Saxophonist LIAM BYRNE from North Wales studied at Leeds College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music winning several awards, including the Dave Cooper Memorial Prize for Jazz Saxophone and the ‘Spud Murphy’ Saxophone Prize. He has performed alongside leading British jazz musicians including Alan Barnes, Digby Fairweather, Bruce Adams and Dave O’Higgins. He also co-leads a band with trumpeter Jamie Brownfield which regularly performs across the country at jazz clubs and festivals. Liam has a growing reputation as a torchbearer of the jazz tenor saxophone tradition, with a warm sound and understated aproach inspired by the likes of Lester Young and Ben Webster.
Get ready for a night of top-class jazz, blues and groove as Liam and jazz guitarist Dave Alexander joins Liverpool’s own Count John McCormick for a very special live performance.
Expect soulful sax, guitar, swinging rhythms and plenty of improvisation from two outstanding musicians — a proper Liverpool night of jazz not to be missed!
