Festa: Derek Nash: Protect the Beat

Festa: Derek Nash: Protect the Beat

Derek is at the forefront of the British jazz movement, book early for this unmissable gig

Derek Nash saxes, Tim Cansfield guitar, Arden Hart trumpet/keys, Winston Blissett bass, Darby Todd drums

It was 2010 when we last saw this energy funk filled jazz group, and the room still retains the beat. We have five guys on a mission to mix up styles and drive audiences into happy submission. Derek wears many hats, all successfully. He is a Jools Holland saxophonist, runs a recording studio, and leads many bands. He is always engaging as a performer, but in this fiery company he really stretches out.

“Guitar is in the hands of Tim Cansfield. Looks of an actuary, sound of a Larry Carlton holed up in Chicago on a tour with Curtis Mayfield.” – Pete Sargeant. Arden has a Milesian tone and is a superb keyboardist and composer.

Winston, who tours with Massive Attack, is a powerhouse lownote bandit. He will burst into Chic riffs then stalk Hart's Rhodes like a man on a vengeance mission.

And Darby on drums: he uses every part of the kit to drive what is flowing and tumbling around him. The band will throw him into solo's and see what bursts out of him: seven varieties of magic.

Definitely NOT dinner jazz!