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Fight the Giant is a jazz fusion sextet based in Leeds, known for their innovative and accessible sound that blends dancy grooves with heavy bass riffs and rich harmonies.
The band features an internationally award-winning rhythm section, including Jascha Bingham, a classically influenced pianist renowned for his emotive improvisation, Sean Blake, a double bassist who merges his experiences in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, as well as previous punk projects to bring the same intensity to jazz, and Adam Scott, a rock drummer at heart again moving to jazz, focusing on energetic grooves and creative rhythms.
The front line includes Oli Cripps, trumpet player who grew up on the London jazz scene learning his trade from some of the greats of this generation, Louis Cryer, originally a classical guitarist who now integrates technology to create unique guitar tones and melodies and Murray Robinson, a saxophonist and arranger who takes influence from video game music and Japanese jazz fusion to create unique melodies amongst classic jazz harmony.
Together, these musicians, all of whom graduated from Leeds Conservatoire, create a dynamic fusion of diverse genres and musical ideologies, pushing modern fusion in a new direction. The band has started to build a following performing gigs across the north, as well as breaking onto the festival circuit playing We Out Here lush life stage 2025.
The band features an internationally award-winning rhythm section, including Jascha Bingham, a classically influenced pianist renowned for his emotive improvisation, Sean Blake, a double bassist who merges his experiences in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, as well as previous punk projects to bring the same intensity to jazz, and Adam Scott, a rock drummer at heart again moving to jazz, focusing on energetic grooves and creative rhythms.
The front line includes Oli Cripps, trumpet player who grew up on the London jazz scene learning his trade from some of the greats of this generation, Louis Cryer, originally a classical guitarist who now integrates technology to create unique guitar tones and melodies and Murray Robinson, a saxophonist and arranger who takes influence from video game music and Japanese jazz fusion to create unique melodies amongst classic jazz harmony.
Together, these musicians, all of whom graduated from Leeds Conservatoire, create a dynamic fusion of diverse genres and musical ideologies, pushing modern fusion in a new direction. The band has started to build a following performing gigs across the north, as well as breaking onto the festival circuit playing We Out Here lush life stage 2025.
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