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Laurie Rich's Five of A Kind feat. Klara Devlin!
Saturday 17th October 2026
Bar 7 pm / music 8 pm → Tickets £15 on the door and Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laurie-richs-five-of-a-kind-feat-klara-devlin-tickets-2000312808457?aff=oddtdtcreator
'Five of A Kind' is a London-based quintet project led by pianist and composer Laurie Rich and features a group of young, sonically adventurous, artistically distinct musicians such as rising trumpet star Klara Devlin.
The band met while studying together in the Jazz Department of the Royal Academy of Music and by exploring London's vibrant and eclectic jazz scene. After playing a series of concerts with various lineups across England and Wales in the fall of 2025, the band returned with this show at Jazz Cafe POSK this October.
Most of the music performed will be written by Laurie, specifically with these musicians in mind, as well as influenced by the writing and improvising of both modern New York and European Jazz.
Line-up:
Laurie
Rich - piano and compositions
Klara
Devlin - trumpet
Dylan
Chandler Pardo - tenor saxophone
Ben
Boardman - double bass
Finn
Genockey - drums
Laurie
Rich is a pianist and composer working in the idiom of improvised music
who began his studies at London's Royal Academy of Music in September 2025,
with the support of Help Musicians, after graduating from Cardiff University's
School of Music in 2025. Laurie co-leads the Berlin-based modern-jazz
collective 'biggerPicture' alongside Danish Bujazzo trumpeter Tobias Bech. He
also features in projects such as BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2024,
bassist Ursula Harrison's 'Orbit Street', as well as the Liva Strazdina Quintet
and 'Turkish Story'. Laurie performs frequently between the jazz scenes of
London and Berlin, having performed at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, A Trane
Berlin, Vortex Jazz Club and Zig Zag Berlin. He has band-led projects performing
at the Vortex, Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Brecon Jazz Festival and has
performed as a sideman under Donovan Haffner, Klara Devlin, Ananda Brandão,
George Johnson and Elliot Wong.
He was awarded both a Presidential Award Scholarship from the Manhattan School
of Music and a Royal Academy of Music Scholarship, and was also selected as a
finalist for the audition process of the Mainz-based international Gutenberg
Jazz Collective in 2025.
Finn Genockey is a jazz drummer, composer and bandleader based in London.
Since starting drums at the age of 6, Finn has had plenty of experience
performing regularly with some of the most notable jazz artists such as Rufus
Reid and Stan Sulzmann at some of the country’s top jazz venues such as Ronnie
Scott’s, Pizza Express Soho and Vortex as well as across the world in places
such as Germany, France and the Caribbean. He also regularly writes music for
the ensembles he runs: including The London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra
which he founded for a debut performance as part of the EFG London Jazz
Festival as well as his longstanding international quartet.Tacet Trust, his
debut album, was released on Fresh Sound New Talent in 2025.
19.
year-old jazz trumpet player, Klara Devlin, was a 2024 BBC Young
Jazz Musician finalist, currently studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music.
She began playing trumpet at five and discovered jazz at eight. Her quartet,
formed through Tomorrow’s Warriors, performs her original compositions and
arrangements inspired by bebop, blues and free jazz. The Klara Devlin Quartet
has appeared across numerous jazz venues and festivals, including Ronnie
Scott’s Late Late show, The Jazz Café, Jazz In The Round, Pizza Express Soho,
JazzLive at the Crypt and performances at the Brick Lane, We Out Here and
Brecon Jazz festivals.
In the words of Tony Kofi: “Klara Devlin, remember her name, she is in my
opinion one of the most amazing and unique new trumpet voices to emerge onto
the UK jazz scene. To coin the famous quote ‘if ya ain’t got it in ya, ya can’t
blow it out’. Klara Devlin definitely has it, and definitely blows it out of
her horn! I’m about 2-3 jazz generations in front of her and I’ve never been
this excited about a young musician, definitely a stylist who’ll be making new
waves for the next generation.”
Dylan Chandler Pardo is a saxophonist, composer, and multidisciplinary
creator from Barcelona. He has toured extensively with a wide range of artists,
including performances at the Barcelona Jazz Festival, Jazz Madrid and Mas i
Mas Festival.
Ben Boardman is a jazz bassist and composer based in London, UK.
Originally from Vancouver Canada, Ben spent five years in Montreal where he
studied at McGill University and worked as a sideman for Caity Gyorgy, Nick
Semenykhin, and Bryn Roberts; playing shows across Canada. Since moving to the
UK, Ben has played at Ronnie Scott’s with Phil Meadows ‘Future Movers’ and
recently lead a group of Royal Academy of Music students performing at Windsor
Castle for the German state visit to the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/d9Jv4TzW9HL04sZJcHcN4j/klara-delvin
Video 1
("Once Stepping Forward; To Step(s) Back” - Live in London): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqRbU92-hU0
Video 2 ("October's Song/ A Shared Solitude” - Live in Wales): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktendsotb-U