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Fergus Quill is one of the hottest acts in the British jazz scene and is the winner of the 2023 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, the 2022 Tina May Jazz Award, and nominee of the 2025 Jazz FM Innovation Award. Tonight, he will be playing tribute to the Leeds alt-jazz pioneer of the 1980s, alto saxophonist Xero Slingsby (Matthew Coe). This performance will feature special guest Alan Wilkinson (from Xero’s band) playing Xero’s original saxophone.
Fergus Quill
Fergus Quill is a composer, musician and bandleader based in Leeds, UK His projects include Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, Fergus Quill’s Electric Noise Ensemble and the Fergus Quill Trio. With influences ranging from Sidney Bechet to Boredoms he aims to build on the cannon of 20th, 21st and 22nd century improvised music to find a way forward.
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The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
Dalston
London
N16 8JH
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- vortexjazz.co.uk
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on Thu 5 February 2026