Damon Brown is one of the UK’s leading jazz trumpet players and composers. Born in Manchester, he studied the trumpet at the Leeds College of Music and London’s Guildhall School of Music. In the ‘90s Damon played and toured with many pop and dance stars including: Paul Weller, Maxi Priest, The Specials and The Pasadenas. With the London Acid Jazz Group, Push and the DJ Gilles Peterson, he made the first of many visits to Japan.
In the mid ‘90s Damon formed his first jazz group, the Damon Brown Quintet, and toured the UK. Since this debut as composer, he has confirmed his place in the UK jazz scene: playing over the years at all the UK’s leading clubs and festivals and also performing internationally, particularly in Europe and the Far East, with his own groups.
His sideman credits include tours with international stars such as Benny Golson, Dave Liebman, Doug Raney, Big Jon Patten and other luminaries. He has also performed with many of the UK’s leading players such as Peter King, Stan Tracey, Claire Martin, Don Weller and Alan Barnes.
A string of successful recordings have cemented his reputation further and his collaborations with iconic tenor sax player Steve Grossman have been hugely popular with jazz audiences and critics alike.
In addition to his work with his Quintet, Damon has diversified his writing and playing into other formats. In 2007 the group Killer Shrimp, which he co-leads with Ed Jones, won the 2007 Best Live Jazz Group at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Their first CD, Sincerely Whatever, was nominated for Best Jazz CD of the Year.
With Francesc Capella and Laia Porta he formed the Minimum Trio which has toured extensively in Europe and released two CDs.
Damon Brown continues to teach and perform in Europe and Russia and also in the Far East, most notably in Japan, where he has collaborated each year with the pianist Yutaka Shiina, Tim Armacost, tenor saxophone and Gene Jackson on drums.
Damon will be playing alongside Leon Greening (piano), Adam King (bass) and Matt Skelton (drums).
“Fluent, impassioned and technically superb”
“Damon Brown is a superb musician with a unique voice on both trumpet and Flugelhorn”
Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm / Tickets £12 / £7 for members
All seating/tables are first come first served.
We will still operate at reduced (70%) capacity until further notice… or until it feels ok again to cram the room full of people with the doors shut.