Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox is a leading authority on New Orleans music, bringing an authentic and electrifying voice to the idiom. As a celebrated exponent of the style, Cox has dedicated his career to preserving and pushing the boundaries of early jazz, earning praise for his masterful technique, deep historical knowledge, and infectious energy on stage. His unrivalled feel and virtuosity for the music he plays have led to concerts with the biggest names in jazz including two concerts with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra both in London and New York. Adrian is currently touring with his exceptional Trio featuring the New Zealand born guitarist Honey Boulton and Parisian bassist Alex Gilson, a true world class power house that leaves audiences spellbound.
Adrian Cox is a Buffet Crampon Artist/Jody Jazz Artist/Rigotti Artist
Honey Boulton specialises in swing and bebop guitar, and has what is drescribed by Soweto Kinsch (of BBC 3) as “…a timelessly authentic sound” After recently returning to the UK from his hometown Wellington, New Zealand, he has become a solid proponent of the musical landscape that is the London jazz scene, performing at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Dean Street, The 100 Club, as well as regularly touring abroad, playing at clubs such as Duc De Lombards (Paris), and Unity Jazz Göteberg, and playing at international festivals, such as Festival Django Reinhardt. With a love of a wide breadth of styles and artists, he is able to play across the board stylistically, with a joy that is positively contagious.
Honey makes up one third of the Adrian Cox trio, and is a regular fixture in Giacomo Smith’s Hot Five, and has performed with many artists such as Joe Webb, Georgia Cecile, Snorre Kirk, Deschanel Gordon and Laura Jurd.
Alex Gilson is a NYC jazz bassist originally from Paris. He recorded his first album in 2015 named Alex Gilson « La Bohème » and second one in 2023 named Danger Zone « Introduction »but he is mostly a sideman. He played all over the world with amazing musicians like Kirk Lightsey, Adrian Cox, Marcel Azzola, Pasquale Grasso, Grant Stewart, André Ceccarelli, Alain Jean-Marie, Champian Fulton, Dorado Schmitt.
Alex Gilson is a bass player who can play different kinds of music, from traditional New Orleans, to big band then to modern jazz or gipsy jazz.