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SUMMARY:Tony Kofi and The Organisation
DESCRIPTION:Always a pleasure to have perform at the Vortex\, Tony's mesmerising style and natural flair give pleasure and joy to us all.\n\nThe origins of the Organisation go back a over a decade and grew from Simon Fernsby's memorable 'Manhattan Project' sessions which were a staple of jazz in South London throughout the 2000s. Drummer Pete Cater was an early recruit having been a jazz tutor on Fernsby's music college course. The band went through several incarnations and with the addition of organist Pete Whittaker honed its no-nonsense\, hard-hitting style as the house rhythm section in multiple venues\, festivals and residencies. Throughout this time they worked with many of London's leading jazz musicians but in spite of associations with several distinguished players did not become a regular quartet until a serendipitous meeting with saxophonist Tony Kofi in August 2010. This association with Tony was the result of a last minute dep at Kent jazz institution the Eagle Tavern\, Tony fresh from recording with Ornette Coleman in New York. Playing both alto and baritone on the date there was an instant affinity between the players\, the Organisation's combination of both the Bluesy soul jazz side the Hammond canon\, and their knowledge of the more modern post bop side of the repertoire (as typified by Woody Shaw's "Moontrane") working perfectly with Tony's approach. It is to the credit of all the musicians that they have played a long game\, developing their craft and style on the UK jazz circuit and the sounds you will hear are the sounds of a band who have put the hours in and held an ace in their collective hand until the moment to play it was just right.\n\n \n\n"A killer band with real bite" Mark Youll Jazzwise\n\n\n\nTONY KOFI\n\nWinner of the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards for Best instrumentalist\, the playing career of\nsaxophonist Tony Kofi began when he chanced upon a series of jazz workshops\, run in\nLeicester by Nick Hislam. He won a scholarship to study at the legendary Berklee College\nof Music in Boston Massachusetts\,His fluent and fiery hard-bop style makes him\nconstantly in demand. He currently leads his own Tony Kofi Quartet\, Tony Kofi Sphinx Trio\,\nFuture Passed Trio and is also the co-founder with Jonathan Gee of the Monk Liberation\nFront\, a group that is dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk. Tony’s latest project\nsees him performing with Alex Webb’s Café Society Swing\, Arnie Somogyi’s Jump Monk\,\nLarry Bartley’s JustUS Quartet\, Adrian Reid Quartet\, a double leaders project with Alan\nBarnes called Aggregation\, Orphy Robinson’s Bobby Hutcherson songbook project\, Alina\nBzhezhinska Quartet\, Jo Harrop’s Fever\, Portrait of Cannonball (Music dedicated to\nCannonball Adderley)\n\nPete Whittaker (Hammond Organ)\nLondon-based jazz organist Pete Whittaker became fascinated with the Hammond organ\nafter hearing the classic 1960s jazz recordings by the likes of Jimmy Smith\, Richard\n"Groove" Holmes\, and Jack McDuff. After a few years touring the western world with rock\nbands\, Pete has in recent times been involved with several jazz projects including UK\nsaxophonist Theo Travis' "Double Talk" and guitarist John Etheridge's "Blue Spirits". Pete\nis also regular member of the Nigel Price Organ Trio.\n\nPete Cater (Drums)\n‘A gifted and versatile drummer\, at home in any context’\n(Rough Guide to Jazz)\nPete Cater is a natural self-taught drummer who has been playing since infancy. Although\nhis 30 plus year professional career has encompassed almost the entire musical\nspectrum\, it is his work as a big band drummer and leader that has secured his worldwide\nreputation.\nPete first formed his own big band when still in his teens and of more recent years the\nPete Cater Big Band has released three highly acclaimed Cds\, broadcast on Radio 3\,\nappeared at major jazz festivals across the UK\,\nand they are doing an ongoing UK wide series of concerts commemorating the music of\nthe late\, great Buddy Rich. Pete’s big band expertise sees him in regular demand with a\nvariety of large ensembles including the BBC big Band and the Back to Basie Orchestra.\n\nIn addition Pete has worked with many international jazz stars in small band settings\nincluding Arturo Sandoval\, Charlie Byrd\, Benny Carter\, Buddy De Franco\, Terry Gibbs\, Al\nCohn and currently works regularly with the legendary singer/pianist Buddy Greco.\nPete remains in demand as a freelance player and educator with special emphasis on\njazz and improvisation.\n\nSimon Fernsby(Guitar)\nSimon moved to London in the early 80's. Initially working on the the rock and pop scene\nhe has toured extensively in th UK\, Europe\, Scandanavia the former Yugoslavia\, the US\nCanada and Japan. Headlining such prestigious venues as The Royal Abert Hall\, the\nForum\, Paris Olympia\, the Whiskey a go go and the Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles.\nHaving also worked for EMI publishing\, Phonogram RCA and Rough Trade his TV and\nRadio credits include The John Peel Show\, Top of the Pops BBC 2's Late Show Channel\n4's the Word and BBC4's Kalaidascope.\nAfter briefly studying with Dave Cliff he has worked with Brighton organist Dave Windross\nSoul jazz legaend Gary Baldwin\, Roger Beaujolais\, Sam Gambarini and Gareth Lockrane.\nWith the Organisation he has worked with Bob Martin\, Steve Fishwick\, Jim Hart\, Alex\nGarnett nad Dave O'Higgins amongst others. As part of the "7% Solution" Septet they\nhaev performed at Ealing Jazz Festival.
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