Two of Britain’s finest jazz musicians, alto saxophonist Martin Speake and guitarist Colin Oxley perform the music composed or associated with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Kenny Wheeler, Ornette Coleman and others. Alongside these compositions by the greatest innovators will be versions of songs by some of the influential songwriters of the 20th century such as Jimmy Van Heusen, Cole Porter, Johnny Green, Irving Berlin, Victor Young and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The intimacy of the duo allows for close improvised interplay that is melodic, lyrical and infused with a harmonic richness. The result is a performance of unique, personal interpretations of some of the greatest music in the jazz repertoire.
Colin Oxley draws on a vast experience of musical settings which includes being featured with Stacey Kent, Scott Hamilton, Michael Garrick, Colin Purbrook, Dave Cliff, Warren Vache and the John Wilson Orchestra.