venue for such a concert, with its fantastic acoustics and first-rate facilities. Bathed in ambient light, the mood was reminiscent of Ronnie Scott’s.

Star guest to the Park, Alex Hitchcock, wowed the audience with his saxophone skills, which was no surprise, given his growing reputation on the international stage. He has appeared at Love Supreme festival, The North Sea Jazz festival and has played with the BBC Big Band and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Additionally, his quintet was recently awarded first place in the Conad Jazz Contest at the Umbria Jazz Festival.

Alex was joined by the School’s House Band which was led by Head of Jazz, Stuart Henderson, on the trumpet, and featured Tom Berge, a rising star in the jazz piano world, Simon Price, one of the South’s finest jazz drummers and Paul Jefferies, Double and Electric Bass Teacher at the school.

Stuart Henderson reflected, “It has been fantastic to welcome members of the community into what we nurture here at Leighton Park. I was overwhelmed with the amount of support we garnered for the club’s launch, but equally, I knew it was something not to be missed.”

With tickets having sold out in less than a week, appetite for the School’s music scene is tremendous. Director of Music, Rosemary Scales advised of the Foyer Jazz Club’s upcoming gig, “Get hold of your tickets early, as our last event sold out very quickly! We have a fantastic guest lined up – Jazz Vocalist and Vocal Coach to Sam Smith, Joanna Eden. We are also delighted to be working with Jazz in Reading again.” The Foyer Jazz Club’s next concert will take place on Thursday 12th March, 7.30-9.45pm. Tickets are available to purchase, for £12.00 per person, at https://www.trybooking.co.uk/PND.

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