Five-Way Split featuring Quentin Collins, Vasilis Xenopoulos & Rob Barron Five-Way Split featuring Quentin Collins, Vasilis Xenopoulos & Rob Barron Vasilis Xenopoulos (ts), (tpt), (p), (b), (d) Five-Way Split is a top UK jazz band blending hard-bop tradition with modern flair. Award-nominated, they deliver soulful, swinging original and classic tunes. Five-Way Split is a jointly-led band formed in 2020 featuring some of the finest contemporary jazz musicians in the UK, fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins and Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos. The rhythm section features the golden touch of pianist and composer Rob Barron, virtuosic bassist Matyas Hofecker and dynamic drummer Matt Home. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers The band’s vision is to carry on the lineage of groups like as well as mirroring the . From this inspiration, the band presents a sound that respects the tradition of the whilst also bringing it up to date for today’s audience. With an extensive repertoire of carefully crafted and imaginative original compositions by each member along with hip, swinging material by greats like , Five-Way Split delivers a night of the best swinging and soulful music in town. The band members have collectively have worked with the likes of Al Jarreau, Kyle Eastwood, Stacey Kent, Gary Smulyan, Harold Mabern and Barry Harris. They have played sold out shows at London’s Ronnie Scott’s & 606 Jazz Club, Pizza Express Live, as well as to appreciative full houses at jazz clubs up and down the country. debut album “All The Way” Their contains mostly original compositions by the band as well as a couple of choice arrangements of classic jazz standards. Released in 2023 on Ubuntu Music, by the late Martin Hummel, . Five-Way Split was also . Their l released March 2026, features more original compositions from the pen of Quentin Collins, Vasillis Xenopoulos and Rob Barron as well as re-imaginings of classic material. It will appeal to all those fans of Hard Bop and straight-ahead, contemporary jazz music. Five-Way Split Tickets are available online upto 17:00