Leicester Jazz House Presents: The Levy/Robson International Quartet

This musical partnership was formed in New York City in 2017 between the highly acclaimed US saxophonist JED LEVY (Jaki Byard, Jack McDu/, Mike Clark, Tom Harrell etc) and multi-award-winning UK born guitarist PHIL ROBSON (Mark Turner, David Liebman, Billy Hart, Partisans, etc), who was living in NYC at the time. The American quartet featuring Peter Slavov and Clarence Penn quickly began to become a regular feature in the city’s iconic venues such as Smalls, Birdland, 55 Bar etc, as well as touring in the UK, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Northern California and more. Robson relocated to Ireland in 2020, but since that time the collaboration has continued with various European incarnations of the band. The current line-up features one of Europe’s most celebrated drummers, from Rome, ROBERTO GATTO (Freddie Hubbard, Jon Scofield, Joe Zawinul, Michael Brecker, etc) and the incredible UK bassist MARK HODGSON (Randy Brecker, Cedar Walton, Eddie Henderson, Greg Osby, etc) who is one of the most in demand bassists on the contemporary jazz scene today.

The quartet plays original music penned by both Levy and Robson. The music is innovative and contemporary whilst remaining highly melodic and groovy, with a strong sense of tradition mixed in with the diverse characteristics of each composer.

"HIGH-POWERED JAZZ" The Whitman Review

“ADDED TO THE WARMTH OF HIS SOUND AND EXCELLENT COMMAND OF THE INSTRUMENT, LEVY IS AN IMPRESSIVE PACKAGE DESERVING WIDER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. PHIL ROBSON IS ALREADY GAINING WIDER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, AS WITNESSED BY THE ADMIRING COMMENTS ON HIS PLAYING FROM PETER BERNSTEIN AND WAYNE KRANTZ TO BE FOUND ON HIS WEBSITE. HIS GREAT FLUIDITY AND FLEET INVENTIVENESS WERE, AS EVER, BALM FOR THE EARS” London Jazz News