Back at The Bear by popular demand, award-winning, multi-horn-playing, and internationally recognised saxophonist Tony Kofi teams up with The Organisation, featuring Liam Dunachie on Hammond organ, Pete Cater on drums, and Simon Fernsby on guitar.
Formed in the early 2000s as the house rhythm section for a selection of residencies in South London and elsewhere, The Organisation combines the bluesy soul jazz side of the Hammond canon with their knowledge of the more modern post-bop side of the repertoire (as typified by Woody Shaw's Moontrane), which works perfectly with Tony's approach to the sax.
Their aim became to play unacknowledged classics, many from the Blue Note repertoire of the 1960s and elsewhere. This approach was validated by the reception received for their 2018 debut album Point Blank (the title taken from the classic 1967 John Boorman film of the same name starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson).
The band performs a hard-hitting selection of tunes in blues, jazz, and funk idioms and has played numerous sold-out shows at venues including the Vortex, Sheffield Jazz, and Kings Place (for Jazz FM as part of the London Jazz Festival). They are currently preparing their follow-up album to be released on Pete Cater's newly formed record label 'Mr PC Records', which will include tunes by Pat Martino, Joe Henderson, Joe Sample, and others.
“One of today’s hottest and most innovative quartets”
“A killer band with real bite”
Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm / Tickets £16 / £10 for members
All seating/tables are first come first served.