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We welcome back rising star pianist Sultan Stevenson to The Crypt just in time to hear music from his debut album 'Faithful One' released last month on Whirlwind Records. As well as his usual collaborators Jacob Gryn (double bass) and Joel Waters (drums), for this concert the trio is joined by ace trumpeter Josh Short.

Sebastian Scotney of London Jazz News writes of Sultan - "Sultan is a Londoner with roots in the Caribbean (his parents are of Barbadian and Vincentian descent). He is a product of both Tomorrow?s Warriors and the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy (JJJA). Sultan is the first to admit that he has absorbed the work of many of the greats of the jazz piano ? there has clearly been time well spent living with the music of McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Kirkland ? but that is only a part of his story. His faith as a young Christian is ever-present, as is his deep appreciation of Black gospel music, bebop, swing, reggae, funk and hip-hop as well as the history of Africa and the African diaspora which are part of his identity?."

Do not miss this concert.

"It is rare for a debut album by a young musician to merit four stars, but Faithful One, by the 22 year old London pianist and composer Sultan Stevenson, deserves every shining one of them." - allaboutjazz.com

?His way of placing silences and making a simple four-note lick grow into something significant showed an incipient master at work.? The Telegraph

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Church Street,

Camberwell,

Greater London,

England,

SE5 8RB.