November 7th: Leo Richardson Quartet ft. Darren Beckett

Schedule

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm

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Location

1 Sandown Road, Ballyhackamore, BT5 6GT Belfast, United Kingdom | Belfast, NI

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London-based saxophonist Leo Richardson, widely recognised to be one of the UK's leading Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, is best known for his honest, straight-ahead, contemporary hard-bop style. His most significant influences include John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver and Art Blakey.
Joining Leo is Glengormley native Darren Beckett, who was Madeleine Peyroux's drummer for 9 years and tours with Brandon Flowers of 'The Killers' playing on and touring his 2 solo albums, and is credited as co-writer on the lead single 'Can't Deny My Love' on Brandon Flowers' number one charting second solo album, 'The Desired Effect'. He has toured with Lauryn Hill, Beth Orten, Mercury Rev, Sinead O'Conner, and most recently toured in the US with Amen Dunes, and LA singer songwriter Bedouine. He has worked with notable producers Daniel Lanois (U2) Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers) Mark Platti (David Bowie) Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell).
He is a member of New York Indie rock band Ambulance Ltd who released their debut record on TVT records to global acclaim.
Since returning to the U.K. he has been very active also on the UK and European jazz scene, playing with Jason Rebello, Gilad Atzmon, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin, Norma Winstone, and Damon Brown. Also very active in the studio scene in Dublin and London playing on film/tv soundtracks.
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