South African Jazz Guitar Trio
Sat, 03 Dec
|The HopBarn
A stunning night of Chamber Jazz and Jazz Rock with Electronica influences by South African musicians Crossley, Mombelli and Sweetman.
Time & Location
03 Dec 2022, 19.30 – 21.30
The HopBarn, Hopyard Farm, Hockerwood Lane, 0PZ, Upton Rd, Southwell NG25 0PZ, UK
About the event
Guitarist Jonathan Crossley will be joined at The HopBarn by two renowned South African musicians, bassist Carlo Mombelli and drummer Jonno Sweetman who are here presenting this once-off performance as the closing event of a week-long tour; the first time these performers have been presented here in the UK.
Jonathan Crossley has been described as ‘The Poster Boy for Modern Guitar’ by Guitar Moderne whilst bassist Carlo Mombelli’s work has been described as “Hauntingly Beautiful” by BBC Radio London.
The UK tour centred around the release of Crossley’s new album ‘Inhale’ which will be premiered on the 2nd of December at the Yoko Ono centre in Liverpool. Inhale was recorded at the Flame studios in Johannesburg, which was built into the very jail cells that held Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi under apartheid and features Crossley, Mombelli and Sweetman with members of the Johannesburg Philharmonic.
Additionally, in Liverpool the trio…