Projects

Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis - Feels Like Home

Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis began playing together 20 years ago, when they had both relocated to West London to study. Originally from Greece, Vasilis had just finished studying at Berklee College in the US, whilst Paul had moved South from the Northeast of England. In the intervening years they’ve played numerous gigs together, releasing their first album in 2016, entitled ‘A Narrow Escape’ to critical acclaim. 

Their latest recording is released on the Ubuntu label on April 2019 and features original music inspired by the many places they’ve called home over the years.

Paul Edis Sextet

Described by LondonJazz as ‘One of the leading lights of contemporary jazz’, pianist and composer Paul Edis has assembled a line-up of multiple award-winning musicians to perform joyful, melodic, and swinging music rooted in the straight-ahead tradition.  

With Freddie Gavita (trumpet/flugel) Vasilis Xenopoulos (tenor and soprano sax) Rory Ingham (trombone) Paul Edis (piano/composer) Adam King (double bass) and Joel Barford (drums) 

Paul Edis Solo

‘Brilliant young pianist’ Paul Edis has released five recordings in recent years of his original music - with his sextet, with saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos, and in 2015 a double CD of his solo piano recordings Just Like Me/Not Like Me. 

His music has been played on the radio in the UK, Europe and US, and he has performed at leading venues and festivals across the UK and in Europe.  

His playing embraces the straight-ahead jazz tradition alongside the influences of folk, world and contemporary classical music. 

In 2021 he released At The Still Point Of The Turning World on Lateralize records to critical acclaim.

Paul Edis Trio

‘One of the leading lights in contemporary Jazz,’ pianist Paul Edis is joined by virtuosos Adam King (double bass) and Joel Barford (drums) to perform swinging music rooted in the straight-ahead tradition.

With a vast repertoire including numerous standards alongside original compositions, the trio are a resident band at Hampstead Jazz Club, often working alongside guest soloists, as well as focusing on the music of specific composers.

A Jazzy Christmas

Featuring new arrangements of festive favourites penned by Paul Edis and performed by some of the leading lights on the UK jazz scene.

With vocals from ‘velvet-voiced’ Jo Harrop, the 10 piece band has included the following musicians in recent years; Ryan Quigley (trumpet), Paul Booth (sax), Alan Barnes (clarinet/sax), Daniel Higham (trombone), Gareth Lockrane (flute/picc), Dominic Ingham (violin) Matt Home (drums), Matyas Hofecker (double bass) Matt Anderson (sax), Emma Fisk (violin) Graham Hardy (trumpet) Jason Holcomb (trombone) Faye Thompson (sax/clarinet) Megan Robinson (flute/picc) Francis Tulip (guitar) Andy Champion(double bass) Russ Morgan (drums), Matthew Mackellar (drums).

Triptych

As featured on BBC Radio 3 Jazz Lineup - Paul Edis (piano/clarinet) Rob Walker (drums) and Paul Susans (bass) AKA Triptych bring a diverse repertoire and extensive experience to create new interpretations of old standards alongside new compositions, often with a rhythmic twist involving metric modulations, irregular metres and longer forms compositions.

Ushaw Ensemble

Originally formed to perform a specially commissioned suite to celebrate the life and story of St. Cuthbert, the Ushaw Ensemble is made up of the very best musicians from the North East. Fusing elements of folk, contemporary classical and jazz, the Ushaw Ensemble were chose to be JazzNorth Northern Line ambassador artists in 2017/2018. They performed across the North in this period and recorded their debut album which is available now from the website store page.