19/05/2026
This month's soloist is Gareth Lockrane who, after raiding his dad's record collection, discovered jazz at age 14. Early influences included Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans and Stan Getz on the jazz side whilst also being transfixed by the great blues/rock guitarists of the 60s and 70s as a child - BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy. Learning blues guitar solos on the flute at the age of 15 was a formative experience!
In 1997, his band "The Jazz System" formed with Osian Roberts was a finalist in the Vienna Jazz Festival Grande Concours de Jazz. In 1998, he studied on the Lake Placid Jazz Course in New York with Joe Lovano, Dick Oatts and Jim McNeely and in 2000 was a finalist in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition.
As well as his own bands, Gareth has been involved in many diverse projects on recording projects and live gigs including bands and recordings led by Quincy Jones, Dick Oatts, Tom Cawley, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Nikki Iles, Jodie Abacus, Reuben James, Lianne La Havas, Michael Kiwanuka, Marti Pellow, Seal, Corrine Bailey Rae and many more.
π Monday 25 May 8pm
π· Ruben Fox
πͺ Gareth Lockrane (solo)
πΈ NTBM (Not To Be Missed)
New sliding-scale ticket prices, plus half-price for students and MU folks - all the details at jazzintheround.co.uk ποΈ