10th April 2014: Alex Garnett’s ‘Bunch of Fives’ on BBC IPlayer this week until April 12th.

Saxophonist Alex Garnett released Serpent with us in 2011 to widespread acclaim and has recently finished a nationwide UK tour with his new project ‘Bunch of Fives’ featuring fellow tenor sax man and long time friend Tim Armacost from NYC, UK based musicians Liam Noble on piano, Michael Janisch on bass and James Maddren on drums.  The band was recorded at this year’s Southport Jazz Festival by BBC radio 3’s Jazz Line Up program presented by Julian Joseph and the concert is now being streamed on their site until the 12th of this month.   The program features all new compositions by Garnett and this high-octane music was recorded after the tour and will be released next year for Alex’s second WWR album.