Mojo (The Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra) are an exciting 17 piece jazz big band based in central London, made up of great musicians from all over the capital.

With a repertoire including laid back & up tempo swing, Latin and funk and playing a wide ranging variety of charts from the traditional (Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Duke Ellington) through to the modern (Gordon Goodwin, Michel Camilo, NYJO, Tower of Power) there is sure to be something for everyone in this big band’s dynamic set!

Sam is a singer and saxophone player living in London.      Previously the vocalist for The Vince Rogers Project, she is currently collaborating with Pete Roberts (aka Alpha 7) on a new distinctly retro electro-pop project, 'European Radio'.   

MOJO

The Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra. A big band extravaganza who bring the funk, swing and jazz!
Members:

Drums - Glen Reidy
Piano - Chris Neill
Guitar - Si "Posh" Riddiford
Bass - Phil Manley-Reeve

Alto1 - Rachel Bartlett
Alto2 - Sam Duffy
Tenor1 - Orlando Larose
Tenor2 - Colin Izod
Bari - Katie Eagleton

Trumpet 1 - Rob Kaner
Trumpet 2 - Gemma Buchanan
Trumpet 3 - Sally Goldsmith
Trumpet 4 - Richard Davies

Trombone 1 - Pete Campion-Spall
Trombone 2 - Nicole NcNeilly
Trombone 3 - Mike Williamson
Trombone 4 - Max Glazer
Trombone 5 - 


Dance, No One's Watching - the new album from Mercury Prize winners Ezra Collective, is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing. The album musically guides you through a night out in the city, from the opening of possibilities as a new evening spans out ahead, to dawn’s final hours as the night comes to a close. 

Written during a blistering 2023 which saw Ezra Collective tour the world, and become the first jazz act to win the Mercury Prize, Dance, No One's Watching is a documentation of the many dance floors they encountered. From London to Chicago, Lagos to Sydney, dance and rhythm connect us. These songs are a testament to that spirit.

Ezra Collective: Femi Koleoso - Drums, TJ Koleoso - Bass, Joe Armon-Jones - Keys, James Mollison - Saxophone, Ife Ogunjobi - Trumpet

Haskell are a University of London based country blues band. They play a ground-breaking fusion of searing blues licks, heart-wrenching country soul and furious latin beats. They are an ephemeral shifting collection of itinerant blues musicians featuring some, all, or none of the following: Shalom Lappin (rhythm guitar, vocals), Julian Hough (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Sam Duffy (vocals, saxophone), Shaul Tor (bass), Stelios Chatzikyriakidis (drums), Manny Moraitis (lead guitar) and Peter Ridley (harmonica, banjo, vocals). What the critics say: Haskell: "Langston Hughes meets The Band on the Mississippi." (Times Higher)

This is the place dedicated to the music of The Vince Rogers Project. You may find us at the back of the pigeonhole marked 'miscellaneous'. Or at the bottom of the drawer labelled 'other'. Or follow the signs pointing to 'alternative route avoiding low bridges'.  We don't really know what that means either. Perhaps what we're trying to say is that if you feel like you're on the margin, you don't seem to fit with anyone else and you don't know what to do, then welcome. You've just found some fellow travellers.  No-one else knows about us. Only you. Let's keep it that way.

European Radio are Sam Duffy and Peter Roberts, based in London, UK. 


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