Affordable Jazz and The Bristol Flamingo Club bring Gypsy Jazz at its finest…

John Pearce trained as a classical violinist and still occasionally plays first violin with full orchestra’s. His love of Jazz brings an entirely different repetoire to the stage.

Drawn inexorably to life as a jazz musician though and surrounded by a new wave of young talent on the Bristol scene, John performed with James Morton and saxophonist Andy Sheppard whose influence and encouragement he greatly benefited from. His musical relationship with pianist and mentor David Newton also flourished and John recorded his debut album ‘Just Friends’ with him, bassist Will Harris and drummer Ian Matthews, releasing it in 2019 to great critical acclaim.

Although his devotion to jazz has been at the centre of his musical life, John has remained in demand as a classical soloist, giving duo recitals with pianist and composer Motoki Hirai and performing concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar and Sibelius with conductor Jonathan Trimm and the Stroud Symphony Orchestra. He was also part of the Live Music Now scheme that was developed by Yehudi Menuhin as a musical outreach organisation and continues to give workshops and masterclasses.

His friend and musical colleague Stuart Oliver is a composer and has developed a wonderful fingerstyle jazz technique that compliments John’s playing perfectly.

Doors 7.30pm

Start 8.30pm

Entry requirements: 18+

As ever, Affordable Jazz is for everyone. Please pay-what-you-can, all profits go to the artists.