Ben Crosland Quintet Plays The Ray Davies Songbook
Last Show: Monday 8 th January 2018
PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
In 2016 The Ben Crosland Quintet released the critically acclaimed album 'The Ray Davies Songbook', a tribute to the Kinks iconic singer/composer Ray Davies. Crosland began his musical education at the age of thirteen playing along to the Kinks’ singles on the Dansette in his bedroom. Fifty years on, he has discovered new subtleties and strengths in Ray Davies’ compositions and has assembled a quintet of international standing to record and perform his imaginative arrangements. The Quintet features Crosland on bass, Theo Travis on tenor and soprano saxophones, John Etheridge on guitar, Steve Lodder on piano and keyboards, and Sebastiaan de Krom on drums.