Timings:
Doors 7:30 PM, Music 8:00 PM – 1 set of music
Line-up:
Emma Rawicz – Saxophone
Rasmus Sørensen – Piano
Freddie Jensen – Bass
Marc Michel – Drums
About:
Emma Rawicz returns to the Vortex with an exciting new quartet, featuring some of the most exciting improvisers that Europe has to offer. The band is decidedly international, with heavyweights from across France, Denmark, and the UK, and draws on long term creative relationships as well as establishing a brand new band sound. This band’s UK-debut performance comes after a week-long creative residency in the Devonian countryside, and the band will be showcasing all new material with a strong emphasis on improvisation and joyful freedom within the music. This ensemble, full to the brim of virtuosos on their instruments, and all trailblazing bandleaders in their own right, is characterised by an extremely wide range and depth of musical possibilities, and this is a Vortex debut not to be missed.
Emma Rawicz is a young saxophonist, bandleader and composer with an astonishing musical maturity. At just 23 years of age, Rawicz has achieved a huge amount, including the release of four critically acclaimed albums “Incantation”, “Chroma”, “Big Visit” and INKYRA, extensive headline tours across 15 countries, appearances in high profile festivals and venues including concerts featuring as a soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and with the German SWR Radio Big Band at a sold out Berlin Philharmonie. She was the youngest ever Artist in Residence at Cambridge Jazz Festival and has received a number of awards and nominations recognising her achievements. Rawicz has been selected as a BBC New Generation Artist from September 2024 for two years