Tom Harris & Nishla Smith

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Doors: 6pm
Happy Hour: ALL NIGHT, 6pm-12am
Gig: 9pm-12am
Free Entry

Table bookings:
- Latest arrival time: 8:45pm

To book a table, call:
- 0161 273 5495, 10am-5pm Monday-Friday
- 0161 831 7002, after 5pm Monday-Saturday
- Or leave a message outside of these times and we’ll get back to you.

Tom Harris is a Mancunian pianist, improviser, composer, and educator, most heavily influenced by Black American Music. Since dropping out of formal music education in 2018, Harris has developed his practice through collaborative work with artists from across the UK, including Rosie Tee, Marco Woolf, and Nishla Smith. During that time he has also established a handful of longer-term projects – voice and piano duo Wilkins/Harris, music-driven theatre collective Ulita, and CANYON; a multi-media collaboration with drummer Kai Chareunsy which involves creating new work alongside filmmakers, poets, dancers, and visual artists.

Nishla Smith is a City Music Foundation artist, and is part of Serious Music's 2022 Take Five cohort. She is one third of cross disciplinary arts collective Ulita, and leads an original jazz band, the Nishla Smith Quintet, who released a debut album last Autumn on Whirlwind Recordings. She spent this spring playing a bird in Atri Banerjee's acclaimed production of 'Kes', and later this year will turn her hand to a new interdisciplinary project: 'Travels Backwards', a collaboration with Manchester dance company I M Pact supported by Help Musicians' Creative Collaboration fund.

Tom and Nishla come together to celebrate their love of the Great American Songbook - following in the footsteps of their heroes including Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Art Tatum, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ella Fitzgerald, Samara Joy, Sullivan Fortner, and many more.

Plus, it’s HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT - that means buy 2 drinks and get a whole FREE PIZZA or get 2 house cocktails for just £12!

Tom Harris (piano)

Nishla Smith (vocals)