Tomorrow’s New Quartet were born out of the depths of lockdown. The music was composed in the latter half of 2020 by drummer Rod Oughton, and rehearsed at irregular intervals throughout the spring months of the following year.

Rod is a British jazz drummer/composer who is currently based in Amsterdam. He has worked with the James Taylor Quartet, Hailey Tuck and Hudson Taylor, and has performed in Cuba, Dubai and Saudi Arabia as well as all over the UK and Europe.

Rising star British guitarist Tom Ollendorff teams up with one of the world’s greatest saxophonists, alto saxophonist Will Vinson, a musician with an international reputation as both a leader and sideman. Originally from London, Will has made his career in New York City and beyond, playing with the links of Kurt Rosenwinkel and Chris Potter. He is perhaps best known as a member of the ‘supergroup’ Trio Grande with guitarist Gilad Hekselman, a musician who Tom cites as one of his role models.

Tom Ollendorff guitar, Will Vinson sax, Viktor Nyberg bass and James Maddren drums

Gaz Hughes is a renowned jazz drummer and band leader, who first gained wide public attention as the original drummer in the Matthew Halsall Band. He has played a significant role in the early recordings of the Gondwana label and has been a highlight on the album “On The Go”, which won the Best Jazz Album of the Year at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards in 2012, and was nominated for the Best Jazz Album MOBO Awards in 2011.

Widely recognised as one of the classiest jazz and swing singers and double bassists in the UK, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nicola Farnon has a remarkable musical pedigree, both parents being professional classical musicians and her great uncle no less than the late Robert Farnon. Originally raised classically on the cello and the piano, Nicola started singing and playing double bass in her twenties which led to a jazz career spanning 25 years (so far!).

The astonishing US sax player Joel Frahm returns to Leeds with his saxophone-led trio