Festa: Josh Kemp Hammond Organ Band

Festa: Josh Kemp Hammond Organ Band

Josh's tenor playing demonstrates that he is a jazz-man through and through. "A mix of Stan Getzian breeziness and Coltrane's imploring cry." - The Guardian

Josh Kemp sax, Ross Stanley organ, Steve Fishwick trumpet, Tristan Mailliot drums

Josh first performed locally as a child, giving an impressive performance, sitting in with his father’s band, at Sudbury’s Quay Jazz Club. He has matured into one of London’s finest tenor Saxophonists.

He read philosophy at Oxford, and won scholarships to study Jazz at London's Guildhall and Trinity Schools of music. Josh is an active member of the E17 jazz collective.

“Josh Kemp embodied the spirit that sustains jazz no matter which way the weather vane of vogue is pointing.” “Kemp's playing recalls the soulful fluidity of Hank Mobley” - Jazzwise

Ross Stanley, Guildhall classical and Jazz piano graduate, on Organ, has played with may greats including: Stan Sulzman, Bobby Wellins, Jim Mullen, and Jacqui Dankworth. Steve Fishwick is Trumpet and Tristian Mallet is on drums. Ross and Steve are with Josh on the CD “Rare Grooves”.