TONIGHT - Free Concert at The Cross Keys - The Derek Nash DUO with Richard Rozze Guitar 236/238 St Johns Road Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN4 9XD T: 01892 536 516 E: [email protected] Derek Nash has been a member of the Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra since 2005, has led Sax Appeal for over thirty years, fronts the funk/fusion band Protect the Beat, and is a member of the Ronnie Scotts Blues Explosion. He is renowned for his energetic, vibrant, passionate and charismatic performances on all four saxophones - from sonorous baritone to soaring soprano - and is an award-winning performer having received the John Dankworth Award and the British Jazz Award (Small Group) for Sax Appeal; Best Jazz CD of the Year for Young Lions, Old Tigers with the late Spike Robinson and, most recently, was nominated for Jazz Musician of the Year by the Global Music Foundation and voted in the Top 3 Alto Saxophonists in the 2010 British Jazz Awards. He has recorded two solo CDs - Setting New Standards (1998) alongside Clark Tracey, Alec Dankworth and Graham Harvey, and Snapshot (2009) with Jan Lundgren, Geoff Gascoyne and Steve Brown. A new acoustic quartet CD, Joyriding, will be released in Autumn 2011 and features Dave Newton (voted top UK jazz pianist on nine occasions), Geoff Gascoyne and Sebastiaan de Krom. dereknash/ Based in London, Richard Rozze can be seen performing in a variety of contexts on the jazz and pop scene and has earned a reputation as a creative and flexible musician. He has worked with musicians of many genres including Richard Bailey (Drums), Dick Pearce (Trumpet), Paul Booth (saxophone) Ross Stanley (Piano). Brian Hanlon (singer/ songwriter) Dana Gillespie (vocals), Jeremy Peynton Jones (composer) Richard Rozze is a former Graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied a Masters in Jazz.
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