The Ikos

Please note there cannot be guaranteed seating upstairs at Ronnie Scott's. There is no pre-booking, so we advise early arrival (doors 6 30, show sometime after) if you're wanting a table

£18 in advance /£20 on the door

Fresh from recording their second album, separated by a mere 10 years from their first, the UKs favourite keyboard driven New Orleans voodoo misfits bring their blend of original grooves and classic Crescent City funk covers to Ronnie Scott's for one night only.

In the meantime songwriter and bandleader Dom Pipkin has been "lazing around" and rejoining British trip-hop pionners Morcheeba for whom he was keyboard player back in 1996, appearing on their "Big Calm" album. Travelling the world with the band, making solo appearaces with his New Orleans solo piano shows from the UK to San Fancisco, and recording his own solo records.

The coming together of the band - Dom, Michael, Jimmy, Mirco and Trevor is always a unique experience, and with special guest players primed to join the gang on the night, this will be an Ikos tour-de-force with material from both albums peppered with choice funky selections from the world of the Meters, Dr John and Professor Longhair completing the gumbo.

Pipkin has been acclaimed worldwide as one the foremost exponenets of New Orleans keyboard music - a regular player in that city, his association goes back to pre-Katrina, and he's appeared alongside Allen Toussaint and Ellis Marsalis, and supported Dr John and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

Dom Pipkin - keys / vocals

Michael Searl - bass

Jimmy Norden - drums

Matt King Smith - guitar

Mirco Altenbach - tenor sax

Trevor Walker - trumpet

Graham Hughes - trombone

“When Dom plays the piano magic happens” – Paloma Faith

“one of the worlds’s finest exponents of the music of New Orleans…. a true piano talent” Blues In Britain magazine

“A great piano player” Andy Kershaw

“Dom Pipkin flails the organ to within a millimetre of Jimmy Smth and

just dig that almighty piano.”

Straight No Chaser magazine (Max Reinhardt)

“A genius” James Bond composer, David Arnold

“I can’t hold a candle to this guy. He’s a great piano player”

Jamie Cullum, live on Radio 2

“I really love your stuff. I hope we play together again soon!”

(Grammy and W.C Handy award nominated) Eric Bibb

“Quite the revelation! ..Lighting up the British blues and RnB scene at the moment, very very good indeed. A fine band!” Paul Jones (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band), BBC Radio 2

“Love your piano playing” Paul Weller

“I love your band! You get me singing and dancing”

Paul Sanchez, multiple award-wining New Orleans songwriter/ artist

“Dom brings the whole New Orleans thing to the UK. So good!”

Zigaboo Modeliste of international supergroup The Meters and

godfather of New Orleans funk drumming”

“Have you heard this guy play James Booker?”

Tom McDermott, New Orleans piano star

“Simply amazing” London Culture Club

“The finest New Orleans band never to come from Louisiana” Rocking Magpie

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