Drummer Sophie Alloway leads an all-star quartet with Ross Stanley, Mornington Lockett and Laurence Cottle, performing music by Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. A superb evening of world-class contemporary jazz.

Drummer Sophie Alloway has been the musician of choice for a wide variety of high-profile artists for some years now. With appearances for the likes of Later With Jools Holland, the Mercury Music Prize, Glastonbury Festival and most recently King Charles III, her featured tracks on ‘Abbey Road Masters: The Drum Sessions’ have been used on radio and TV across the world. Sophie also played drums for all the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2024 finalists (broadcast on BBC4 and BBC Radio 3).

For this EFG London Jazz Festival show, Sophie has put together a classic jazz quartet formation with Ross Stanley-piano, Mornington Lockett-sax & Laurence Cottle-bass?to perform material by iconic composers such as Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock. An outstanding jazz gig.