Rachael Cohen Quartet

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Date: 11 August 2026
End Date: 11 August 2026
Type: open

TIME: 8.00 – 11.00PM

TICKETS:  £14

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PERSONNEL

Rachael Cohen – sax
Noah Stoneman – piano
Kai MacRae – drums
tbc – bass
Rachael Cohen returns to the East Side with a quartet featuring great young pianist Noah Stoneman and exciting drummer Kai MacRae
They will be playing mostly hard bop era tunes with some originals thrown in there.

Originally from the Shetland Islands and now based in London, Rachael Cohen is an alto saxophonist and composer on the rise with an infectious tone and an uncanny storytelling ability. Over the past few years, her live performances and composing skills have gained her great attention from the UK jazz press & community. One of Cohen’s strongest attributes is her lyrical and controlled phrasing when improvising which she delivers with the ease and sophistication of someone twice her age. Rachael continues to work extensively across the UK with her own projects and has come to be a mainstay at London clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s and the Vortex as well as having her residencies at other clubs throughout London.Recent years have seen Rachael tour with the Blue Note supergroup ‘Artemis’ led by pianist Renee Rosnes, and her work with Japanese pianist Miki Yamanaka. She has been listed twice in the critic’s poll as a rising star in the American magazine ‘Downbeat’

Noah Stoneman is a pianist and composer from London who has been based in New York City for the past three years. His career has already seen him collaborate with master musicians from all walks of musical life, and he is intent on keeping this diversity of creativity as a fixture of his artistic practice for as long as he can. His distinct and emotionally direct style of pianism has lead him to work with such luminaries as Mark Kavuma, Jasper Høiby, Hillai Govreen, Ruben Fox, Felix Moseholm, Eric McPherson, Steve Cardenas, Alex Hitchcock and Caius Williams. He plays regularly around New York, at beloved institutions such as Smalls, Mezzrow, Closeup and Ornithology, and at some of the most prestigious stages in the UK and Europe, including the Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Love Supreme Jazz Festival. His debut album, Anyone’s Quiet: Let it Rain to You, was released in 2023 on Fresh Sound Records, and was produced by long-time mentor and ECM recording artist Kit Downes. It received critical acclaim from the Guardian and several other publications. His second album, Dance at Zero, released in February 2026 on Resonant Postcards Records, also received acclaim from the Guardian and was named “Editor’s Choice—Best Jazz Albums of the Month” by Jazzwise Magazine.

Born in China and raised between Beijing and London, Kai MacRae is an up and coming drummer on the London Jazz scene. With a sound rooted in the Jazz tradition, he is inventing an original voice and sound on the drums, inspired by his mentors and heroes.