ABOUT
We are “Yetii”: a Bristol based acoustic jazz trio playing original compositions as well as our versions of popular tunes from The Beatles, Radiohead and Joni Mitchell.
The group creates a sound world of complex yet consonant harmony supporting simple, singable melodies. Solos morph into intense group improvisations that focus on interlocking, minimalist fragments: a shared single voice that ebbs and flows between and within the band’s original compositions.
It’s been a big year in the world of Yetii. We played their concert hall debut to a sold out 400-strong crowd at St. George’s in Bristol, supported The Bad Plus on their recent UK tour, and have sold out each of our monthly residency gigs at The Greenbank in Bristol, including collaborations with Parliamentary Award winner Arun Ghosh, “Get the Blessing”’s Jake McMurchie, and, most recently, Edition’s Ant Law.
“all played with great beauty and sensitivity… A standing ovation greeted the end of their set”
— Jazzwise (live review)
“a performance that both enthralled and delighted the audience ★★★★★”
— The Jazz Mann (live review)
INNER WORLDS
We released their debut album ‘Live at The Greenbank’ in November 2022 to widespread critical acclaim.
We’re now delighted to be releasing our first studio album ‘Inner Worlds’, recorded at Cardiff University Concert Hall last year, alongside a 12 date UK tour.
“it’s dreamy, it’s acoustic, it’s everything we think of a contemporary piano trio”
— Marlbank
“a beautifully evocative live album of original compositions and stunning improvisation”
— At the Barrier
“instinctive and impressive ★★★★”
— The Jazz Mann (album review)
“a trio of fluent and wildly inventive improvisers”
— UK Jazz News
THE PEOPLE
ALEX VEITCH (piano and compositions): Alex is a Bristol based pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher. He performs regularly at venues including Ronnie Scott's, Trinity Centre, and The Exchange, including a current bimonthly residency upstairs at Ronnie Scott's. He has studied with teachers at both the Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School and writes the music for Yetii alongside his electric trio AVTRIO. Alex also plays prolifically as a side musician including with MADLY, Samantha Lindo, Family Business, and Bristol Street Music, and counts Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau among his main influences.
ASHLEY JOHN LONG (bass): Ash is an award-winning virtuoso double bassist and composer. He has performed and recorded internationally with some of the UK's leading Jazz musicians, including John Law, Keith Tippett and Nigel Price, whilst his work as a soloist has seen the premiers of numerous new works for solo bass. He also works as an educator and is a lecturer at Cardiff University and Coleg Gwent.
ALEX GOODYEAR (drums): Since graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2019, Alex has become a regular of the UK Jazz scene, with collaborations including John Law’s Re-Creations and the Jon Lloyd Quartet, as well as numerous sideman performances with a range of British and International Jazz artists including Ant Law, Simon Spillett, Denny Ilett, Enrico Tomasso, Seamus Blake, Iain Ballamy, Arun Ghosh, Ian Bateman, Zoe Gilby, and Alan Barnes.
“their own impressive brand of improvisation-rich, acoustic, Scandi-flavoured jazz”
— Bristol247
“they are exuberant yet controlled, untamed yet finessed”
— Sammy Stein
VIDEO PROJECT
Alongside The Greenbank, the band have launched an ambitious video project over the course of the last year, documenting their original compositions and arrangements in their Home Studio (17 tracks to date!). Videos have included their versions of Beatles tunes featuring Jake McMurchie (Get the Blessing) and Radiohead with Alun Elliot-Williams (Ishmael Ensemble), with their most watched video ‘Summer’ gaining over 18,000 views! It’s been fun! It’s probably the biggest enterprise any of us have been a part of and it’s been a really rewarding process both to rehearse and record the tunes, and also to watch them back.
