Date/Time
Friday 10 January 2025
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Categories Jazz
Book here now: £14 full price • £10 or £7 if you prefer – please pay what you can*
Steve Buckley – alto saxophone
Sam Richards – piano
Marcus Vergette – double bass
Steve Day – drums
Steve Buckley is one of the finest alto sax players in Europe. Since emerging on the UK jazz scene with Loose Tubes in the 1980s, he has played globally with an astonishing array of topflight jazz names on both sides of the Atlantic and in Europe, won BBC Jazz Awards, worked at the National Theatre in a number of productions and gathered plaudits aplenty — check him out! This concert will be the first time Steve has played at Ashburton Arts Centre.
The Sam Richards Trio last played Ashburton in the Summer of 2024 playing rare Thelonious Monk compositions, some of which will be in Evidence 😉 tonight. They take risks; individually they’re unlike any other jazz trio based in Devon. There’s an encyclopaedic understanding of jazz styles here, with a strong preference to play ‘out’ in the margins.
This promises to be serious fun, come and enjoy.
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* We usually have three ticket prices – please pay what you can. If you can pay the full price, that’s great. If choosing a cheaper ticket allows you to come to more things, then please do! Ticket receipts are split between the artists (it’s usually their livelihood!) and the arts centre (keeps the place going). Except on the rare occasions when we have a sellout gig on our hands, it’s always better to have someone here in the audience than an empty seat, so genuinely, please pay whatever you can.