Chapel Arts

A Night of Jazz with Tommy Scott, Rob Luft and Max Luthbert

Tommy Scott – Piano

Rob Luft – Guitar

Max Luthert – Bass

Rob Luft is an award-winning 28-year-old jazz guitarist from London whose virtuosity has been compared to that of six-string legends John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia. Rob was the recipient of the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Prize from The Royal Academy of Music, 2nd Prize in The 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and was also nominated for ‘Breakthrough Act’ in the 2018 Jazz FM Awards, ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ in the 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ in the 2019 Jazz FM Awards. In May 2019 Rob was selected as BBC New Generation Jazz Artist 2019-2022. 

Rob has performed with Django Bates, The Cinematic Orchestra, Loose Tubes, and Arve Henriksen. He also plays regularly with Elina Duni, Dave O’Higgins, the Deco Ensemble, Byron Wallen, Eddie Parker, and the Chris Batchelor/Steve Buckley quintet. He has recently recorded with Tommy Smith, Liane Carroll, Enzo Zirilli, and Misha Mullov-Abbado. 

Tommy Scott will be on piano for this concert. Tommy is becoming well known for his dazzling and musical performances and has played with many well-known players in the UK, such as Mornington Lockett, Jean Toussaint, and Dave O’Higgins.

As one of the premier bassists of his generation in the UK, Max Luthert is known for his distinctive bass sound, approach to improvisation. In the last couple of years, Max has been performing around the world with artists such as Zara McFarlane, Duncan Eagles, Moses Boyd, Ralph Wyld, and Gabriel Zucker.