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Victoria Watson Quintet

In the Style of Jazz

About Me

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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Members: The core of the band includes:
Vikki Watson (violin)
Ralph Beeby (bass guitar)
Rick Venn (guitar)
Anil Goburdhone (guitar)

The lineup has also featured the following soloists at various times:
Matt Warden (flute)
Dan Elliston (alto sax)
Simon Hamlin (tenor sax)
Influences: Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Stuff Smith, Ponty, as well as much from jazz, blues rock and classical influences. We all come from different musical backgrounds, so an eclectic mix!
Sounds Like: listen and see for yourself! we are not easily pidgeon holed...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Clash of the Century!

Last night saw VWQt return to Imperial Union joining old friends and new in an awesome night of music, ranging from our well loved jazz, through acoustic folk sets, metal and heck of a lotta rock. Our...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:36:00 PST

New recordings uploaded

At the end of last year, we managed to convert my poky little flat into a recording studio and committed some jazz to tape. Four of the recordings from that session are now on our page, and these will...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:42:00 PST

Recent gigs...

After the success of Putney Rowing Club, we performed again at a garden party in west london, fully equipped with chocolate fondue and bouncy castle! There was a great turn out, and people braved the ...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:19:00 PST

Look at our pretty photos...

Hmm, don't know if I should be posting stuff here, since I'm not actually Victoria. Bugger it, this thing's not been updated since May. We had a pretty good gig a couple of weeks ago at the Putney Row...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:06:00 PST

Bar 126

Thanks to those of you who came to listen last night at Bar 126! It was an awesome night, we really enjoyed it, the atmosphere was amazing, the crowd was great and the venue was really nice as well. I...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Wed, 03 May 2006 02:22:00 PST

Recordings now uploaded!

I've posted up some recordings we made earlier on this year (when we were still only a 4 piece), enjoy! We hope to do some more recording soon (with all 5 of us) once we get back together after easter...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:10:00 PST

The Sun; Clapham Common

Last night we visited an Open Mic night in The Sun at Clapham Common. A lovely intimate acoustic venue. We played Skidoo and Dance of the Egyptian Geese - and went down very well! Definately worth a r...
Posted by Victoria Watson Quintet on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:14:00 PST