John Ellis On Steinway

A solo concert by John Ellis, a Manchester musician, composer and producer, playing the piano at the Copper Bar in Band on the Wall, Northern Quarter. The music is pop, rock and indie.

John Ellis has performed and recorded in Manchester and further afield for 40 years, both through their own projects and alongside other artists. Those collaborators include Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen, The Cinematic Orchestra, Benji Reid, Alabaster Deplume, John Squire, James Yorkston and Mica Paris. More recently, Ellis has worked with Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet and Baked Alaska.

The solo concerts are built around songs and piano playing, moving from one to the other across the evening. The title refers to a Steinway piano, the instrument on which this show is performed. Pop, rock and indie inform the material, so the programme will suit listeners who follow songwriting as much as instrumental playing.

The Copper Bar is a concert and performance venue within Band on the Wall, a building in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The night suits anyone interested in a single musician working closely with the piano and their own songs, and in the range of collaborations behind them.