We're delighted to welcome the Rob Barron Trio to the Newington Green Meeting House.
Pianist Rob Barron studied Jazz at the Leeds College of Music and after leaving with a BA Hons degree in Jazz studies and the College Award for Outstanding Performance, he moved to London where he gained a Masters in Music Performance at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since then he has gained the reputation as a first call sideman, highly regarded for his improvisational flair, imaginative arranging ability, innate musicality and a deft touch, revealing influences inspired by Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris, Wynton Kelly and Sonny Clark.
Rob has performed with some of the biggest names in American jazz music such as Phil Woods, Al Jarreau, Benny Golson, Grant Stewart, Patti Austin, Marlena Shaw and John Marshall, toured with vocalist Stacey Kent and saxophonist Dave O’ Higgins and appeared on over 35 album recordings to date.
Featured on many film soundtracks, most prominently Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby and also more recently The King Of Thieves, Rob has also recorded with The BBC Big Band, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jamie Cullum, Claire Martin, Liane Carroll and Rachel Portman.
Rob has led his own trio since 2012 with drummer Josh Morrison and bassist Jeremy Brown. Performing regularly at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, they have performed opposite The Louis Hayes Quartet, The Kenny Barron Trio and Cecile McLorin Salvant.
Their first album ‘What’s In Store’, released in spring of 2016 was featured in jazz critic Peter Vacher’s top 10 top ten straight ahead albums of the year in Jazzwise magazine.
The band’s follow-up album ‘From This Moment On’ was released in late 2020 on Ubuntu Music and has received numerous five-star reviews in the press, including from BBC Music Magazine and to date over 8 million streams on Spotify.
Recently the trio has also released two EPs for German record label G2 records with many of the tracks being selected for top jazz playlists on Apple Music and Spotify.
In 2023 the trio has been regularly performing the programme Tonight! The Music of Leonard Bernstein reimagined for jazz trio” and featuring award winning jazz vocalist Emma Smith. The programme was featured at the London Jazz Festival in 2023 to a sold out audience at Piano Smithfield. Recently the programme was played at a full capacity Ronnie Scott’s jazz club and at the Newbury Corn Exchange as part of the Newbury Spring Festival as well as entertaining audiences at other venues up and down the UK.
Rob Barron - Piano
Simon Read - Double Bass
Josh Morrison - Drums
Tonight the trio will feature material from both albums as well as brand new compositions and arrangements.
★★★★★ - “This is classic piano trio jazz at its best” - Barry Withderden - BBC Music Magazine
★★★★★ - “Everything about this album is almost perfect” - Alan Musson - UK Vibe
★★★★ - "There's energy aplenty here, but mostly there's creativity and execution of a very high order.” - Peter Vacher/Jazzwise
“..The superior piano of Rob Barron stands out, his playing brim-full of ideas, each solo a masterclass in boppish expression, sometime effusive, always fluent and often arresting.” - Jazzwise
About Arts on the Green
The Newington Green Meeting House is the home of New Unity, a radically inclusive community of love and justice. This event is a partnership event, with space offered by New Unity's arts programme Arts on the Green. Arts on the Green exists to provide flexible space to arts practitioners bringing high quality culture to our community.
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