Fringe In The Round - Alex Merritt Quartet
Tue 03 Feb
|The Bristol Fringe
Exciting new quartet by saxophonist, composer, and Fringe in the Round legend Alex Merritt! Tickets available via Headfirst - click 'See More' for link.
Time & Location
03 Feb 2026, 20:00 – 22:30
The Bristol Fringe, 32 Princess Victoria St, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BZ, UK
About the event
A fantastic gig in prospect from Fringe in the Round legend and ace saxophonist / composer Alex Merritt.
The band brings together four distinctive improvisers and voices on their respective instruments to interpret original material of Alex’s drawing inspiration from classical composers such as Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux as well as a host of contemporary jazz influences such as Immanuel Wilkins, Billy Hart, Mark Turner and Joe Lovano.
The line-up features the amazing Elliot Galvin on piano (Shabaka Hutchings, Norma Winstone, Marius Neset), Will Harris on bass (The Jazz Defenders, Matt Anderson, Simon Gardner) and Dave Smith on drums (Robert Plant, Fofoulah, JuJu, Outhouse) for this Bristol date.
This quartet builds on the success of Alex’s former quartet release ‘Anatta’ (2016) a record that featured legendary American drummer Jeff Williams, received critical acclaim as a “promising debut, of striking quality” from the Guardian’s John Fordham and was…