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13-22 November

Leggett/Warren/Williams Quartet + Paula Gardiner Em Craig Duo

Leggett/Warren/Williams Quartet + Paula Gardiner Em Craig Duo

Fri 21 November 2025

Stage time / 8:00pm

Doors / 7:00pm

Celebrating the Jazz Clubs

Location

London Welsh Centre: Home,
157-163 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8UE

Showcase of welsh jazz and jazz adjacent music, showcasing musicians from various backgrounds and generations in a beautiful sounding room in central London.

Leggett/Webb/Williams

Alice Leggett - Saxophone

Huw Warren - Piano

Huw V Williams - Bass

Jay Davis - Drums

Alice Leggett is an alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader rapidly emerging as a distinct voice in the European jazz scene. Originally from Cardiff, Wales, she is now based in Amsterdam after spending seven formative years in London. She is known for her expressive sound, melodic statements, and a compositional approach that balances lyricism with bold rhythmic and harmonic exploration.


Huw Warren –Welsh pianist and composer Huw Warren has achieved an international reputation for innovative and eclectic music making over a thirty year career. Equally at home crossing the often exclusive worlds of Jazz, World and Contemporary music; he has a distinctive and personal voice, and has collaborated with a huge variety of artists worldwide

Bass player Huw V Williams, originally hailing from rural North Wales is one of the most exciting and unique musicians on the scene at the moment. Huw has been associated with world class musicians in the field of jazz and improvised music, including Jim Black, Huw Warren, Jeff Williams, Laura Jurd and Ivo Neame. As well as being jazz bass player, he also plays in the rock world with musicians Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Kliph Scurlock (formerly of the Flaming Lips).

Jay Davis - an award-winning drummer and composer based in london. He has performed with artists such as Yazz Ahmed, Nikki iles, Alex Hitchcock, Rob luft, Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin, Stan sulzmann, Mark lockheart, John Parricelli and Emma Rawicz to name a few.

Paula Gardiner + Em Craig Duo


Paula Gardiner - Guitar

Em Craig - Saxophone


Paula Gardiner calls herself ‘The Accidental Bassist”, as a number of coincidences found her playing firstly electric bass in an afro-cuban band, and then double bass for Cardiff’s central jazz club, The Four Bars Inn, providing the rhythm section for a host of visiting international artists. Paula was Head of Jazz at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama until retiring in 2023 to resume her freelance career. She is an active member of the Ivors Academy Jazz Council and Wales Council.

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