Jazz up the 80s with the Jay Rayner Sextet
Jewish Book Week
| Jay Rayner | piano |
|---|---|
| Pat Gordon-Smith | voice |
| Dave Lewis | sax |
| Robert Rickenberg | bass |
| Chris Cobbson | guitar |
| Sophie Alloway | drums |
Join the Jay Rayner Sextet as they celebrate the greatest jazz-influenced chart hits of the 80s, including dance floor fillers by Sade, Matt Bianco, Swing Out Sister and Sting.
As a child of the 80s, restaurant critic, MasterChef judge and jazz pianist Jay Rayner has long loved the decade’s hits with jazz at their core. He leads a sextet of top-flight musicians in fresh arrangements of classics by Sade, Matt Bianco, Working Week, Everything But the Girl, Paul Weller, Sting and more. Get your jazzy 80s on with the Jay Rayner Sextet. Box-shouldered jacket and big hair optional. With Pat Gordon-Smith (voice), Dave Lewis (sax), Robert Rickenberg (bass), Chris Cobbson (guitar) and Sophie Alloway (drums).
This event will last approximately 75 minutes, with no interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
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£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets for attendees aged under 30 are available for certain shows. To purchase an ‘Under 30s’ ticket, please choose the ‘Under 30s’ price type when selecting your ticket(s). If the option does not appear, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out or are not available for this performance. Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue. The £10 offer does not apply to premium price categories.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known as the restaurant critic since 1999 for The Observer. Jay appears regularly on TV, including on MasterChef.
Pat Gordon-Smith
Singer with the Jay Rayner Quartet since its inception, Pat Gordon-Smith has trained with the likes of Liane Carroll and Clare Foster, and has performed everywhere from the Crazy Coqs to Kings Place, and at numerous festivals from Cockermouth, to Bury St Edmunds.
Dave Lewis
An alumnus of the Berklee College of Music, Dave Lewis has played and recorded with John Martyn, Lamont Dozier, Jim Mullen, Bryan Ferry, Joan Armatrading, Tommy Chase, John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Blockheads. He now leads his own hard-grooving ensemble, 1Up.
Robert Rickenberg
A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, Robert has been an established bassist for almost twenty-five years.
Chris Cobbson
Guitarist Chris ‘Santo’ Cobbson was born in Ghana and grew up in West London. He is a prolific songwriter and arranger, and is currently working on both his debut solo album and an original musical.
Sophie Alloway
Sophie Alloway is hugely in demand on the London jazz scene where she has played with the likes of Jason Rebello, Mornington Lockett, Yazz Ahmed, George Melly, Shez Raja, Vimala Rowe, Geoff Eales, Nigel Price, Tony Kofi and US actor/comedian Jason Kravits, among many others.