Best jazz music in Leicester. Saxophonist Trish Clowes and pianist Ross Stanley have been carefully crafting their Unique sound world over a number of years Performing their own material, arrangements of Music from jazz, folk and church organ traditions, and free improvisations. The duo’s appearances include Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall (with Stanley making use of the organ), Galway Jazz Festival, Symphony Hall (Birmingham) Buxton International Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, and St George’s Bristol. In March 2024, Clowes and Stanley released their album ‘Journey to Where’ to wide critical acclaim, out on Stoney Lane Records. The duo enjoy working with material from anywhere. Their concerts often include music by Duke Ellington, Geri Allen, Osvaldo Farrés Lili Boulanger, Nikki Iles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as original compositions, two of which are dedicated to Clowes and Stanley’s respective heroes, Wayne Shorter and John Taylor. At the heart of their ever-evolving Programme of music lies interpretations of a Marcel Dupré prelude (Prelude III from Trois Preludes et Fugues) and Herbert Howells’s Gloucester Service - two beloved works from Stanley’s time as an organ scholar at Marlborough College. “Two of the absolute masters we have in this Country ... So deeply devoted to their craft as improvisers.” - Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2