Set 10:30PM - Jam Session 11:30 - 1:00AM

ALEXANDRA RIDOUT - Trumpet

Jules Gardner - Saxophone
Thorbjorn Stefannson - Bass
Kayvon Gordon - Drums

Jazz Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is from the UK and is currently based in New York City. At the age of 17 Alexandra was crowned the winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016, which is the most prominent jazz competition in the UK, widely promoted by the BBC on National TV and Radio. She was catapulted into a very busy and high profile jazz career and has been wowing audiences ever since.

Since her win, Alexandra has gone on to receive an array of awards and accolades including the British Jazz Awards ‘Rising Star’ 2018, in 2019 being named one of ‘London’s Most Influential People under 25’ by the Evening Standard, she was a Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominee 2020, a winner of the highly competitive American Laurie Frink Career Grant for trumpet 2022. She received the ‘Best Soloist’ award at the ‘Keep an Eye International Jazz Award’ 2023, was awarded 2nd Place at the most prestigious jazz trumpet competition in the world - the Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition 2023 and most recently won the the Next Jazz Legacy award through New Music USA.

Alexandra’s career took off in the UK and beyond from 2016 onwards. She has been in great demand as a bandleader, composer, musical collaborator, educator and featured artist, performing in 100’s of shows in all of the UK’s top venues, including 2 appearances in the 2018 BBC Proms, which included her performance as a featured guest for ‘40 years of The BBC Young Musician’. During this time Alexandra also had her music played on multiple BBC Radio 3 show’s, Jazz FM and across Europe and the USA.

Since being based in the UK and USA in 2021, Alexandra’s exquisite playing has been sought out by many revered international musicians, including touring with 5 time Grammy Award Winning Vocalist Samara Joy’s Octet, European touring with world renowned Renee Rosnes’ Blue Note signed band ‘Artemis’, Orlando Le Fleming’s ‘Romantic Funk’ (including a London residency with the band), prestigious New York venues and USA performances as a member of award winning saxophonist Dayna Stephens’ ‘Custom Deluxe’, New York shows and European Touring and Recording in world famous jazz drummer Jochen Rueckert’s new quartet, regularly performing at the famous Birdland Jazz Club and many other USA and worldwide venues as a member of Arturo O’Farrill’s 8 time Grammy winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. She also performs in NYC in the bands of Caroline Davis, Melissa Aldana, Dave Douglas, Savannah Harris, Christine Jensen, Mingus Big Band, Alexandra was also twice invited to be a featured artist with Pablo Held as part of his ‘Pablo Held meets... series in Germany and is touring twice in 2026 with the Pablo Held Trio. She is also performing and recording regularly with ECM artist Kit Downes and multi award winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock.

Alexandra has performed with her bands multiple times and as an in demand member of many other bands in NYC venues such as The Jazz Gallery, Close Up, Smalls, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Bar Lunatico, Ornithology Jazz Club, Nublu, the Kennedy Centre in DC and many more. She was a showcased performer/composer in the International Festival of New Trumpet Music with her trio in New York in 2022. The Festival is curated by world famous jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas, who she performed with in the FONT in 2024 and recorded an album with his new project 'alloy' in 2025 30th April 2024 sees Alexandra as a highlighted composer and performer on International Jazz Day, bringing her quintet to Columbus, Ohio as the main artist of the 2024 Columbus International Jazz Series in conjunction with Jazz Appreciation month presented by leading jazz organisation ‘A Tribe for Jazz’.

She has performed at many festivals around the world including Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, recently an artist in residence at the Guimarães Jazz Festival, Unity Jazz Festival at the Lincoln Centre, London Jazz Festival, Love Supreme Jazz Festival and many more all across europe and is reguarly touring around europe and the US with her own projects and as a side person

This event is All Ages

Seating is first-come, first-served; the last 10 spots in the room are standing room. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SWITCHING SETS OR DAYS.

ALEXANDRA RIDOUT - Jules Gardner - Thorbjorn Stefansson - Kayvon Gordon - Set and Session

ALEXANDRA RIDOUT - Jules Gardner - Thorbjorn Stefansson - Kayvon Gordon - Set and Session