Radhika de Saram Quartet featuring Ivo Neame Live at The Verdict Jazz Club

Radhika de Saram Quartet

New London based project by Radhika de Saram featuring Zhenya Strigalev on saxophone, Jamie Murray on drums and Ivo Neame on keys. The group will perform Radhika’s original compositions from her upcoming debut album, influenced by jazz, world music and Sri Lankan folk song and rhythm.

Radhika de Saram: Radhika actively freelances as a violinist in London, touring and recording with orchestras such as London Contemporary Orchestra and Chineke! Orchestra, and performs frequently in prestigious venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall amongst others and tours regularly In Europe. Radhika also composes and plays bass guitar, and has performed her own original music with her band in various venues around Europe, Russia and Sri Lanka. She has recently recorded material for her debut album which will be out very soon.

Ivo Neame:Ivo Neame is an award-winning pianist and composer. In addition to leading his own bands, he has featured in several of European jazz’s most forward-looking groups including Phronesis and the Marius Neset Quintet. He regularly performs at jazz festivals worldwide, collaborating with ensembles as diverse as the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and the London Sinfonietta. Ivo studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and since leaving in 2003 he has performed and recorded with highly esteemed musicians at home and abroad such as Hermeto Pascoal, David Binney and Kenny Wheeler. His eighth album under his own name 'Glimpses of Truth’ was released on Whirlwind Recordings in November 2021.

“Ivo Neame is one of the very best jazz pianists on the UK scene”BANDCAMP DAILY

Zhenya Strigalev  Zhenya has worked with some of today’s most forward thinking musicians (including Eric Harland, Ambrose Akinmusire, Tim Lefebvre, Chris "Daddy" Dave, Alex Sipiagin, William Parker, Aaron Parks, Joseph "Foley" McCreary from Miles Davis fame, Larry Grenadier) and has appeared at many prestigious jazz festivals and concert venues, performing extensively in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Austria, Britain, Switzerland, Chile, Argentina, Peru...He has recorded 4 albums with his groups Smiling Organizm and Never Group and his music is regularly played on BBC radio as well as national radio stations in Austria, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Australia, France. You can also see his concerts around the world on the French music TV station, Mezzo Live HD. He enjoys the challenge of shining a light on the undiscovered, and describes the desired on-the-edge thrill that unfolds: “The whole point of what I do is that I need to surprise myself".

"A maverick at the heart of modern jazz.

★★★★ The Telegraph

Jamie Murray A forward thinking and conceptual player, with a solid groove style yet an open minded approach to free experimentation, his performances are always fresh and exhilarating!  With a strong sense of writing, his compositions are personal and original, with an electronic - Jazz - Fusion style attached to them.  He has played with most of his contemporaries and peers in the London Jazz Scene as well as crossing into the electronic pop world.  He has played and recorded with jazz giants including the Sun Ra Arkestra Members Knoel Scott and Cecil Brooks as well as many other musicians in today's Jazz scene.  Currently, Jamie is involved in a number of projects, often touring Europe and the USA as a side man and also as a band leader.  His current projects “JZ  Replacement” and "Beat Replacement" has enabled Jamie to perform across the world in the Jazz/crossover scene. Having performed with his own bands on a regular basis at Ronnie Scott’s and some major festivals including, The Love Supreme, Glastonbury & Afro punk in New York, Jamie Murray is a name to keep an eye on.  Recently Jazzwise magazine featured him in the “Shape of Jazz to come 2019” and “A drummer to watch out for”  in Rhythm drummer magazine.

"Phenomenal UK drummer puts the fun back into fusion" – Jazzwise

  "The most disrespectful drummer in London" - Chris Phillips JazzFm

"A young killer" - Kurt Elling

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