Leicester Jazz House Presents: Dsw Trio: Deurloo/Simcock/Walker

A welcome return to LEICESTER JAZZ HOUSE and The Y Theatre of MIKE WALKER and GWILYM SIMCOCK, this time in a trio with Chromatic Harmonica player HERMINE DEURLOO. They met at the Ambleside Jazz Festival in 2019 and found an instant musical rapport. Since then they’ve been performing at venues in the Netherlands like the Bimhuis, and venues and festivals in the U.K.

The unusual combination of piano, harmonica and guitar results in a lot of freedom in harmony and performing, while maintaining a very clear melodic story. These extraordinary improvisational talents explore a rich harmonic world that is highly accessible, emotionally engaging and often jaw dropping.

This is a new trio with much to explore.

GWILYM SIMCOCK is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the European scene. He moves effortlessly between jazz and classical music, with a ‘harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions’. Gwilym has been hailed as a pianist of ‘_exceptional_’, ‘_brilliant_’ and ‘_dazzling_’ ability, and his music has been widely acclaimed as ‘engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex yet hugely accessible’, and above all ‘wonderfully optimistic’.

MIKE WALKER’S passion for guitar was heavily influenced by his own interest in jazz but flavoured by a broad spectrum of genres across the musical spectrum. Mike plays in The Printmakers with Nikki Iles, Norma Winstone, Mark Lockhart, James Maddren and Steve Watts, and has also been busy composing and touring with The Impossible Gentlemen, a group he co-leads with Gwilym Simcock, They have released 3 albums and in 2013 the group were named ‘Best Jazz Ensemble’ at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Mike redorded with musicians as Steve Swallow, Dave Holland, Steve Rodby, Peter Erskine and many more.

HERMINE DEURLOO is a jazz chromatic harmonica player from Amsterdam. She has performed all over the world and has recorded sevaral albums. She has performed all over the world and has recorded several albums. Her latest album, released in 2019, features Steve Gadd, Kevin Hayes, and Tony Scherr. In 2018, she was awarded the Bernie Bray Harmonica Player of the year award.