Five Good Minutes

Not only were The Liverpool Five one of the most commercially unsuccessful of those that made up the British Invasion, they weren’t even from Liverpool. Lead vocalist Steve Laine (who had earlier led The Steve Laine Combo), drummer/vocalist Jimmy May, guitarist/vocalist Ken Cox, and keyboardist/vocalist and sometimes sax player Ron Henley, all hailed from London, while bassist/vocalist Dave Burgess came from the county of Cumbria in the extreme northwest. But because of The Beatles, “Liverpool” simply sounded cooler.

The debut album from this all-star UK based Quintet, featuring the UK's finest jazz musicians. Five-Way Split is a new jointly led band which was formed in 2020 and features some of the finest contemporary jazz bebop musicians in the UK. Five-Way Split is fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins, Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos and the golden touch of pianist Rob Barron. Added to this is virtuosic double bassist Matyas Hofecker and hard-swinging drummer Matt Home.