Past Highlights

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley Sextet

Sun 04 Oct 2026, 1.30pm

Seven Arts

Brace yourselves, folks. You really don’t want to miss it. Powerful grooves and jazzy, feel-good vibes

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley is a respected Manchester-based bassist and composer.  Joshua channels a modern Mingus style, with support from a plethora of youthful talent and formidable arrangements. His group consists of assortment of musicians who deliver irregularly catchy time signatures of powerful grooves and jazzy, feel-good vibes.

“The Mild Mannered and the Mortal” is his latest album released on Efpi Records this summer.

His Sextet is live at our Sunday afternoon jazz session featuring Kyran Matthews (tenor sax), Graham South (trumpet), Ellie Smith (trombone), Rich Jones (piano), Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums)

Their music is https://efpirecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-mild-mannered-and-the-mortal

The Jazzwise review of “The Mild Mannered and the Mortal” here https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews/joshua-cavanagh-brierley-the-mild-mannered-and-the-mortal

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley

Bass

Kyran Matthews

Tenor sax

Graham South

Trumpet

Ellie Smith

Trombone

Rich Jones

Piano

Johnny Hunter

Drums