INDIGO KID

In 2006 DAN MESSORE returned to the UK having studied for a MA in jazz at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, a course headed by bassist Paula Gardiner where he was tutored by such musicians as John Parricelli, Huw Warren (who says about Indigo Kid “Great tunes, I love the fluid feel. I like the freshness of the overall vibe “) and Dave Cliff. Besides Indigo Kid, Messore plays in Trust Trio alongside Aidan Thorne [bass] and Mark O Connor [drums]. Lacuna Quintet features another mentor of Messore’s, the trumpeter Steve Waterman. He has also played with the likes of Geoff Simkins, Kevin Figes, Nia Lynn, Lee Goodall, Dave Cliff, and Trish Clowes among others. IAIN BALLAMY needs no introduction; Known internationally as the ‘Fantastic Englishman’, Ballamy is a titan of the British saxophone. He made his name in the big band Loose Tubes in read more...