Lawrence Jones & Friends

Join us for the unique sound that is Lawrence Jones & Friends – a special evening of soulful jazz, combining vocals, flute and sax with piano and bass accompaniment, this Philadelphia-born star on the South Coast is the main event for our opening weekend!

Lawrence Jones is the founder of the Brighton Jazz All Stars, founded in 2000, and a major figure on the UK jazz scene, successfully gaining an international reputation as a unique jazz musician, both through his expertise as a flautist but also via a classical training during his youth in Philadelphia. 

Prior to COVID, Lawrence played every Sunday at the famous Lion & Lobster in Brighton, hosting the popular jazz sessions there for over twenty years. More recently he has featured in the David Murray Big Band, playing with Macy Gray and James Blood Ulmer, and has toured extensively throughout Europe and the USA. He has…