
Ewan Bleach Trio
Ewan Bleach Trio
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, vocalist, bandleader, composer,
teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles
of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing. He is also involved in projects of new music with
various ensembles, and has been involved with other genres including afrobeat
and traditional Turkish music.
Ewan led the Cable Street Rag Band in London and is also involved with
international projects including Frog and Henry and the New Orleans band Tuba
Skinny, which he has spent time with in the states He is particularly interested in
playing for dancing and has run many nights focusing on live music for dancing in
London in collaboration with the swing dance scene, most notably the Cakewalk
Cafe at Jago (formally passing clouds) in Dalston and Juju's Jazz Band Ball in
Shoreditch. Ewan's interest lines primarily in old sensibilities of pre-war music that
he calls "music for dancing and romancing" and is fond of playing for functional
events such as weddings and other private parties and happy to be setting the
mood as much as being in the limelight He is currently working on his first studio
album due to be released in 2021.