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Estonian pianist and composer Rahel Talts brings her internationally touring quartet to London for the very first time! This time the quartet welcomes a special guest from the UK: the incredible guitarist Ant Law. Together, they will take You on a beautiful musical journey featuring Rahel's original compositions from the band's first album "Greener Grass", along with many new, unreleased music. Nordic and Baltic folk-influenced lovely melodies, energetic, groovy rhythms and juicy, traditional jazz-influenced harmonies will fill the walls of PizzaExpress that night!Rahel Talts is a young Estonian jazz pianist and composer, who in recent years has been musically very active in Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia as well as many other countries around Europe. Rahel likes to write music for different combos, especially larger ensembles. She takes part in multiple bands and projects in Europe - as a leader as well as a group member. Talts has her own international 14-member band called Rahel Talts Ensemble with whom they released their first album in February 2022 called "Power of Thought" which has got a lot of positive feedback. Their second and newest album was released on January 31st, 2025 and is called "New and Familiar". Another combo that she leads is her quartet with whom they have toured over Europe and Asia and released an album in 2023 ("Greener Grass"). The pianist has studied under and played with jazz legends like Seamus Blake, Lage Lund, Yaron Herman, Melissa Aldana, Theo Croker and Ziv Ravitz. In 2021, Rahel was selected to be one of the 15 young jazz musicians in the Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy project in Hamburg. In 2023, Talts was chosen to represent Estonia in the legendary Euroradio Jazz Orchestra. In 2023, Rahel was also one of the finalists in the Helsinki Big Band Composing Contest.
Ant Law is a British guitarist and parliamentary jazz award nominee, who has been described by the Guardian as “a game changer” and “an innovator”. His 8th album ‘Ensconced’ is a collaboration with Milan-born British/Turkish singer Brigitte Beraha and was released (on Ubuntu Music) 16th August 2024. Ant has performed extensively with Tim Garland's band (with Jason Rebello & Asaf Sirkis), featuring on albums 'Songs To The North Sky', 'Return To The Fire' & 'ONE' which was shortlisted for a Grammy and won the Jazzwise Best Album award. Ant has also worked with the legends like Cory Henry, Thomas Gould, and been featured on numerous occasions in “Total Guitar", “Guitar Techniques" & “Guitarist” magazines.
Line Up:
Ant Law (UK) - guitar
Rahel Talts (EE) - piano
Donatas Petreikis (LT) - saxophone
Mariusz Praśniewski (PL) - double bass
Jesper Lørup Christensen (DK) - drums
Doors open 18:30
Concert starts 20:00
More info and tickets: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/rahel-talts-quartet-feat-ant-law
Hope to see you there!
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PizzaExpress Live Jazz Club, London, United Kingdom
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