Doors open – 6:30pm
Pre-performance dinner orders to be taken – 7:30pm
Performance begins – 8:00pm
Interval – 8:45pm
Second Set – 9:15pm
End – 10:00pm
£30 Table Seating | £15 Standing | Complimentary for Patrons
Baptiste Herbin is one of the most innovative and influential saxophonists in jazz. His playing is characterised by his technical prowess, his ability to seamlessly blend different genres of music, and his commitment to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on the saxophone. Herbin will delight us with an impressive repertoire, a cocktail of his own compositions and arrangements of well-know jazz standards. His music is strongly rooted in bebop and swing so get ready for a trip to New York via Paris, right here at Ladbroke Hall.
Nominated for the Victoires du Jazz in 2013 thanks to his first album ” Brother Stoon “, Prix Django Reinhardt and elected musician of the year 2019 by the jazz academy, Baptiste Herbin is one of the top international musicians.
He has participated in more then fifty recordings: Keith Brown (Sweet and Lovely 2011) Aldo Romano (New Blood: the connection, 2012), Essiet Essiet and Jeff “Tain Watts” (Shona, 2014) the Fireworks quartet with Jean-Charles Richard, Stéphane Guillaume and Vincent David (2015), the quintet “O Brasil do saxofone” with Ademir Junior (2017), in duet with Alain Jean Marie (at Barloyd’s 2018) Darryl Hall (2019) to name the most important.
He plays in Europe and all over the world (Thailand, United States, Madagascar, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Serbia …) and plays with the greatest musicians: Stefano di Battista, Robin Mckelle, Julien Lourau, Ed Motta, Donald Brown, Roy Hargrove, Jean Toussaint, Mark Gross, Marcus Gilmore, Stéphane Belmondo, Ralph Bowen, Jean-Michel Pilc, Darryl Hall, Franck Avitabile, Baptiste Trotignon, Billy Hart, Mark Turner, Eric Harland, Alain Jean Marie… He accompanied Charles Aznavour in 2014.
Baptiste is endorsed by Selmer saxophones.
Line up:
Baptiste Herbin – sax
Simon Chivallon – piano
Sylvain Romano – double bass
Donald Kontomanou – drums
