Vasilis Xenopoulos (saxophone), Quentin Collins (trumpet &  flugelhorn), Rob Barron (piano), Matyas Hofecker (double bass), Matt Home (drums)

We are delighted to present ‘Five-Way Split’ a jointly-led band formed in 2020 featuring some of the finest contemporary bebop musicians in the UK. Five-Way Split is fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins, Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos and the golden touch of pianist Rob Barron. Added to this is virtuosic bassist Matyas Hofecker and rock-solid drummer Matt Home. The band’s vision is to carry on the lineage of groups like Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as well mirroring the New York contemporary-bop scene. From this inspiration, 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. Their debut album “All The Way” was recorded in 2021 contains mostly original compositions by the band as well as a couple of choice arrangements of classic jazz standards. Released in 2023 on Ubuntu Music, the album featured in the top 20 Jazz Albums of 2023 in Jazzwise and the  band was also nominated in the best band category of the 2024 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. The Quintet have just released their latest recording ‘Modus Operandi’  and will delight with an extensive repertoire of carefully crafted and imaginative, melodic compositions, along with hip, swinging material.  Five-Way Split delivers a night of the highest quality and soulful jazz in town and is a concert not to be missed.