Alison Rayner Quintet (ARQ)
14th November 2024, 5.30pm
With richly nuanced compositions, rhythmic interplay and folk-infused melodies, ARQ
play 'songs without words' carrying a strong sense of narrative and cinematic quality.
The group are lauded for their vibrant, communicative performances and their newly-recorded material on Semaphore is as engaging, imaginative and groovy as ever.
Ticket prices
£25 – £40
Line-up
ALISON RAYNER – bassBUSTER BIRCH – drumsDEIRDRE CARTWRIGHT – guitarDIANE McLOUGHLIN – saxophoneSTEVE LODDER – piano
Led by bassist and composer Alison Rayner, ARQ are widely celebrated from ten years of extensive UK and European touring across a complete range of jazz clubs, concert halls and international festivals and critically acclaimed for their three album releases August (2014) , A Magic Life (2016) and Short Stories (2019). All have garnered extensive press acclaim and international radio play, with Rayner also winning a coveted Ivor Novello Composer Award for ‘There is a Crack in Everything’ from Short Stories. This will be their only London date this Autumn.
Tells its tales through strong melodies, sinewy rhythms and luminous solos, by turns tender and exuberant.
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