Doors 6:30 PM, Music 7:15 PM – 1 set(s) of music
Line-up:
Asha Parkinson – Alto Saxophone
Alex Taylor – Drums
Reuben Goldmark – Piano
Hamish Nockles-Moore – Double Bass
About
Dynamic saxophonist, composer and arranger, Asha Parkinson releases her much anticipated second album Possession with Ubuntu Records this coming September. Jazzwise described her work as ‘genre-busting’; her music blurs boundaries between traditions to create a unique, deeply authentic sound. Described as “a phenomenal talent” (Jazz South), Asha led her own band professionally from the age of 12. Enormously versatile, she is equally convincing playing jazz, blues and soul, the experimental music of John Zorn, performing her own saxophone concerto with classical orchestra or improvising with middle eastern, Indian or flamenco musicians. She leads her Kalpadruma band, and other ensembles at venues across the UK and beyond.
Asha founded Kalpadruma in 2017 to explore exciting meeting points between Jazz, Contemporary Classical, Flamenco, Mediterranean, Arab and Indian musics. The full 14-piece mini studio orchestra featured in their Ronnie Scott’s main show in November 2022. Smaller flexible formats from sextet, quintet, quartet and trio and even qanun and saxophone duo have featured under the Kalpadruma banner at venues from The Vortex, Union Chapel, Crazy Coqs, Iklecktic to Jazz Seven Leeds and the EFG London Jazz Festival.
This quartet line-up allows Asha’s compositions to be explored in a more open-ended, intimate way, profiling the individual voices within the band.