Christ-Stephane Boizi, trombonist and Tomorrow's Warriors Emerging Artist, leads his sextet in hard bop jazz at Hull Truck Theatre.
Christ-Stephane Boizi Sextet are playing Hull Truck Theatre on Saturday 14 November, bringing hard bop jazz to the city as part of the Hull Jazz Festival. It's a full sextet on the bill, so you'll have a proper horn section going rather than just a small combo.
At the centre is Christ-Stephane Boizi, a trombonist, composer and bandleader who's a Tomorrow's Warriors Emerging Artist. If that name doesn't ring a bell, Tomorrow's Warriors is the London-based collective that's been a springboard for a lot of the city's best young jazz talent over the last few years, so he's coming from a scene that's very much in the middle of a revival. He's already making his mark on the London jazz circuit, and this is one of the nights he's taking that sound up to Hull.
Hard bop is the style they're leaning into — the high-energy, driving jazz that grew out of the bebop of the 1940s, with a bit more soul and gospel influence worked in. It's music built for a live room, and with a sextet behind him, Boizi has plenty of firepower to work with. The trombone takes the lead, and the rest of the band fills out the sound around it.
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The gig is on Saturday 14 November at Hull Truck Theatre, and it's part of the Hull Jazz Festival, so it's one of several jazz dates running across the city that weekend. If you're into the scene, it's a good time to be around.
