Zeñel

Zeñel "– a hip, cooking, super-talented trio of players who aren’t even old enough to vote yet!" - Artists to watch in 2017, Jazzwise Magazine
Also listed at "The shape of jazz to come: Who to Look out for in 2018" Jazzwise magazine

Zoe Pascal (16), Noah Stoneman(17) and Laurence Wilkins (18) met through the young jazz scene in London, and came together in 2016 to create original music, applying their jazz improvisation background to a MIDI based electronic set up.

This new young band has wowed audiences at Love Supreme Festival, London Jazz Festival under the #jazznewbloodALIVE series, Sofar London, Cambridge Jazz Festival, The Troubador and The Verdict (New Generation Jazz), Lancaster Jazz Festival (Younger band ever to be booked) and the Royal Albert Hall closing the first day of the MFY PROMS on Nov13 2017. They start 2018 with a gig at Jazz re:freshed/Mau Mau on Jan25.

Despite their young age, their level of skill have earned them already positions on the Top 10 Best UK Young Drummer of the Year (2015, 2016 and 2017) and as a finalist at BBC Young Musician jazz award 2016.

Zeñel reviews:
"They deliver, though, in the finest traditions of jazz: memorable tunes that are a cloak for complex, challenging and thrilling improvisations. Process Z is a bared-teeth cavalry charge that might have been cooked up by Jimi Hendrix with advisory input from Darth Vader. Laurence Wilkins’ electronically-modified trumpet carries the crushing energy of a lightning strike. After this, we’re relieved to find our limbs still intact." - Cambridge Jazz Fest 2017, LondonJazzNews

"The initial, unavoidable, observation I made was their age – this is a trio of musicians not even old enough to buy a pint at a festival where they’re playing. The second observation, immediately perceived by the entire crowd, is the incongruous level of talent these young musicians exhibit. Coasting through track after track of original material, Noah Stoneman (keys/synth), Lawrence Wilkins (trumpet) and Zoe Pascal (drums) played as tightly and as comfortably as any act at Love Supreme. Their calculated and stylish inclusion of electronic elements throughout the performance was an early reminder that, like all genres, jazz is still changing." -Love Supreme Review, Radar.fm

"stunning sold-out show... jaw-dropping brilliant cutting-edge music that would have satisfied all ages"---New Generation Jazz Review @The Verdict-Brighton

"I caught a few numbers by the talented teenage trio Zeñel, who were playing on the Bandstand stage programmed by local (Brighton) jazz club The Verdict. With an irrepressible drummer, trumpet, keyboards and a hard-working laptop, Zeñel is a band to watch out for, with a sound both precise and exuberant." - Love Supreme Review, London Jazz News

"A bright future awaits these talented young musicians." - London Jazz Fest 2016 #jazznewbloodALIVE2016 LIVE REVIEW, thejazzmann.com