Declan Forde – Piano

James Banner – Bass

Since 2015, Practically Married have collaborated with international artists such as Vilde&Inga, Han Bennink, Tony Malaby, Tobias Delius, John Hollenbeck and many more, as well as many hundreds of artists from the European and Berlin jazz and improvised music scenes, of which they have become a regular fixture. They also perform as part of other acts including with the award-winning Rachel Sermanni and have performed sold out shows at Konzerthaus Berlin and Leeds Jazz Festival in 2018. They have 6 releases with guests available on Bandcamp and in 2023 released their debut duo album, recorded direct to tape. From 2018-2024 they curated a bi-monthly improvised music series with guests at Berlin’s Donau115, named ‘one of the best jazz clubs in Europe’ by The Guardian. In 2025, they released their album with Han Bennink and Toby Delius Live in Berlin, and continued their series at Berlin’s legendary club Sowieso.

Live 2026

8.4. – Practically Married #52 with Lorena Izquierdo – Sowieso, Berlin

11.6. – Practically Married #53 with TBC – Sowieso, Berlin

1.8. – Practically Married #54 with João Lopes Pereira – Sowieso, Berlin

archive coming soon!

Video

RTP 2 Live in Lisbon – Concert with João Lopes Pereira

Releases

Guests at Donau115, 2018-2024, and Sowieso 2025 onwards

Evi Filippou, Sofia Borges, Eldar Tsalikov, Liron Yariv, Dima Bondarev, João Lopes Pereira, Will Howard, Mirna Bogdanovic, Jordan Dinsdale, Leo Forde, Fabiana Striffler, Paul Santner, Ugo Alunni, Tobias Delius, Nick Dunston, Rachel Sermanni, Percy Pursglove, John Hollenbeck, Uli Kempendorff, Julian Erdem, Rudi Mahall, Meschiya Lake, Fermín Merlo, Matthew Herd, Max Andrzejewski, Jeff Williams, Richard Koch, Joel Hunter String Trio, Vilde&Inga, Lorena Izquierdo, Dae Bryant

Collaborations: Rachel Sermanni (UK/Berlin Concerts, ‘So It Turns’ + ‘Dreamer Awake’ Album Recordings), Meschiya Lake (UK/Berlin Concerts + Album Recording 2019)

Festival performances: Festival USA at Konzerthaus Berlin, Leeds Jazz Festival 2018, Robalo Festival 2023