18/06/2026
ALEX HITCHCOCK QUARTET / DIGBETH JAZZ Q2 2026 S12 / TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2026 / 7:30PM / THE NIGHT OWL B9 4AG
Described as a “virtuoso” byThe Guardian, saxophonist and Ivor Novello-nominated composer AlexHitchcock is a leading voice on the international jazz stage. Emerging from London’s fertile jazz scene and shaped by inventive collaborations across Europe, the US, and further afield, he has built an international reputation for music that balances real-world urgency with formal and stylistic exploration. Following sold-out album launches in New York and London,Hitchcock tours a cutting-edge quartet performing music from his acclaimed new release, Letters From Afar, a sonic correspondence across emotional, geographic, and artistic distances. The group’s sound draws as much from film and visual art as from music itself: shimmering bitonal harmonies that bloom and fracture; layered textures of colour, density, and rhythmic asymmetry; loops and motifs that build, collide, and dissolve. Hitchcock has carved out a distinctive space in contemporary jazz—at times intense and chaotic, at others disarmingly sparse and direct. Beneath the surface of the quartet’s notated forms lies a deep commitment to free improvisation, creating music both tightly sculpted and thrillingly fluid.This is music for curious, open-minded listeners drawn to art at the edge of beauty and disruption.
