Mercury Quartet
from Kings Place Hosted by Kings Place
Manchester based quartet, Mercury's unashamed rock 'n' roll aesthetic draws influences from a wide spectrum of musical genres such as as Classical Avant-Garde, ECM jazz, Dub-Step and Grunge. Mercury constantly endeavour to find new ways to interpret the traditional roles within the Jazz Quartet format. This is improvised jazz music from a different place, looking back whilst striding confidently forward. Saxophonist Tom Thorpe spoke to us about how they came together as a quartet, their sound and what you can expect from their gig at Kings Place on 14 December... Mercury Quartet | Saturday 14 December 2013, 8:00pm http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/mercury
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