Koller, Kofi, Gourlay, and Ojumu Play Monk With Special Guest Louis Koller

Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival Hans Koller - piano Tony Kofi - sax Calum Gourlay - bass Noah Ojumu - drums Louis Koller - trombone Pianist/composer Hans Koller joins forces with double bassist Calum Gourlay, fellow founder of the Monk repertoire band Thelonious, and with the unique saxophone virtuoso Tony Kofi, who is himself renowned for knowing the entire Monk book by heart. Two amazing new young jazz musicians on the scene, Noah Ojumu (drums) and Louis Koller (trombone) complete this exciting group celebrating the music of Thelonious Monk, in an exploration of some of the lesser known compositions, offering their own take on this iconic, timeless music. Tony Kofi is a British Jazz multi-instrumentalist born of Ghanaian parents, a player of the Alto, Baritone, Soprano, Tenor saxophones and flute. Having 'cut his teeth' in the Jazz Warriors of the early 90's, award-winning saxophonist Tony Kofi has gone on to establish himself as a musician, teacher and composer of some authority. As well as performing and recording with Gary Crosby's Nu-Troop and Jazz Jamaica, Tony's playing has also been a feature of many bands and artists he has worked/recorded with include US-3 The World Saxophone Quartet, Courtney Pine, Donald Byrd, Eddie Henderson, The David Murray Big Band, Sam Rivers Rivbe Big band, Andrew Hill Big Band, Abdullah Ibrahim, Macy Gray, Julian Joseph Big band, Harry Connick JR, Byron Wallen's Indigo, Jamaaladeen Tacuma's Coltrane Configurations and Ornette Coleman. His fluent and fiery hard-bop style makes him constantly in demand. He currently leads his own Tony Kofi Quartet, Tony Kofi Sphinx Trio, Future Passed Trio and is also the co-founder with Jonathan Gee of the Monk Liberation Front, a group that is dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk. Tony's latest project sees him performing with Alex Webb's Café Society Swing, Arnie Somogyi's Jump Monk, Larry Bartley's JustUS Quartet, Larry Bartley Trio featuring Tony Kofi, Adrian Reid Quartet, a double leaders project with Alan Barnes called Aggregation, Orphy Robinson's Bobby Hutcherson songbook project, Alina Bzhezhinska Hip Harp Collective, Jo Harrop's Fever, Portrait of Cannonball (Music dedicated to Cannonball Adderley)