QOW TRIO - The Hold Up (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Ubuntu Music is delighted to announce the upcoming release of The Hold Up, the second album from QOW Trio, which will be released worldwide on 26th January 2024.

QOW TRIO is a unique multi-generational jazz band featuring award-winning young firebrand saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan, storied British Jazz legend Spike Wells on drums, and multi-genre bassist and bandleader Eddie Myer. The band arose out of a chance meeting at the Verdict Jazz Club in Brighton and, despite the three musicians' differences in age, it soon became clear that they had much in common - a love of the lineage of big-toned tenor players matched with an appreciation for the wide-open possibilities of the chordless trio, a deep appreciation of the tradition alongside a fearless appetite for exploration, a commitment to the timeless values of melody and swing mixed with a willingness to take risks - all underpinned with a mission to make the music communicate directly to the listener.

Tracklist
01 - High Noon
02 - The Hold Up
03 - I Gotta Grape Drink
04 - The Star-Crossed Lovers
05 - Along Came John
06 - Hip Strut
07 - Our Man Higgins
08 - Bastard Gentlemen
09 - Bright Mississippi
10 - Hard Times Come Again No More
11 - Straight Ahead
12 - I'm An Old Cowhand