Ralph Moore Quartet "Swinging Hard"

"Swinging Hard" swings hard!

Like gusts reminiscent of the bebop mastery of Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane.

Born in England, Ralph Moore came to the United States in 1970 and studied at Berklee College of Music from 1975. In 1981, he moved to New York, where he began his professional career as a musician. He played in Horace Silver's quintet, with whom he toured Europe and Japan.

A very active sideman, Moore also worked with Roy Haynes, the Mingus dynasty and Freddie Hubbard in later years. In the summer of 1987, he toured with Dizzy Gillespie's Reunion Big Band. Ralph can also be heard on albums by Kenny Barron (Invitation), Ray Brown, Kevin Eubanks, Gene Harris and Roy Haynes. From the mid-1980s, Moore recorded a series of albums on the Criss Cross Jazz label, with artists such as Steve Turre, Mulgrew Miller and Marvin Smitty Smith. In 1996 he played with Roy Hargrove and Oscar Peterson. That same year, Hargrove and Moore contributed Cedar Walton to The Composer album. In 2019, he contributed to John Beasley's Grammy-nominated album MONK'estra Plays John Beasley.

Over the course of his career, Martin Sasse has worked with almost all the legends of international jazz, including Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Steve Grossman and Lee Konitz. He has long been regarded as one of Europe's finest jazz pianists. His regular partners include Philip Catherine, Peter Bernstein, Dennis Mackrel and Scott Hamilton. He has released ten albums under his own name and has appeared as a guest on countless recordings and concerts around the world.

Ignasi Gonzales began his professional career in 1987 and became interested in jazz in the mid-90s. He began touring regularly with musicians from the New York scene such as Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Jim Rotondi, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Harry Allen, Houston Person and many others. Over the past fifteen years, he has played with tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, with whom he has recorded several albums. A few years ago, he began playing in the rhythm section of the great Benny Golson and has been travelling all over Europe.

Joris Dudli began his musical career in the late 1970s as a studio musician, and at the age of 18 was involved in numerous recordings by Austrian pop music legends. After becoming a regular member of the Vienna Art Orchestra, he went on to work with all the leading Austrian musicians. In the late 1980s, it was American trumpeter Art Farmer who played a major role in introducing Dudli to the New York jazz scene. He recorded and played with : Vincent Herring, Benny Bailey, Johnny Griffin, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Heath, Tom Harell, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Mulgrew Miller, Sal Nistico, Harold Vick and many others.

Admission: €15 general public

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