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The Cathi Cook Quintet

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CCQ - the Cathi Cook Quintet comprises Key Boards/Flute, Bass & Drums rhythm section plus Jazz Guitar and Trombone/Vocals/Soprano sax front line.
The band's material is drawn from a variety of influences - Hard Bop, Smooth, Out, Blues, Latin and Funk, and comprises both original material composed & arranged by the band and standards from the modern jazz repertoire (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Roland Kirk and the usual "evergreen standards"). This large repertoire contains sufficient diversity to accommodate a wide variety of audiences and venues.
CCQ - despite being uncompromising in their musical direction & objectives have an appeal that goes beyond the "hard nosed" jazz audience. Thus CCQ are a popular choice, not only for the specialist audience, but also for the more sophisticated function or corporate "do".
For more information on the band, availability & costs, or to order a CD of our original material, please phone Graham Smith on +(44) 78 40 20 30 62 or email [email protected].
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Member Since: 13/07/2006
Band Website: (under construction - watch this space)
Band Members: Cathi Cook - Trombone and Vocals; Gray Smith - Keyboards, flute and soprano sax; Andy Faulkner - Guitar; Chris Mottram-Wooster - Bass; Jeff Willett - Drums With guest appearances by Derek Edmond - Drums and Ben Chappel - Sax
Influences: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Curtis Fuller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Raoul de Souza, Dennis Rollins, Annie Whitehead, Charlie Hunter, Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, Martin Taylor, Antonio Forcione, all those lovely lads in the Welsh Jazz Scene .... and more....!
Sounds Like: Ourselves - all tracks on this player are our own material.
Record Label: CD available now!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Jazz@theCap

Well we're nearly there, and very excited about our second "Jazz@theCap". We will be showcasing the fabulous Martyna with the equally exciting John Bowman trio on Friday 15th May, and acting as suppor...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 02:30:00 GMT

The big project continues....

We are now heading towards our second "Jazz @ the 'Cap" - this time providing yummy home-made curry for those of you with a big appetite., and featuring (as well as the Cathi Cook Quintet,) the fabulo...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:33:00 GMT

London Gig

We are really looking forward to appearing at the New Bands Showcase on HMS President on Sunday (The Jazz at the Marquee Club Series). If you are thinking of getting along, you need to be there by 8pm...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:49:00 GMT

Our CD is finally ready!!! and Buy tickets for Jazz@the Cap

We are really pleased to announce that our new CD is ready and available to buy on E-Bay - 13 original tracks/80 minutes of music for £10 can't be bad! You can find it by searching for the code b...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:39:00 GMT

Stables gig

We had a really good gig at the Stables , as part of Johnny Dankworth's "Jazz Matters" in November (Thanks to all our friends who supported us!) Johnny was very impressed with our original material a...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:20:00 GMT

New recordings!

We  have been making some proper recordings of our original pieces with a view to putting a good quality CD together, and we are really excited with the results. - hope you all enjoy the tracks w...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:34:00 GMT