**606 Club Special** Jason Rebello Featuring Special Guest Petter Wettre

Tonight we are pleased to welcome back to the Club one of the finest pianists in Europe with a special quartet gig featuring the brilliant award-winning Norwegian saxophonist Petter Wettre. A multi-award winner and ferociously talented musician, Jason Rebello has been at the forefront of the international music scene for the last 20 years. His extraordinary ability is highlighted by the fact that he was already an established performer by the age of 21, being described by Jazz FM as “[one of] the most gifted and fluent pianists to emerge in Britain [today]…” and by 1993, at the age of 24, he already had three highly successful albums under his belt. As well as promoting his own groove/crossover music he also found time to work with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Gary Burton, Branford Marsalis, Des’ree, Mica Paris, Carleen Anderson and Omar. However, it was in 1998 when he was invited to replace the late Kenny Kirkland in Sting’s band that Jason found international recognition. He toured the world with Sting for more than six years before moving to the band of guitar legend Jeff Beck, with whom he still performs. A combination of remarkable technique and musical adaptability has enabled Jason to work with many artists across the musical spectrum including the likes of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pee Wee Ellis, Joss Stone, Madeline Peyroux and Manu Katche. In 2013 he released his first solo album in 13 years, "Anything But Look", that received universal critical acclaim, with AllAboutJazz saying "Rebello proves that music can be entertaining and sophisticated on a delightful recording that marks the pianist/composer's triumphant return to the spotlight.” Since the early nineties saxophonist Petter Wettre has made his mark as one of the leading lights on the international jazz scene. Voted "One of the ten most important musicians on the European jazz scene" in the British jazz magazine Jazz Review’s 2002 polls, his powerful, fluent playing has been heard in a wide variety of contexts, including touring and recording with Manu Katche and appearances and recordings with the likes of Dave Liebman, Tomasz Stanko, Arild Andersen, Rick Margitza, Adam Nussbaum and Joey DeFrancesco. He has to date released 18 albums under his own name, 6 of those being nominated for Norwegian Grammys (Spellmannprisen) for Best Jazz Album, winning the award twice in 2000 and 2007. As a player he has headlined in numerous Clubs and Festivals around the world, including Lithuania and South Korea in a collaboration with Jason which resulted in the 2013 release “Reinventing Music”, a duo recording with Jason. He has also made numerous radio and TV recordings, including being the Norwegian representative of the EBU, (European Broadcasting Union) in 95, 97, 09 & 2012. A consummate musician it is with enormous pleasure that we welcome this truly impressive improviser to the Club this evening. Supporting these two great musicians tonight will be two of the finest rhythm section players in the country, Tim Thornton (Ronnie Scott’s All Stars) bass and Jeremy Stacey (Sheryl Crow, Joe Cocker) drums. This promises to be a very special night featuring this amazing line up, booking definitely advised.

“Jason Rebello…inspired” Time Out;
“In terms of sheer ability and potential, Jason is probably [one of the finest…jazz musicians this country has produced.” Jazz: The Modern Resurgence;
"Wettre's steadfast alignment to jazz tradition... [combined with] his improvisational élan—while, at the same time, avoiding all trappings of excess, with solos as long as they needed to be, no more and no less—gave the set its unfailing focal point" AllAboutJazz