WorldService Project: International Showcase Fund
Winners of the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, and nominated for ‘Young European Jazz Artist 2014’ WorldService Project are the leading specialists of Brit ‘punk-jazz’, two of the most alarming genre titles in the history of 20th Century music. Combined, they create an intriguing mix of Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Meshuggah and Stravinsky – all spiralling around in a Monty Python universe.
Having performed hundreds of concerts across 16 countries of the world, WSP have taken their intense live show to some of the world’s most respected festivals, including Tokyo Jazz Festival, Umea Jazz (Sweden), Tampere Jazz Happening (Finland), Ljubljana Jazz Festival (Slovenia), London Jazz Festival (UK), Gateshead International Jazz Festival (UK), Jazz sur son 31 (France), 12 Points Festival (Portugal), Jazz Art Sengawa (Japan) and in addition have toured extensively through Germany, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine, Italy and Norway.
In 2013, WSP embarked on ‘Music and Miles’, a 35-date tour of the USA, visiting 17 States, and live performances in Chicago, Nashville, New Orleans, Detroit and Philadelphia.
2015/16 saw WSP’s first adventures in Asia, performing 20 concerts in China, including the world-renowned JZ Club in Shanghai and festivals in Shenzhen (OCT-LOFT), Shunde (Freedom Jazz) and Hangzhou (JZ Blooms). Trips to Japan and India followed, performing at the GOA International Jazz Festival, Pune Jazz Festival and the Piano Man Jazz Club in Delhi.
With tours across Asia and Europe already booked for 2017, WSP launch their highly anticipated third album; For King and Country on Rare Noise Records
The epic and anthemic live sound of WorldService Project is both thrilling and heart-wrenching, with a theatrical live performance thrown in for good measure, as one of Europe’s finest live-acts.
Dave Morecroft keyboards/vocals/compositions
Tim Ower saxophone
Raphael Clarkson trombone
Arthur O’Hara bass
Harry Pope drums