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Tonight...
Thursday 11 March | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online
Blow the Fuse featuring Ed Jones
A
welcome return to Blow the Fuse and the Vortex for saxophonist Ed Jones.
one of the UK's most exciting players. A thrilling evening of Blue Note
jazz / Latin, blues and funk with Deirdre Cartwright (guitar), Alison Rayner
(bass) and Winston Clifford (drums).
'A formidable saxophonist, Ed Jones may have hit his highest profile through his work with bands US3 and Incognito, but he’s an improviser to his fingertips, a player of forceful imagination and one of the UK’s most distinctive saxophonists' (John Fordham – The Guardian).
See the programme page for full details of this month's gigs
April highlights
Tuesday 13 | 8.30pm | £15
Django Bates’ ‘Belovèd Bird’
Thursday 15 | 7.30pm & 10.00pm | £10
H-Alpha
Friday 16 | 8.30pm | £10
Humcrush & Leverton Fox
Wednesday 21 | 8.30pm | £11
Oddjob
Tuesday 27 | 8.30pm | £15
John Renbourn & Robin Williamson
Gig reviews by Chris Parker
Claudia Quintet
Wednesday 10 March
Claudia
Quintet's music has been memorably termed (in Downbeat) the 'sonic
equivalent of hand-woven tapestry', and this performance, attended by
what seemed to be every musician in London and environs, comprehensively
demonstrated the perspicacity of this description.
See the complete review.
New CD reviews by Chris Parker
Billy Jenkins I
am a Man from Lewisham
From
the bluesy growl of the opening title-track, through a series of rousing,
eccentric instrumentals, to the closing 'Throw Them Blues in the Recycling
Bin' featuring the Voice of God Collective Junior League Choir, this is
quintessential Billy Jenkins: teasingly satirical, genre-melding, passionate,
deeply rooted in South East London.
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Friday 12 March
Grand Union Orchestra
Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon
North Indian classical music, Bengali folksong and elements of Chinese music with jazz solos, Latin rhythms and European harmony.
Sunday 14 March
Anita Wardell Quartet
Renowned exponent of the art of scatting, Anita is one of the UKs finest straightahead jazz singers.
