Saturday 27 May 2023
Hannah is excited to play 'Melodies in May' at Jazz Cafe POSK. Playing top melodies from her two albums and others she holds close to her heart!
Hannah Horton is a melodic maverick, visionary jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and journalist. Star of UK jazz, her music is rooted in jazz, folk and funk. Her established individual and sophisticated sound is edging through boundaries and creating waves worldwide.
An official Henri Selmer Artist, alumni of the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban, and member of award-winning Women In Jazz Media, Hannah works the jazz world in her own authentic way. Her most recent album ‘Inside Out’ has received critical acclaim worldwide and she continues to wow audiences with her creative, compelling, emotive, and alluring playing, alongside her warm and charming personality on stage.
She has showcased her skills alongside a plethora of great artists such as Amy Winehouse, Ian Shaw (who is also guest vocalist on Inside Out), John Etheridge, Georgia Mancio and has performed at all of the UK’s most prominent jazz venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, 606 Jazz Club and selling out at two 2021 London Jazz Festival shows.
“Rising star Hannah Horton is turning heads” - BBC Music Magazine ****
“There’s a deeper dimension to her art” - BBC Music Magazine ****
“Bold and gritty playing” - Jazzwise ***
“Absorbing, emotive, delicate, and utterly compelling” - Simply Jazz Talk
“There’s genuine emotion in Horton’s playing” - The Jazz Mann
“Hannah is innovative and fearless” - Sammy Stein
Line up:
Hannah Horton - tenor and baritone saxophones
Tim Lapthorn – piano
Rob Statham – bass
Steve Taylor - drums
Video (“Sea Journey”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiGPXdDDvw
Hannah jest podekscytowana możliwością zaprezentowania „Majowych melodii” w Jazz Café POSK. Zagra najlepsze melodie ze swoich dwóch albumów oraz inne, które są jej bliskie!
Hannah Horton to melodyjna indywidualistka, wizjonerska saksofonistka jazzowa, kompozytorka, liderka zespołu i dziennikarka. Gwiazda brytyjskiego jazzu - jej muzyka jest zakorzeniona w jazzie, folku i funku. Jej ugruntowane, indywidualne i wyrafinowane brzmienie przekracza granice i rezonuje na całym świecie.
„Jej sztuka ma głębszy wymiar” – BBC Music Magazine
Muzycy:Hannah Horton – saksofon tenorowy i barytonowy
Tim Lapthorn – fortepian
Rob Statham – bas
Steve Taylor- perkusja
