Women in Jazz Media presents: The Laura Impallomeni Trio
25th April 2024 - Karamel Club
Photography by Mark Lord
Featuring: Laura Impallomeni (trombone) Mei Kirby (piano and synths) Greg Sinclair (tenor sax)
Laura Impallomeni is a jazz trombonist, composer and musical director of various projects. In 2020 she graduated from her MMus in Jazz Trombone from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she studied improvisation and composition under world famous musicians.
She went on to receive the Arts Council England ‘Develop Your Creative Practice Fund’ to compose a collection of original contemporary jazz compositions under skilled mentorship, featuring trombone as the lead instrument.
In November 2020, she debuted this body of work at a sold out concert at London Jazz Festival 2022 with her contemporary jazz quintet . She has just been awarded the “record and Release’ grant from Help Musicians,. She expects to release her debut jazz album in 2024.
Laura has performed and toured with various renowned artists such as First Aid Kit, The Dualers, Giffords Circus, Janet Kay and Ken Boothe. She is the musical director, composer and trombonist of an original 11 piece afro jazz band called ‘Yamäya’, who have just released their debut album ‘Senegal’ on Funkiwala Records.
She is also the trombonist for Rootsgarden Dub Soundsytem, The Voodoo Love Orchestra (cambia and salsa) and Barnacles (experimental jazz) and works for London music charity ‘Play for Progress’ as a therapeutic music teacher/workshop leader with young asylum seekers and refugees.
On the 25th of April she will perform a mixture of some of her original compositions and her favourite standards alongside members of her quintet.
Karamel - 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
The Karamel vegan kitchen will be serving food until 9.30pm. Email karamel8775@gmail.com to book a table.
Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.