Joe Browne - Waitrose Kings Cross

Joe Browne

Joe Browne - saxophone
John Williamson - bass
Mat Skeaping - drums

Waitrose, Granary Square, Kings Cross, London

9th January 2020

John Williamson - bass

Customers at Waitrose Kings Cross are treated to a free jazz concert every Thursday night. The London Granary Square store is part of a recent re-development of the area next to the Regent’s Canal. The store (a converted railway engine-shed) is a meeting point for listeners warming up their evening with a cheeky Chablis or fiery Barbera before reaching out into London's nightlife.

Mat Skeaping

Joe Browne is a saxophonist, composer and educator based in London. After completing a degree in Music and English, he continued to study jazz saxophone as a postgraduate at Birmingham Conservatoire and Berklee College of Music in Boston. During this period he was lucky enough to learn from some great saxophone players on both sides of the Atlantic, including Julian Siegel, Jean Toussaint and Joe Lovano.  On returning from the US he settled in London where he now works as a musician and educator. As well as a healthy schedule as a sideman in various jazz, pop and classical ensembles, his own group, Last Summer’s Tealights, can regularly be heard at venues across London and beyond.

Marta Capponi

Marta Capponi

Marta Capponi - voice

Andrew Noble - piano

Emiliano Caroselli - drums

6th September 2018

Waitrose Kings Cross, Granary Square, London, UK

Andrew Noble

Customers at Waitrose Kings Cross are treated to a free jazz concert every Thursday night. The London Granary Square store is part of a recent re-development of the area next to the Regent’s Canal. The store (a converted railway engine-shed) is a meeting point for listeners warming up their evening with a cheeky Chablis or fiery Barbera before reaching out into London's nightlife.

MARTA CAPPONI Italian-born jazz vocalist Marta Capponi began her jazz studies in Rome at the prestigious Saint Louis College of Music. Although a student she was already a busy working musician, and it wasn't long before her precocious talent was being heard alongside a wide array of established Italian and US jazz artists. By the time she left college she was already well known on the Italian jazz scene and she could soon be heard at high-profile venues and festivals around Italy, including the likes of Umbria Jazz, Umbria Jazz Winter, Ravello Jazz Festival, Spoleto Festival die Due Mondi, Casa del Jazz, Villa Celimontana and Auditorium Parco della Musica. Looking for musical challenges further afield, in 2012 Marta moved to London, bringing with her an eclectic and remarkable repertoire, from classic jazz standards and pop to folk and Brazilian music.

Emiliano Caroselli

"Her singing is fluent, powerful and captivating, and she has a stage presence to match"

Giorgos Pafitis - In the Winelight

Giorgos Pafitis

Giorgos Pafitis - guitar
José Canha - bass
Demi Garcia Sabat - drums

Date - 8th February 2018
Venue - Waitrose Kings Cross, Granary Square, London, UK
Giorgos Pafitis EP - Coming Up (2015)

Customers at Waitrose Kings Cross are being treated to a free jazz concert every Thursday night. The London Granary Square store is part of a recent re-development of the area next to the Regent’s Canal. The store (a converted railway engine-shed) already boasted a wine and beer bar and outside patio space.

Words below adapted from Waitrose Wine Notes....

Giorgos Pafitis - Youthful guitar with forward fruity flavours, handsomely bodied with good balance. Blended from a selection of the Cyprus Military Band, London College of Music and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire to give his music that ripe crunchy fruitiness, youthful vibes and harmonious spirit.

José Canha

José Canha - Elegant toasty bass gives his music the perfect frame for a charming and lingering night. A plummy rich talent from Portugal that displays meticulous care in every aspect of creativity




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Demi Garcia Sabat

Demi Garcia Sabat - Smooth complex and beautifully aged this percussionist delivers a remarkable intensity on the ears with ripe and smoky complexity. The sound is silky soft with wild moments of spice and toasted tones.