Harry Christelis Quartet
Harry Christelis Quartet
Sat 15 November 2025
Stage time / 8:30pm
Doors / 7:30pm
Celebrating the Jazz Clubs
Immersive and thought provoking contemporary jazz quartet led by Harry Christelis, fusing jazz tradition with experimental and ambient music.
Whilst Harry Christelis (guitar and composition) is the ostensible group leader of the quartet, there is a palpably communal sense about their approach to music. It is a quartet of explorative contemporary jazz, one of deep musical conversation between all the players. Featuring a cast of hugely in demand and celebrated musicians, including George Crowley, Andrea Di Biase, and Riccardo Chiaberta, each player draws on their divergent experience and pedigree to colour, shape and delineate the soundworlds evoked. The music brings to mind the Fourth Worlds of Jon Hassell, the oceanic exploration of Miles Davis, the deep space of ECM, and the remote, avant-pop lighthouse scan of late Talk Talk. But these are mere comparisons. These musicians draw you into an ecosystem you have never visited before – a place you’d want to spend time: comfortably unfamiliar, intimately remote, beguilingly melancholic, and distressingly beautiful.
Christelis’ 2023 album ‘Nurture The Child / Challenge The Adult' was met with international critical acclaim, and his upcoming 2026 album ‘Preserving Fictions’ is set to build upon the bands successes even further as they carry on exploring their unique approach to improvised music.
"Compelling ambient music pitched somewhere between In A Silent Way-era Miles Davis and late-era Talk Talk” - The Guardian
“Music with a serene beauty” - Kevin Le Gendre, BBC Radio 3
“The music's beauty becomes clearer with every play” - Jazzwise
Harry Christelis - guitar/electronics
George Crowley - saxophone/electronics
Andrea di Biase - double bass
Riccardo Chiaberta – drums
Whilst Harry Christelis (guitar and composition) is the ostensible group leader of the quartet, there is a palpably communal sense about their approach to music. It is a quartet of explorative contemporary jazz, one of deep musical conversation between all the players. Featuring a cast of hugely in demand and celebrated musicians, including George Crowley, Andrea Di Biase, and Riccardo Chiaberta, each player draws on their divergent experience and pedigree to colour, shape and delineate the soundworlds evoked. The music brings to mind the Fourth Worlds of Jon Hassell, the oceanic exploration of Miles Davis, the deep space of ECM, and the remote, avant-pop lighthouse scan of late Talk Talk. But these are mere comparisons. These musicians draw you into an ecosystem you have never visited before – a place you’d want to spend time: comfortably unfamiliar, intimately remote, beguilingly melancholic, and distressingly beautiful.
Christelis’ 2023 album ‘Nurture The Child / Challenge The Adult' was met with international critical acclaim, and his upcoming 2026 album ‘Preserving Fictions’ is set to build upon the bands successes even further as they carry on exploring their unique approach to improvised music.
"Compelling ambient music pitched somewhere between In A Silent Way-era Miles Davis and late-era Talk Talk” - The Guardian
“Music with a serene beauty” - Kevin Le Gendre, BBC Radio 3
“The music's beauty becomes clearer with every play” - Jazzwise
Harry Christelis - guitar/electronics
George Crowley - saxophone/electronics
Andrea di Biase - double bass
Riccardo Chiaberta – drums