Jazz at Karamel: Stan Sulzman Quartet

A new quartet formed for a BBC broadcast from the London Jazz Festival 2013. Playing a mixture of Stan’s original tunes and cunning reworks of standards, the band puts a contemporary spin on the jazz tradition.

A veteran of the UK jazz scene, Stan Sulzmann has a rich and varied career that has included playing with musicians as diverse as Kenny Wheeler, Larry Grenadier and Gwilym Simcock, as well as a prolific output as bandleader. Stan is also a highly respected composer and arranger; his vibrant big band arrangements have excited and inspired people for the last 25 years, and in 2013 Stan was commissioned to write an original piece for the London Jazz Festival.

“Stan Sulzmann seems to sound more personal and hauntingly moving than ever” – John Fordham, Jazz UK

“It simply doesn’t get any better than this” – John Kelman

Stan Sulzmann (ten sax), Nick Smart (tpt), Ross Stanley (organ), Tim Giles (d)