‘Right Now’ all day jazz festival at Electric Garden, Derby.

Date: Saturday, August 02, 2025

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FIVE BANDS MAKING NEW SOUNDS OF JAZZ RIGHT NOW ALL-DAYER CELEBRATING JAZZ’ CONTINUAL RENEWALL.
SAT AUGUST 2ND ELECTRIC DAISY £10
1.00pm doors
2.00pm ARJUN CHANDRASEKAR QUARTET
3.30pm BLU.PRNT
5.30pm ELLIE’S KATS
7.00pm VIKASATI
8.30pm FLORAL PATTERN
https://mjazz.co.uk/derby-jazz-whats-on/

Energy levels in jazz are high these days. New bands and audiences are emerging across the country and Derby is right on trend.

ARJUN CHANDRASEKAR leading on alto saxophone and keyboards digs the tradition: Monk, Ellington and Wayne Shorter all feature.

BLU.PRNT part of a bigger collective of young musicians, poets, artists and educators in Nottingham.

ELLIE’S KATS Flautist and singer Elaine Kannedy leads a set of mellow standards.

VIKASATI Jacob (keys) and Ant (drums, percussion) use a delicate balance of light and shade to breathe life into their nu-jazz inflected melodies and intricate, dynamic progressions. 

FLORAL PATTERN Is An Alt-Jazz Collective Based Between Derby And Nottingham, Led By Saxophonist and composer Myles Noble blending the raw energy of UK soundsystem culture with the Innovation of the contemporary jazz scene,