16th March 2018: Gareth Lockrane’s ‘Fistfight at the Barndance’ reviewed in Downbeat Magazine, Jazz Journal (★★★★) and more + Pizza Express Jazz Club show details

Playing music from their recent album Fistfight at the Barndance, rated a top five jazz album of the year in the 2017 British Jazz Awards, the Gareth Lockrane Big Band will be at Pizza Express Jazz Club on April 29th. (Tickets)

Latest press highlights for
Fistfight at the Barndance

“An hour of dynamic new music… Covers a vast and harmonically rewarding range.”
DownBeat Magazine (website)

“​Colourful, contemporary big band jazz with the skilful compositions and arrangements brought to vivid life by a highly talented gathering of musicians.”
The Jazz Mann​ (full review)

“78 minutes worth of exuberant, joyful, upbeat straight-ahead jazz – even the ballads can’t contain themselves for long before a foot tapping beat breaks out.”
Sandy Brown Jazz (full review)

​”The band has power to spare… Repeated listens reveal the subtlety not only of the writing but also of its realisation.”
★★★★ Jazz Journal

“A dazzling display of technical prowess in writing, arrangement and performance… a joyous recording.”
Jazz Views (full review)