About this Event

The Georgetown Trio will be performing new works with special guest trumpet/flugelhorn player, Yazz Ahmed.



Joy Ellis: Piano/Vocals

Adam Osmianski: Drums

Daniel Casimir: Bass

Yazz Ahmed: Trumpet/Flugelhorn



Georgetown Quartet:

The Georgetown Quartet is a product of the combined efforts of Adam Osmianski and Joy Ellis.

Joy Ellis - Jazz Singer - Nomad Jazz



Joy Ellis is a jazz piano vocalist based in London, England. Since appearing on the music scene in 2003 she has performed in the UK, Europe, South-East Asia and the USA.



She achieved a Masters in Jazz Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London in 2008 where she was taught by an array of fantastic musicians on the current UK jazz scene such as Nikki Iles, Pete Churchill, Malcolm Edmonstone and Martin Speake.



Since then she has travelled the world performing as a solo piano vocalist and with her band Georgetown. Joy has recently turned her hand to composing and was the recent winner of the 2012 BASBWE festival composition contest.



Adam Osmianski - Jazz Drummer - Joy Eillis Quartet



Adam Osmianski is a drummer and percussionist originally from Pittsburgh, PA. Since beginning his professional career he has performed throughout Europe, Asia, the U.S. and in South America. Apart from the Georgetown project, Adam has also released three albums and toured Asia with WVC TRiO, a piano trio (and sometimes quartet) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With a degree in Jazz Performance and a Masters in Jazz Pedagogy, he is now an on-line lecturer for West Virginia University and also presents masterclasses and clinics during his travels. He has given these classes in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Brazil and at home in the U.S.



Yazz-Ahmed-Trumpet-and-Flugel- Horn



Yazz Ahmed



Yazz Ahmed is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player.



Tipped as a rising star by Jazzwise and Time Out, Yazz won great reviews for her debut at Ronnie Scott’s, leading her own quintet and in opening the Jazz In The Round series at the Cockpit Theatre with her vibraphone and bass trio.



Yazz has also performed with her quartet, featuring Lewis Wright, at the Vortex, and the National Portrait Gallery.



She has played alongside Toshiko Akiyoshi, Rufus Reid, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Williamson and Sir John Dankworth. She works regularly with the London Jazz Orchestra, Tomorrow’s Warriors and Jazz Jamaica.



In 2012, Yazz represented Bahrain in the Cultural Olympiad, joining renowned musicians from the Arabian Gulf in collaboration with Transglobal Underground. This project, ‘In Transit’, was supported by the British Council and has performed in Dubai and London.



During November 2012, Yazz was involved in a cultural exchange project, ‘Interplay’, working with musicians from Britain and Sweden as a composer and performer. The collaborators for ‘Interplay’ included Denys Baptiste, Samuel Hallkvist, Ira Mogilevsky and Michala Ostergaard-Nielsen.



More recently, Yazz was selected for Take Five Edition VIII supported by Serious and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.



Yazz has recorded and performed with, Max Romeo, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the Manic Street Preachers, Swing Out Sister, Twiggy and the Urban Soul Orchestra.



Yazz plays flugelhorn on Radiohead’s album The King of Limbs and The King Of Limbs, Live From The Basement, which was screened worldwide during July 2011.