Late Night Jazz with Eddie Gripper

Thursday 4th July 10pm - Llandaff Cathedral - £10

Eddie Gripper is an English pianist, composer and educator based in Cardiff, Wales. Born and raised in Oxford, he first moved to Cardiff in 2018 to study under the tutelage of Huw Warren before graduating with First Class Honours from Cardiff University.

He has worked as a performer, promoter and producer alongside top musicians in his field. Including: Huw Warren, Iain Ballamy, Laura Jurd, Alex Merritt, Yuri Golubev, Eric Ford, Kevin Glasgow and John Parricelli.

As a composer, he has collaborated with welsh folk artist, Angharad Jenkins (Calan), in a handful of projects, exploring the various aspects of folk, jazz and contemporary classical traditions. ‘Hiraeth’, a band featuring Isaac Zuckerman, Daniel Newberry and Ursula Harrison, featured many of his own compositions alongside the work of other band mates, they featured as finalists in the 2022 edition of the International Bucharest Jazz Competition. His debut album, ‘Home’, will be released on Ubuntu Music in March 2023 featuring the talents of former bandmates Zuckerman and Harrison.

Eddie will be playing a selection of his original compositions from his debut album ‘Home’ plus some arrangements of contemporary tunes and folk melodies.

“Eddie Gripper is rapidly establishing a reputation for himself as one of the UK’s most exciting young jazz pianists...” – Jazzwise

“A composer of refreshing originality but with roots deeply embedded in the post-modern jazz piano tradition” - Nigel Jarrett (Wales Art Review)