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Joe Diodato’s career in music started at the age of 18, singing and playing piano in his home town of Naples, in Italy. In that time up, until the age of 20 he played gigs around Italy. By the time he was 21 he was singing with MSC cruises and began to see more of the world, and more of what Jazz could offer him. He moved to Buenos Aires at the age of 24 and immersed himself into the local scene gigging in the local bars and clubs.
In December 2017 he moved to London and after few months he formed a Jazz Trio in hope of moving into the London Uk Scene. With his Trio he has been gigging in various London’s venues. In September 2018 he formed a Quartet to record and promote his first EP “Ma’ Groove”.
“Ma’ Groove” was released in June 2019. It combines classic jazz and swing with contemporary funk and soul, and was influenced by Joe’s collaboration with emerging artists from the London jazz scene. It has been recorded by JD QUARTET consisting of Benjamin Crane (bass), Dani Diodato (guitar) and Joel Waters (drums), with guests James Akers (sax) and Jonny Liebeck (keys).
Joe models his practice on many of his influences such as Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Roy Hargrove, Chet Baker, Jamiroquai, Pino Daniele and many more.

Cafe open to ticket holders from 6.30pm 

Vital Force draws upon a wide variety of styles and influences both from extraneous sources and from internal writing and improvisatory influences which culminates in their unique voice. The philosophy at the core of the band emanates from John Coltrane’s approach to improvisation through the utilisation of modern jazz as a vehicle for self-expression. The music heard, will be deeply rooted in spiritual expansion and self-expression, therefore you can expect energetic, intense, lively and emotional tones where the musicians will often go into a different internal realm to create music that is truly an expression of the self. No matter what piece of music is being played, be it a famous standard or a new composition, each piece will be approached with the same energy in an attempt to gain spiritual development within the musicians and audience.

The musicians performing in this concert are:

Duncan Eagles – Saxophone

Duncan Eagles is a London based saxophonist that is described by JazzWise as “as fast becoming one of the most exciting players emerging on the UK jazz scene”. Recognized internationally for his work with UK band Partikel as well as working extensively as a sideman, Duncan has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals and venues in the world including Love Supreme Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival (New York), Vancouver Jazz Festival, and Wuhan Jazz Festival (China). His latest album is released with prestigious USA label Ropeadope records and was met with international acclaim. “Duncan Eagles is forging a new path and is likely on the road to even more success” Glide Magazine (USA)

Marco Punzi – Guitar

Marco recently graduated from the Guildhall School of music and drama whilst studying alongside some of the UK’s top teachers such as Colin Oxley and John Parricelli. Marco is active on the London music scene as a jazz and theatre performer. Marco moved to London in 2017 to study at the Guildhall after gaining a first-class degree at the “Civici Corsi di jazz” in Milan, Italy. Recently Marco released his debut album, “Snow” with Eazy Quartet.

Oliver Wolfe – Oliver is a Jazz pianist and film composer from North London. Having graduated with a first-class degree in Film music composition from the University of West London, he has gone on to form his own band, to compose music for numerous film directors, and to perform as a session musician for numerous international producers.

Alex Størksen-Coulson – Since graduating from the University of Southampton with BA(Hons) in Music, Alex has made a name for himself as a session drummer, playing gigs all over the UK and Europe. Although Alex has gigged in bands playing all styles of music, and all different venues, from concert halls to bar gigs, his main passion is jazz. When not playing regular jazz gigs he plays with singer/songwriter Alex Lindner in their folk/soul/electronic project Flood for The Famine. Alex also maintains a busy teaching schedule with over 20+ private students.

Theo Malka-Wishart – Theo is a London based bass player and is a regular fixture at jazz clubs in and around London. Having studied closely with renowned bassist Yaron Stavi for a number of years, Theo’s style and influences represent a broad spectrum with key influences being Arvell Shaw, Charlie Haden and Sam Jones

The programme will consist of originals and jazz standards arranged by Oliver Wolfe.

You can listen to his latest release here:  https://open.spotify.com/track/6ctoPyO2qPytmCOLnmxZyL?si=nUU6YAwpRMuKjs8NpkijHw

“Critically acclaimed Clement Regert’s Wild Card is a melting-pot of musical ideas, fusing urban rhythms, Hard-bop and grooves with latin and jazz attitude”

For the Café in the Crypt show they have gathered the “A team” which comprises of funky tenor saxophonist Chris Rand (Nine below zero, Charlie watts)  and virtuoso trumpeter Graeme Flowers (Omar Hakim, Kyle Eastwood ) all backed up by the core organ trio of Gabor Dornyei on drums, Andy Noble on Hammond Organ, and French guitarist/band leader, Clement Regert. You can expect to hear their famous eclectic mix of Afro/Samba, swing and raw funk numbers.”