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The Watford Jazz Junction Festival 10-18 May 2025
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The Emily Masser Quintet - Songs with my Father
Fri, 13 Jun
|Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre
Join us for our first 'post-festival' show in June to hear the sublime and ridiculously talented vocalist Emily Masser - performing with an outstanding quintet including one of the UK's great tenor players, her dad, Dean.
TIME & LOCATION
13 Jun 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre, 5 Local Board Rd, Watford WD17 2JP, UK
ABOUT THE EVENT
Emily Masser, is a 20-year-old jazz singer from Wigan, and currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music. A graduate of the prestigious Chetham’s School of Music, Emily gained the best possible jazz mentorship from her father, the hugely respected saxophonist Dean Masser.
"One of the most original and distinctive musicians to emerge on the current British scene.” Jazz Wise
Emily has gained attention and approval from several jazz luminaries, with her breakthrough in The Clark Tracey Quintet album, Introducing Emily Masser, showcasing her assured arrangements and vocals, and solidifying her reputation as a “new star of British jazz”.
Emily is joined by Dean on tenor saxophone and an all-star rhythm section with in-demand Hungarian pianist Matyas Gayer (Eddie Henderson, Scott Hamilton), thrilling bassist James Owston (Xhosa Cole, Greg Abate), and ultra-swinging drummer Steve Brown (Scott Hamilton, Barry Harris).
This band has recently recorded Songs With My Father, a gorgeous…
TICKETS
General Admission
General admission for The Emily Masser Quintet Friday 13 June 2025.
£27.50+£0.69 ticket service fee