Neil Cowley Trio

Neil Cowley Trio
Guest Artists
Date and time
23 Apr 2025 7.30pm
Location

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

£15, £20

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Neil Cowley Trio - Entity Tour comes to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Unpausing of the Pause

After a seven year hiatus, the Neil Cowley Trio reunite for their UK tour in 2025.

They present music from their outstanding brand-new album, Entity, alongside some fan-favourite Cowley classics.

In 2006 the Neil Cowley Trio burst onto the scene with an exciting sound that fizzed with energy; their muscular anthems, galloping grooves and tender moments placed them at the forefront of a new movement in jazz, paving the way for six highly acclaimed albums over 10 years.

Pianist and composer Neil Cowley then pressed ‘pause’ to pursue a solo career–no less successful-taking in neo classical composition and electronica.

Now, stirred by his extended time of solitary music making, he makes a firm statement about the joy, comfort and the rewards of human connection in the digital age.

Joining Cowley are his close musical allies, bassist Rex Horan and drummer Evan Jenkins; three friends giving their all to each other, metaphorically dancing together.

Cowley is a brilliant composer and dazzling pianist and the trio flame still burns bright. ‘Entity’ is neither a return nor a departure from the Neil Cowley Trio sound. It is still the sound, but with the finger lifted from the pause button and it is a magnificent return to form cementing head-nodding wonky grooves, killer melodies and emotionally charged pieces with a glass like fragility laced throughout.

Expect a powerful performance of deeply impassioned music and hooks aplenty with Cowley’s infectious wit and playfulness never far behind.

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