Marvin Muoneké, one of the South West’s up and coming jazz artists, is a singer-songwriter and performing artist with a voice that has been often referred to as rich, deep and smooth. Bringing the songs and sounds of mid-20th century jazz and popular music to modern listeners of all ages, Marvin possesses a rare and beautiful presence that can light up any audience of any venue within seconds. In 2015, he did a brief stint with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Mark Armstrong. Over the last ten years, Marvin has performed in several theatres and clubs at home and abroad, including The Weston Playhouse, Southampton’s Concorde Club, Pizza Express Holborn, Theatre Royal Winchester and the Pavilion Gabriel on Champs-Élysées in Paris. Marvin is also a vocalist with award-winning swing band, Down For The Count, Weston-super-Mare based Boulevard Swing Big Band.

His Quartet, consisting of some of the finest jazz musicians in the South West can play hot and cool, bringing a great sound of music tinged with exuberance and excitement. Marvin is extremely excited to come back with his band to Abergavenny after a very successful performance at the 2022 BMJ Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, breathing new life into legendary jazz standards and introducing original songs too.

Joining Marvin on the bandstand is:

Samuel Joyce – Piano:
Samuel is an experienced and accomplished teacher, musician and composer.
After graduating from the Jazz studies course at Leeds College Of Music in 2008 he has gone on to teach, perform and write in many varied roles and capacities.

Federico Leonori – Bass:
Federico is a double bass player based in Bristol, he is often seen playing with various bands throughout the UK and mainland Europe.
Federico started playing the bass guitar in his teens. The accidental discovery of Mingus’s music was his inspiration in starting to play jazz and the double bass. He later enrolled for a Master Degree in Classical Double Bass at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of his hometown Rome, while pursuing an active performing schedule in Classical Orchestras, Jazz Big bands and small groups. He graduated under the guidance of one of the leading European double bass player, Daniele Roccato, in 2014. During his studies, he deepened his knowledge of the jazz idiom by attending masterclasses and workshops. Federico was also lucky enough to have the chance to study with many jazz legends including John Abercrombie, Uri Caine, Cameron Brown, Eddie Gomez & Dave Liebman.

Ryan Thrupp – Drums
Ryan recently graduated with a First from the Royal Welsh College jazz degree course and besides his jazz activities plays with funky festival favourites Cut Capers and appeared on live BBC TV from Glastonbury 2023 with afro-beat balafon player N’famady Kouyaté.

Marvin is extremely excited to come back with his band to Abergavenny after a very successful performance at the 2022 BMJ Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, breathing new life into legendary jazz standards and introducing original songs too.