International Award Winning Jazz Quartet

INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING JAZZ QUARTET

NIKI KING & ALINA BZHEZHINSKA FT. TONY KOFI & ROD YOUNGS

GENRES: Jazz

TICKETS: Early Bird Tickets £7 | Last Call Tickets £9 | On the Door £12

Jazz singer/song-writer Niki King won the acclaimed UK Perrier Jazz Award, The Scottish Style Award and The Spirit of Scotland Music Medal. King has released five albums and performed at leading venues and festivals throughout the world such as The Blue Note, New York and Tokyo, Ronnie Scotts, London, The Edinburgh International Jazz Festival and Glastonbury. King has also performed alongside music legends Al Green, The Average White Band and jazz star Gregory Porter. King has garnered five star reviews for her live shows and recently wrote and performed a live film song-score at the British Film Institute in London.

“ This jazz/soul chanteuse has the word "star' stamped all over her.”    

 * * * * * Evening News

“ A voice that makes grown men weep and poets reach for their pens...”    

 * * * * * EdFest Magazine

Originally from Lviv, Ukraine, Alina Bzhezhinska has become one of the leading harpists in Britain. She has performed with many major European orchestras including the National Opera in Warsaw and Scottish Opera. Alina’s London appearances include Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, BBC Radio 3, the London Jazz Festival and London Film Festival. Alina’s critically acclaimed solo album “Harp Recital” is believed to be the first pedal harp CD made in Scotland. She appeared in a DVD of the American group Harp Fusion and a CD by jazz group New Focus and performed at the 12th World Harp Congress in Sydney, Australia.

“Bzhezhinska played with conviction,...a strong sense of rhythm and superb use of dynamics.”    

 *****Three Weeks, Edinburgh Festival

“…Bzhezhinska really demonstrates her skill and no string is left unused...”     

Music Maker Magazine

Tony Kofi is one of the UK's leading jazz saxophonists and multi-instrumentalists. Kofi's accolades include two BBC Jazz Awards, including best instrumentalist, Parliamentary Jazz Award Winner and MOBO Award Nominee.

Rod Youngs is originally from Washington DC and his renowned drumming skills and consummate musicianship has seen him perform with a formidable array of music greats including Gil Scott Heron, Jon Hendricks, Natalie Cole and Abdullah Ibrahim.