About

Join us at The Jazz Sanctuary for an exceptional night of fresh jazz featuring the Matt Cook Quintet!
Matt Cook is a London based Tenor Saxophonist that has been described in JazzJournal Magazine as 'Spectacular' as well as likened to maestro saxophonists such as Wayne Shorter (London Jazz News 2020) and Mark Turner (Marlbank 2024).
Matt established his quintet whilst at The Royal Academy of Music in London combining some of the most creative young musicians on the London Jazz Scene. 'I wanted to bring four very different musical voices together that could each bring their own style and flair to the music.'
Matt's eclectic compositional influences range from modern jazz contemporaries such as Immanuel Wilkins and Ambrose Akinmusire, to older pioneers such as John Coltrane and Joe Henderson. He is not afraid to bypass genre, with flavours from 20th Century classical composers like Messiaen and Ravel and even nods to alternative rock bands such as Radiohead. Repetition is a key part of Matt's compositions, a technique he draws from spiritual jazz, creating meditative and transcendent moments.
Expect memorable melodies, expansive improvisations and deeply moving harmonic progressions.
'A Boundary Pushing Saxophonist' – Camden New Journal
'Spectacular contributions from Matt Cook on tenor'-JazzJournal
'Two sets of Cook's very strong originals went over very well and further mark this talented pool of musicians as ones to watch!' – London Jazz Guitar Society
Line up:
Matt Cook - Tenor Saxophone
Karim Saber - Guitar
Reuben Goldmark - Piano
John Jones - Bass
Kai MacRae - Drums

Doors/bar/DJ 19:15
First Set 19:45