Soirée: Alison Rayner Quintet

Soirée: Alison Rayner Quintet

ARQ’s profile has risen rapidly in the past three years, with extensive touring and critical acclaim for their second album, ‘A Magic Life’. They have built a substantial and wide-ranging audience, receiving national and international radio play and four and five star reviews in jazz and national press. Their music is
awash with infectious grooves, lyrical melodies and a music founded in jazz but with
folk, rock, classical and other world music influences.

‘A gorgeous album synthesising mood, melody and the interplay between musicians totally at home with each other.’ **** Jazzwise (A Magic Life)
‘spirited, eloquent and graceful’ The Guardian
‘purposeful, full-toned and melodic, a beautifully integrated band’ The Observer