Nigel Price & Libor Smodas - An Intimate Evening of Jazz Guitar

Nigel Price & Libor Smodas - An Intimate Evening of Jazz Guitar The two guitarists met six years ago and immediately clicked. Two kindred spirits with an irrepressible will to play ‘no nonsense' jazz, tinged with blues and soul. They will be playing a selection of well chosen standards, as well as a few originals, delivered with e reverence for the past masters whilst putting their own spin on the music. Paul Malsom will play an opening set of solo guitar.

LIBOR SMOLDAS Libor Šmoldas is a Prague based jazz guitarist and composer who has worked and recorded with international stars such as James Morrison, George Mraz, Jeff Ballard, Sam Yahel, Bobby Watson, Adam Nussbaum, Brian Charette, Jay Anderson, Stephen Keogh and more. He has released eight albums as a leader. While playing with Ondrej Pivec and his Organic Quartet, the band was awarded with Andel award for best jazz recording of the year.

NIGEL PRICE Over a career spanning more than 30 years, award winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price has become widely acknowledged as one of the hardest working musicians in the business. He has played on more than 60 albums including 10 as a leader, spent ten years with acid jazz outfit The Filthy Six, was a member of James Taylor's band for 3 years (with whom he recorded 5 albums) and performed with the legendary David Axelrod. He has also taught at The International Guitar Foundation at King's Place, London. He has toured the UK 16 times, and has picked up a Parliamentary Jazz Award (Best Jazz Ensemble, 2010), a nomination for a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2014) and a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2016) along the way. Nigel is a regular performer at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club where he has made more than 600 appearances.

PAUL MALSOM Born in Bournemouth, Paul was introduced to music at a very early age by his Grandfather, who was a violinist in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and through his Father's record collection which included a variety of Brazilian music – Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Laurindo Almeida et al. Further inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Gary Moore, Paul started playing the guitar at the age of 15. Developing a solo guitar technique inspired by Joe Pass and Martin Taylor, he also studied with Brazilian guitar specialist, John Zaradin, depping for him at major hotels in London and Brighton. Having developed a respected reputation Paul was asked to give lessons which rapidly grew and he continues teaching in Kent to this day.

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• Running time 120 Minutes