Sunday Lunch: Gareth Lockrane Big Band

One of the finest jazz flautists in Europe, named “Rising Star on Flute” in the prestigious Downbeat Critics Poll (USA), this afternoon Gareth will be fronting his amazing 18-piece Big Band.

Performing his brilliant arrangements of a mix of originals and the odd classic jazz standard (many of which are featured on the band’s new album, "Box of Tricks"), the ensemble inevitably attracts a host of high-profile award-winning players, today including Julian Siegel, Sid Gauld, Ross Stanley, Mike Outram, Ian Thomas & Pat Levett."The band plays a roof-lifting mix of fresh grooves…and blistering…solos from some of the country’s finest musicians" Jazz FM; “brilliant” Observer