George Garford is a saxophonist, composer and improviser active in the UK's intersecting contemporary jazz & improvised music scenes. Hailing from Cambridgeshire, and based in London since 2017. Alongside leading and writing for his group IDEASTHESIA, Garford has performed and recorded with the likes of Josh Walker-Martin, Julien Durand, Dan Kemshell, Tara Cunningham, Olivia Murphy, Olly Chalk, Torin Davies, Sam Eastmond, John Bisset, Huw V Williams, Cameron Scott, Myra Brownbridge, Leo Morland, Julia Brüssel & Caius Williams, and can regularly be heard playing a diversity of music(s) at established venues including The Vortex, Cafe OTO, The Jazz Cafe, The Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.

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Nick Manz is a London-based jazz pianist whose playing has been praised by critics as 'exciting, absolutely brilliant' (Ayanna Witter-Johnson), with 'rapid, shimmering pianism and virtuosic melodic fluency' (Planet Hugill). While studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, he was a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022 competition, performing at the Southbank Centre London with Mark and Michael Mondesir.

Active on the UK jazz scene, he has performed at venues including Ronnie Scott's and worked alongside artists such as Jean Toussaint and Trish Clowes. His career has also taken him further afield, with international tours in South Korea and China.

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Kai Chareunsy (b. 1998, Liverpool) is a Lao-British drummer, composer, and music facilitator who works across a variety of genres, including jazz, free improvisation, electronic, and folk music. He composes with field recordings, traditional folk instruments, and sensory percussion to create music that blurs the line between composition and improvisation. Kai’s recent works include commissions from Brighter Sound, Lancaster Jazz Festival, and B:Music.

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