Gwilym has long been an admirer of Pablo Held but they have never played together. Both were very much influenced by the late John Taylor. This year they will be teaming up at the Steinway Festival on Tuesday 19th March at Pizza Express Jazz Club.
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Gwilym is delighted that again his band will back the finalists in this year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician. This year it will be part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
This year’s finalists will perform with Gwilym, jazz bassist and composer Paula Gardiner and jazz drummer and composer Asaf Sirkis.
Gwilym will play a set with vibraphonist Joe Locke at Kings Place on 5th September before the album launch of a new album out on Basho “Hourglass” featuring new music by Austrian composer Johannes Berauer. Gwilym also features in the Hourglass quintet together with Mike Walker on guitar, Thomas Gould on violin, Martin Berauer on electric bass and Bernard Schimpelsberger on percussion and drums.
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Gwilym played a solo concert at the incredible Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris on 3rd May 2018. The spectacular building was designed by Frank Gehry and was opened in 2014 as a cultural centre for the citizens of Paris.
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Gwilym’s recent release with Kizzy Crawford and Sinfonia Cymru has been getting some great reviews. 5 stars in BBC Music Magazine who called the album “a simply beautiful concept daringly executed”. Peter Quinn in Jazzwise called the album “one of the year’s most beautiful, surprising and joyous releases”.
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Gwilym and Kizzy Crawford appeared on Front Row on Friday 27th April. You can hear the interview online at BBC Radio 4
“absolutely magnificent” BBCRadio4 Front Row
The album is also featured in London Jazz News
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25
Jul
2025 |
United Kingdom | Petworth, West Sussex | Petworth Festival | |
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Duo with Thomas Gould
Corelli Sonata for Violin and Continuo Op. 5 No. 1 in D major
Purcell Dido’s Lament
Westhoff Sonata No. 3 in D minor ‘Imitation of the Bells’
Matteis Ali’s Fantasia
Glass Knee Play
Bach arr. Simcock: Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme
Bach arr. Simcock: Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude
7:30pm
Champs Hill
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04
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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Lighthouse Trio
First set: John Etheridge guitar & Vimala Rowe vocal
7:30pm
Compston Road
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04-07
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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Gwilym Simcock and friends
Ambleside Days Festival – whole festival pass available.
6:00pm
Compston Road
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05
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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Gwilym Simcock and friends
The Gwilym Simcock / Mike Walker quartet with Conor Chaplin Bass and James Maddren Drums
First Set: Geoffrey Keezer Piano and Gillian Margot Vocals
7:30pm
Compston Road
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06
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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with Hermine Deurloo and Vincent Peirani
Second Set: Geoffrey Keezer piano Gillian Margot Vocals Tim Garland Saxophone and Mike Walker Guitar
7:30pm
Compston Road
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07
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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Gwilym Simcock and friends
Tim Garland Saxophone, Gwilym Simcock Piano, Mike Walker Guitar, Asak Sirkis Percussion, Conor Chaplin Bass, Vincent Peirani Accordion, James Maddren Drums, Hermine Deurloo Harmonic and Frank Harrison Piano
7:30pm
Compston Road
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11
Sep
2025 |
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | The Queen’s Hall | |
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Duo with Tommy Smith
7:30pm
85-89 Clerk St
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07
Oct
2025 |
United Kingdom | London | 1901 Arts Club | |
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Gwilym Simcock Solo Piano
8:00pm
Admission: £40.
7 Exton St
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14
Oct
2025 |
United Kingdom | Dorking | Watermill Jazz Club | |
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Duo with Tommy Smith
7:30pm
Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking RH4 1NZ
07415 815784
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15
Oct
2025 |
United Kingdom | Eastleigh, Hampshire | Concorde Jazz Club | |
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Duo with Tommy Smith
8:15pm
Stoneham Lane
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