"As we know, jazz can mean many things to many people. But if you’re after the marrow of the music, look no further."

Jazz Journal ★★★★★ READ FULL REVIEW HERE

" An excellent night of music that was firmly in the jazz tradition but still convincingly forward looking..."

The Jazzman Review of recent Brecon Jazz Club gig READ FULL REVIEW HERE

“What sets it apart is the economy and crispness of the writing and great playing from the band.”

Mike Collins (Jazzyblogman.co.uk) of New EP 'Answers on a Postcard' READ FULL REVIEW HERE

"Jones has assembled a formidable quartet... This studio album has the energy and excitement of a live performance. "

Londonjazz of 'Key Notes' READ FULL REVIEW HERE

"... he imbues the familiar with freshness by dint of sheer musicality and melodic gift. "

Jazz Journal

“He swings with a warmth, grace and vitality that recalls Horace Silver and McCoy Tyner. ”

Jack Massarik’s Jazz CD of the week review of ‘Journeys’, in the London Evening Standard 13/08/2010

"..the Dave Jones Quartet has been pushing musical boundaries with its amalgamation of various musical styles to create a unique jazz hybrid.

'R2' Magazine

" Jones is a vigorous but elegant pianist, never flashy or glib, but none the less fluent and inventive for that."

Chris Parker

The Dave Jones Quartet Releases New EP 'Answers on a Postcard' With Mini UK Tour

Recorded in November 2018 at Fieldgate Studios 'Answers on a Postcard' was recorded on the same Fazioli grand piano as that was used in the critically acclaimed album ‘KeyNotes’ released in 2017 by the latest incarnation of The Dave Jones Quartet. The band has since gigged extensively in Wales and England, performing at jazz clubs and festivals including the Teignmouth Jazz Festival, Aberjazz Festival, Isle of Wight Jazz Club, The Be-Bop Club (Bristol), North Devon Jazz Club, Swansea Jazzland, Span Arts, Café Jazz (Cardiff), Jazz at Future Inn (Bristol)and Black Mountain Jazz Club, amongst others. Saxophonist/flautist Ben Waghorn brings to this Quartet his vast experiences from a career playing for NYJO, Tommy Chase, Slowly Rolling Camera and Keith Tippett, to The West End of London as a pit musician, and also various TV and film credits as a session musician. He has also recorded/performed with bands including Goldfrapp, Kasabian and Portishead.

Bassist/vibraphonist Ashley John Long continues to impress with his virtuosic playing, with e.g. John Law, Brandon Allen, Geoff Eales, Alan Barnes, and Scott Hamilton, amongst many others, and he is currently working on the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s young composers scheme. Pianist/composer Dave Jones has toured and recorded internationally (including collaboration projects with the bands Burum and Khamira) in India, France, and Ireland, and also composes music specifically for TV and film, having tracks used in ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ (both US), the drama ‘Las Aparicio’ (Mexico), ‘Location, Location, Location’ (UK) and 'The US Open Golf' tournament programme. He also writes regularly for Jazz Journal and Pianist magazine. Drummer Andy Hague (also a trumpeter) is a prolific composer and arranger, releasing jazz albums under his own name, and has also played and recorded with Portishead, as well as being an active jazz educator and organiser of the weekly Be-Bop Club in Bristol.

MORE ABOUT THE BAND LEADER...

Dave Jones, born Briton Ferry, 2 March 1964, comes from a non-playing but music loving family. He says "There was always music in the house, but nobody played an instrument with the exception of one of my sisters who had a few piano lessons. Before giving up she showed me my first few notes on the piano. I got curious, and at the age of about five declared my intention to play 'mad' piano when I grew up." As a music student in Cambridge Dave studied with the classical concert pianist Philip Mead who helped him to develop a sound technique.

In the 80s and 90s Dave lived in the South East often in London playing with various bands including his own, at e.g. the old Pizza Express Dean Street Club, where Dave launched his debut album with drummer/ percussionist Robin Jones. In 2017 Dave had several media tracks released via The Gold Leaf Music Library, including eight solo piano pieces, and he also plans to publish a book entitled The Classical Tinge in Jazz (based on his series of articles on the subject for Jazz Journal) in the near future.

THE DAVE JONES QUARTET

Dave Jones – piano, composer
Ben Waghorn – tenor & soprano saxophones, flute
Ashley John Long – double bass
Andy Hague – drums

UPCOMING LIVE DATES

Tuesday 30th July - Jazz on the Corner, The Royal Oak, Swindon Old Town
Wednesday 25th September - Jazzland, Swansea
Monday 6 Jan – North Devon Jazz Club- The Beaver Inn, Appledore
Friday 5 June - Birmingham Jazz @ 1000 Trades, Birmingham
Tuesday 7 April – St.Ives Jazz Club, @ Western Hotel, St.Ives, Cornwall.

Further dates TBC