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
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 - PianoHuw 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.