Dean Stockdale Quartet

Thursday 11th May 2023
Doors: 7pm
Happy Hour: 7-8pm
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.

The Dean Stockdale Quartet brings together four of the UK’s finest musicians to celebrate the music of the great Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.

Featuring Tim Williams on guitar, Gavin Barras on bass and Gaz Hughes on drums the quartet will be showcasing new arrangements of Oscar’s compositions and music from his most famous albums such as ‘Night Train’, ‘We Get Requests’ and ‘The Canadiana Suite’, this is a show that brings the infectious swing and virtuosity that symbolised Oscar’s groups such as those with Ray Brown, Joe Pass and Ed Thigpen.

The quartet has recently recorded a new album featuring tonight’s music to be released in the Spring.

Dean Stockdale is a highly regarded jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in the North of England who is known for his sensitive, swinging style. He regularly appears around the UK with his trio and some of the best names in UK jazz. His biggest influences in jazz are the piano styles of Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Gene Harris, Mulgrew Miller and Erroll Garner.

Dean continues to be in demand as a performer with his trio, and as pianist for touring jazz artists, accompanist for vocalists and as a teacher and session pianist. 2021 saw the release of his second trio album entitled 'Promise the Moon’.

"Stockdale's playing is consistently engaging and uniformly excellent" - Ian Mann 

"The musicianship is of the highest order" - Bebop Spoken Here