Party: Nicholas Meier and Pete Oxley

Party: Nicholas Meier and Pete Oxley

Demonstrating a unique style that is a blend of Metheny-esque jazz and Turkish inspired world music, Nicholas has graced our stage for a decade and continues a firm favourite in company with Pete whose history includes George Formby and Herbie Handcock.

Nicolas Meier guitars, Peter Oxley guitars

Pete and Nicholas have been performing as a duo since 2011. They appeared here together in 2015, and have often come separately with groups, including as leaders. Pete was born in Bury St Edmunds, came to jazz via rock band Kashmir, a stompers band in Bury and Leeds College of Music. He went on to hone his skills in Paris. His own group, the New Noakes International includes pianist Dave Gordon. Nicholas was born in Switzerland. He studied at Conservatoire de Fribourg, and Berklee College of Music He has been influenced by American guitarist Pat Metheny and by music from Turkey, Bohemia and Java.

They launched their third album “Colours of Time”, in February. Expect anything from Turkish panache, to English pastoral to the rhythms of Latin America; performed on a selection of their a dozen or more guitars – nylon and steel stringed, acoustic and electric, fretted and fretless ...

Of the latest album Dave Gelly writes in the Observer “when it comes to empathy this duet of guitar virtuosi comes close to perfection. Their roots lie in jazz, but they cover a whole bunch of genres in the course of this double album – Latin, Middle Eastern, English pastoral and their own brand of simply music”.

All Guitar- oh so many guitars, and so many genres!