JCUK presents Jakub Klimiuk Quintet
Sat 02 Nov
|The Jazz Centre UK
A return visit to the JCUK for this very promising young band, led by Polish guitarist Jakub Klimiuk, playing in a contemporary European style; this gig follows the release of their first CD this year...
Time & Location
02 Nov 2024, 14:00 – 16:00
The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
About the Event
Jakub Klimiuk is a young Polish guitarist whose quintet played a very well received gig here in 2023; the band makes a welcome return today, having now released their first full length CD, (un)balanced, which London Jazz News called 'a thoroughly absorbing set'.
The quintet combines modern jazz with influences from Scandinavian improvised music, Eastern European folk and contemporary classical pieces. The resultant repertoire, consisting of original compositions, is a highly energetic mix of scripted forms and improvisation, drawing from various genres but at the same time staying deeply rooted in the jazz tradition.
Leadder Jakub took his original inspiration from classic Miles Davis recordings and an early live encounter with John Scofield; completing his jazz studies in Gdansk, he moved permanently to London in 2022 to study at the Guildhall, and to benefit from 'the mix of cultures, different styles and musical genres on the London scene... and the…