Vasilis Xenopoulos (tenor)
Rob Barron (piano)
Matyas Hofecker (bass)
Matt Home (drums)
Formed in 2020, Five-Way Split is a jointly-led band featuring some of the finest contemporary jazz bebop musicians working in the UK.
Fronted by internationally-renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins and Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos, the quintet’s rhythm section features pianist Rob Barron, virtuosic double bassist Matyas Hofecker and drummer Matt Home.
Picking up the baton from groups such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as well as mirroring New York’s contemporary-bop scene, the band presents a sound that respects the tradition of the hard-bop era whilst also bringing it up-to-date for today’s audience. Expect to hear an extensive repertoire of carefully-crafted and imaginative original compositions, along with cool, swinging material by greats like Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton and Horace Silver.
Check out this montage of clips from the session in which they’re recording their most recent album “All The Way” (available at this evening’s gig!)
