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SUMMARY:Grand Union Orchestra Festival DAY ONE: BENGAL TIGER SHANGHAI DRAGON
DESCRIPTION:This is the first night of a 3-day festival commemorating Jelly Roll Morton\, who died 75 years ago this weekend\, and celebrating how his spirit lives on – but with a very different musical legacy! – in East London today. Featuring gu zheng (Chinese harp) virtuoso Zhu Meng Xiao\, sitar maestro Baluji Shrivastav\, tabla wizard Yousuf Ali Khanand Shanti Paul Jayasinha (who combines amazing jazz chops with deep roots in South Asian music)\, their stunning improvisation transforms ancient Chinese court music\, Indian classical ragas and Bengali traditional song – with surprising harmonic and rhythmic twists.\n\n \n\nLINE UP\n\nZhu Xiao Meng (China) – gu zheng (Chinese harp)\n\nBaluji Shrivastav (India) – sitar\, dilruba\n\nYousuf Ali Khan (Bangladesh) – tabla\, dholak\n\nShanti Paul Jayasinha (Sri Lanka/Scotland) – trumpet\, flugelhorn\n\nLouise Elliott (Australia) – tenor saxophone\, flute\n\nGerry Hunt (England) – guitar\, soprano saxophone\n\nAndres Lafone (Uruguay) – bass guitar\n\nPaul Clarvis (England) – drums\n\nunder the direction of Tony Haynes (piano\, trombone) – composer/arranger\n\nGrand Union presents its incomparable roster of world jazz musicians playing in an unusual variety of musical contexts in the intimate cabaret setting of the Vortex.\n\n \n\n“The Grand Union Orchestra has been making great\, radical world jazz in the musical melting pot of London’s East End for thirty years.” – Duncan Heining\, Jazzwise Magazine\n\n \n\nFor complete details\, go to\n\nwww.grandunion.org.uk\n\nwww.tonyhaynesmusic.wordpress.com\n\n \n\n \n\n 
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/grand-union-orchestra-festival-at-the-vortex/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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