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Alex Merritt is a jazz saxophonist, composer, educator and producer from Cambridge who lives in Bristol. Alex studied with Mike Williams, Julian Siegel, Hans Koller and Mike Gibbs at the Birmingham Conservatoire, where he graduated with 1st class hons in 2009. He found the experience very formative, and it sparked his interest in composition and the integration of techniques, and harmonic devices, from contemporary classical music into jazz.Since this time Alex has released two well received albums for the Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent- Common Threads (2022), Mind-Ear Ladder (2022) as well as his debut recording, ‘Anatta’, on F-ire Records (2015). This album, featuring Jeff Williams, Sam Lasserson and John Turville was critically- praised as “a promising debut, of striking quality” by the Guardian’s John Fordham on its release and was followed by a successful UK tour in 2016. Alex has also been successfully awarded ACE funding for tours with leading UK and European musicians such as the German pianist Pablo Held (2019) and Steve Fishwick, with whom Alex toured Mind-Ear-Ladder’ on a 9 date UK tour in 2022. These tours saw Alex performing at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club and The Vortex amongst others.
Alex Merritt- Saxophone
Elliot Galvin- Piano
Will Harris- Bass
Jeremy Stacey- Drums
Sign up for the "Post-Concert Jam" from 7:45-8:15 (No late signups will be accepted, you must attend the concert) This weeks jam will be hosted by Ted Carrasco!
Free Entry (Donations Required)
From 7pm at Good Things
5 Canute Road, Southampton, SO14 3FH
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Good Things, Belgrave Group, 7 Canute Road, Southampton, SO14 3FH, United Kingdom
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