Fringe Jazz presents PAUL DUNMALL & PERCY PURSGLOVE QUARTET at The BRISTOL MUSIC CLUB, 76 St Paul's Road, Clifton. Bristol BS8 1LP on Wednesday 6th November at 7PM. Tickets £19.

Paul Dunmall - Saxophones
Percy Pursglove - Trumpet
Olie Brice - Double Bass
Mark Sanders - Drums

Doors Open 7pm
Performance Starts at 7.30pm

ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE at http://fringejazz.com/gig-list.html


Saxophone colossus Paul Dunmall and the brilliant Trumpeter Percy Pursglove reunite in a new quartet including the exceptional bassist Olie Brice (who was here in May with Dee Byne's Outlines) and one of Europe's most respected drummers and regular Dunmall collaborator, Mark Sanders.
With Percy Pursglove based in Germany these days it's rare for him to play in UK let alone Bristol but up to 2020 Percy was a regular star performer at Fringe Jazz featuring in Andy Sheppard's Hotel Bristol, Iain Ballamy Quartet, several Paul Dunmall bands, PERDATO (with Tony Orrell and Dan Moore) and as a special guest augmenting the Pushy Doctors to a quartet. Pursglove is now rated as one of the top trumpeters in Europe and is a member of the prestigious NDR Big Band in Hamburg. So when Paul Dunmall mentioned that Percy was coming over from Germany for a short tour playing London and Birmingham, we had to move our schedule around to make sure a visit to The Bristol Music Club could be included. Paul and Percy last played Fringe Jazz (coincidently with Olie Brice on Bass) on the 5th Feb 2020, that was a superlative gig and with the addition of Mark Sanders, tonight promises to be a very special evening of music. Don't miss it.

PAUL DUNMALL - recognised as one of the most talented reed players on the International jazz/improvised music scene. Whether playing in small groups or big bands, his musical sensitivity and imagination combined with a powerful sound drenched in both Jazz and Folk traditions make him one of the most distinctive improvisers playing today.
He has performed with Alice Coltrane, Rashied Ali, Hamid Drake, Andrew Cyrille, Henry Grimes, Elton Dean, Evan Parker, Alan Skidmore, Keith Tippett, Mujician, Johnny Guitar Watson, Danny Thompson, LJCO, Chris Corsano, Paul Rogers, Andy Sheppard, Spirit Level and many more...

"A robust and heavy hitting performer who has gone on to concentrate largely on free improvisation without sacrificing a rigorous melodic logic, a sparing lyricism and the technique to drop in on bebop occasionally." - John Fordham, The Guardian


PERCY PURSGLOVE is a multi-instrumentalist trumpeter, double bassist, educator, improviser and composer, working internationally across a broad spectrum of jazz, contemporary classical and creative musical settings.

"Somehow Pursglove created a completely whole musical world all of his own. That is a rare achievement." - Jazzwise

Percy is currently working extensively across Europe as a freelance improviser, recording artist, composer, clinician and member of the NDR Big Band, Hamburg.

Some of the most prominent artists Percy has performed/recorded with include:

Evan Parker, NDR Bigband, WDR Big Band, Food w/Thomas Stronen/Iain Ballamy, Bill Frissell, Barry Guy, Peter Evans, Dan Weiss, Takuya Kuroda, Michael Gibbs, Thomas Morgan, John Hollenbeck, Mark Dresser, Victor Bailey, Drew Gress, Ben Monder, Paul Dunmall, Jason Rebello, Phil Woods, Claudio Roditi, Jakob Bro, Elliott Sharpe, Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, Django Bates, Steve Swallow, Chris Potter, Gerald Clayton, Dave Liebman, Dave Holland, Hamid Drake, Jim Black, Pablo Held, Joe Martin, Jeff Ballard, Omar Sosa, Enrico Pieranunzi, Kit Downes, Norma Winstone, Andy Sheppard, Elbow, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter, Dr John and Amy Winehouse.


Tickets are also available at TREBLEROCK Guitar Shop, 52 The Mall in Clifton Village.

FRINGE JAZZ, Wednesdays at 7PM at The BRISTOL MUSIC CLUB, 76 St Paul's Road, Clifton. Bristol BS8 1LP


Fringe Jazz at The Bristol Music Club is run in association with TREBLEROCK Guitar Shop

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