Rising celebrity pianist Ashley Henry goes out on tour.
Ashley Henry goes out on a UK tour
The 33-year-old jazz musician – who has not too long ago launched his critically acclaimed third studio album ‘Who We Are’ – will probably be embarking on a seven-day UK tour from April.
Audiences will be capable to hear his distinctive mix of soul and hip-hop vocals, reflective of his London upbringing and Jamaican roots, starting on Saturday, April 12 on the Queen Elizabeth Corridor in London.
Ashley – who has collaborated with the Grammy-nominated poet and lyricist Aja Monet and Jazzfm’s 2020 Vocalist of the 12 months Judi Jackson – will then head up North to Manchester’s ‘Band on the Wall’ on Tuesday, April 29, after which south west to the Welsh capital Cardiff the place he’ll play on the CLWB IFOR Bach on Wednesday, April 30.
Might will see the younger expertise – whose deep-rooted influences and visionary conviction make him one of the crucial thrilling musicians rising throughout London and past – deal with crowds to his genre-bending sound at Louisiana in Bristol on Thursday, the first.
Three days later, he will probably be at Headrow Home in Leeds, earlier than travelling as much as Glasgow, Scotland, for a date at Hug and Pint on Monday, Might 5.
Ashley’s tour will finish on Tuesday, Might 6 at Bodega in Nottingham.
His collaborative follow attracts from being a diligent scholar of the Black radical traditions.
Uncovered to futurism and historical past, pulse, restlessness and poise, Ashley moved in the direction of muses which have formed his complicated artistry.
With the highly effective phrases of author and civil rights activist James Baldwin and political activist and thinker Angela Davis, in addition to the soulful items of jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter George Benson, Henry’s vivid expressions of jazz tradition really feel as lovely as they do significant.
Ashley Corridor 2025 tour dates:
April
Saturday, April 12, London – Queen Elizabeth Corridor
Tuesday, April 29, Manchester – Band On The Wall
Sunday, April 30, Cardiff, Wales – CLWB IFOR Bach, Cardiff
Might
Thursday, Might 1, Bristol – Louisiana
Sunday, Might 4, Leeds – Headrow Home
Monday, Might 5, Glasgow, Scotland – Hug and Pint
Tuesday, Might 6, Nottingham – Bodega
