“Evidence the UK Jazz scene is on fire right now…Five Stars” (Evening Standard)

(Review of Live show at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club)

Tobie Carpenter is a highly celebrated and sought after Jazz Guitarist and Composer based in London. His debut album Dead Pan Party (Turquoise Coconut Records) topped the iTunes Jazz Album Chart in 2017 receiving critical acclaim in the UK and USA. As a collaborator Tobie has been recording and touring extensively with Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst (Jazz Re:freshed) featuring on Quincy Jones’s Qwest TV Contemporary Jazz Acts 2020 and Recording live at Abbey Road Studios for SXSW Festival, and with The Chris Maddock Quartet (Ubuntu Music) featuring as Jazz FM track of the week.

Tobie has performed at iconic venues including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Royal Albert Hall & Jazz Cafe, as well as touring throughout Europe and the USA, at Club Bonafide (New York) B-Flat (Berlin) and SXSW Festival (Texas). Tobie’s career includes recordings and performances with great musicians including, Claire Martin OBE, Alice Zawadzki (ECM), Emma Smith (Post Modern Duke Box), Binker Golding (MOBO), Joe Armon-Jones (EZRA Collective), Moses Boyd (MOBO winner & Mercury Prize Nominee) Peter Ind (Billie Holiday, Buddy Rich), Georgia Cecile (UK Jazz Act Of The Year & Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 Jazz FM) amongst many others.