Trombonist Ryan Keberle joined Chris Philips ahead of tonight's date at Pizza Express Jazz Club

Based out out New York since 1999, trombonist and band leader Ryan Keberle and his band Catharsis are make a bold and brilliant statement with recent albums, the latest of which is 'Azul Infinito'. This super strong quintet stars Chilean vocalist Camila Meza, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez, bassist Jorge Roeder and Eric Doob on drums, all of whom join Ryan on his European tour. Keberle has featured on no less than 4 Grammy nominated albums this year including the Grammy-winning 'The Thompson Fields' by Maria Schneider Orchestra. He took time out of his visiting educational duties with the Royal Academy of Music to join Chris on air at lunch time to talk about his broad involvement in music, in particular jazz, the New York scene and the superb new album that has been staple diet on Chris's Blueprint programme.

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis play Pizza Express Jazz Club in London's Dean Street, Friday March 18th, 2016, 7.30pm.