Gary Willcox Quartet play Cole Porter ft Riley Stone-Lonergan
Details
Date:
7 April 2026
End Date:
7 April 2026
Type:
open
TIME: 8.00 – 11.00PM
Tickets – £14
Personnel
Riley Stone-Lonergan – tenor saxophone (QOW Trio)
Tim Lapthorn – piano – (Brandon Allen)
Andrew Robb – double bass
Gary Willcox – drums (WayOutWestJazz, Loz Speyer’s Inner Space)
Cole Porter was one of the greatest composers of popular song in the early and mid 20th Century and a major contributor to the American Songbook.
His melodies were captivating and their musical forms indelible on the listeners ear.
Many of his songs became Jazz Standards played by everyone ; Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker. Coleman Hawkins , to name a few.
The BeBop musicians used his songs as basis for their own creations and musical vehicles.
This evening a quartet of some of the UK’s finest musicians play their version of some Cole Porter classics ; How Deep is The Ocean, So in Love, Everything I Love, Just One of Those Things and others will be interpreted with excitement and intimacy
“Lapthorn blends witty invention with deep swing and unerring reassuring balance. ****”
Mojo
Gary Willcox – “…….a brisk, sensitive drummer capable of great dynamic and textural range…..”
Chris Parker, Vortex Review
” Stone-Lonergan’s big, generous tone and unfailing response to the gravitational pull of melody invests even his most challenging explorations with an emotional directness that’s utterly compelling to experience.” – Eddie Myer Jazzwise