Having started in 2007 Empirical went on to become one the UK’s most acclaimed jazz outfits, with the band personnel remaining the same for fifteen years. For this concert they are joined by rising star Jonny Mansfield and Jason Rebello, an award winner with a reputation built over a thirty-five-year international career and. Expect forward looking, creative music as they re-take their place at the centre of the UK scene.
Presented by Sheffield Jazz in collaboration with Music in The Round.
Nathaniel Facey: alto sax, Tom Farmer: double bass, Shaney Forbes: drums, Jason Rebello: piano, Jonny Mansfield: vibraphone
“Empirical deserve to be thought of as one of the greatest small groups in the entire history of British modern jazz” – Richard Williams, thebluemoment.com
“Empirical, around for an astonishing 15 years already, are one of the great British contributions to European jazz”’ – Downbeat
