';
SYLVIE NOBLE & JAZZ CAFÉ POSK PRESENT: NEXT
GENERATION JAZZ!
@ Jazz Café Posk
Friday, April 24 • 8 PM - 10:30
PM
Bar 7 pm / music 8 pm
Tickets £15 on the door and Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sylvie-noble-jazz-cafe-posk-present-next-generation-jazz-tickets-1985402471237?aff=oddtdtcreator
Tonight: The Music of Betty Carter!
Kicking off her “Next Generation Jazz” series
at Jazz Café POSK, Sylvie Noble brings a band of London’s finest young jazz
musicians to play the fiercely swinging music of jazz vocal titan, Betty Carter.
Line Up:
Sylvie Noble – voice
Olivia Cuttill - trumpet
Thomas Sladden - piano
Ben Boardman - bass
Finn Genockey - drums
Based in London, vocalist and composer Sylvie
Noble pulls from eclectic influences across the musical spectrum, combining
jazz and folk to create an entirely unique sound. Her debut album ‘New Eve’, a
voice and bass duo collaboration with 2024 BBC Young Jazz Musician winner
Ursula Harrison, is due for release in spring 2026. A finalist of the 2025 Tina
May Young Jazz Musician competition, she combines dynamic and exploratory
improvisation with evocative and soulful melodies, pushing the boundaries of genre.
“Sylvie is on her own path, with lots
of imagination and beautiful sound” - Norma Winstone
“Nothing could have prepared me for the sheer
magnificence of her vocalising” - Ian Mann, TheJazzMann
Graduating from Leeds Conservatoire in
2023, Olivia Cuttill is now playing with her quintet, and other bands
such as Mangorata, Ferg's Imaginary Big Band and Sunkissed Child. Her album
'The Whole Damn Plan',came out in January 2024. Olivia is known for her story
telling songs, swinging solos and beautiful blues.
Thomas Sladden is a 21-year-old pianist,
composer and arranger, currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama in London. He has performed several times as part of the London Jazz
Festival and at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The Vortex and Milton Court
Concert Hall as well as the Wiltshire Music Centre. His influences include Geri
Allen, Fred Hersch, Shirley Horn and Thelonius Monk.
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.
Finn Genockey is a jazz drummer,
composer and bandleader based in London. Tacet Trust, his debut album, was
released on Fresh Sound New Talent in 2025. Featuring Josh Short, Rasmus
Sørensen and Nico Klöffer, the music has been described by UK Jazz News as “a
debut album that will surely be hailed as a classic and a milestone in the
ongoing development of contemporary jazz “.
www.oliviacuttillmusic.wixsite.com/oliviacuttill