Saturday Matinee Show: Fergus Quill Trio & Maddy Coombs Quartet (Double Bill)

Fergus Quill

Fergus Quill is a composer, arranger and bassist from Leeds. He is an established performer within the city’s live music scene, building a reputation for original compositions that reflect an eclectic spectrum of influences ranging from Sidney Bechet to Boredoms.

For our matinee show, The Fergus Quill Trio, will be playing music from their latest album "¡Blamo!". The Leeds jazz mavericks have produced a record that pays homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular, the soundtracks of Italian composer Ennio Morricone.

The tracks merge film theme/soundtrack style music with jazz improvisation, and they will also play extracts from their first album ‘¡Zoop Zoop!’.

Maddy Coombs

Part of the Tomorrow’s Warriors Emerging Artist Programme, Maddy Coombs is a young up-and-coming tenor saxophonist who has played alongside Judi Jackson, Soweto Kinch and Mark Kavuma, as well as leading her own line-up music at Brighton Jazz Festival, We Out Here Festival, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Spice of Life and a host of other venues.

Maddy is also building a reputation as a brilliant composer and arranger with her own music drawing inspiration from many artists including Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Melissa Aldana and Joel Ross amongst others.

Band Line-ups:

Fergus Quill Trio

Fergus Quill – double bass

Nico Widdowson – piano

Theo Goss – drums

Maddy Coombs Quartet

Maddy Coombs – tenor saxophone

Menelik Claffey – double bass

Finn Carter – piano

Zoe Pascal – drums

About the show

This show is in the Colne River Room at the Pump House, providing 70  allocated seats. 

Doors will open from 2.45pm with a full bar available during the afternoon. The show will commence at 3pm.

Travel

There is parking on site at the venue, with overflow parking next door in Century Retail Park (limited to 3 free hours - although do check on arrival). The venue is just a 3-minute walk from Watford High Street Overground Station.

Access requirements

The venue is disability friendly, and we can accomodate up to 2 wheelchair users. Please email us in advance before booking to jazzwatfordlive@gmail.com or to request any more information about access support.

Age limit

There is no age limit in place for our shows whether you're 9 or 99!