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SUMMARY:Man of Words & Music - Shake Keane (Pt. II) Jazz & Poetry (Set 1)
DESCRIPTION:On the Eve of Black History Month we present:\nMan of Words and Music - Shake Keane (Part II) \nJazz & Poetry with Philip Nanton (poet)\, Henry Lowther (trumpet)\, Dave Green (Bass)\nOn the eve of Black History Month the Vortex Jazz Club presents Man of Words & Music: Shake Keane (Part II)\, as we celebrate some of the great contributions by Caribbean musicians who came to the UK and left their creative mark in the UK jazz scape.\n\nPhilip Nanton the author of Riff - the Shake Keane Story\, will read a selection of poetry by Keane with jazz veterans Henry Lowther (trumpet) and Dave Green (bass) providing the sound\, rhythms and free improvisations: rolling two art forms into one. Keane was not only a trumpeter and flugel horn player\, but also a published poet before he arrived in Britain in 1952. Undoubtedly his improvisatory skills on the trumpet and flugel horn were informed by his skills as a poet with his open-ness to experimentation\, and vice versa.\n\nShake wanted his poems to reflect joy and delight. He felt that they should both entertain and reflect his poetic technique.  For him pleasure in writing poems came from solving the problem of words. Often the words that he chose were laced with humour. Though he wrote throughout his life most of the poems that he published were written in two locations - St Vincent during his return there in the 1970s and in later life in New York. Both locations reflected difficult periods of his life but despite this his poetry always shone through. Jazz was also a strong influence in his poetry and could be seen in his use of the repeated phrase\, fragmented texts and a lot of play with words. I will read a selection of his poems from his time when he returned to St Vincent in the 1970s and from his later period in New York. Philip Nanton\n\nPhilip Nanton\n\nPoet and author Nanton has published widely in regional and metropolitan magazines and has performed his work at festivals in the Caribbean and internationally. He has published two collections of poetry 'Island Voices from St Christopher & The Barracudas' and 'Canouan Suite & Other Pieces'\, both with Papillote Press. Nanton’s biography of Shake Keane - Riff: The Shake Keane Story - was published by Papillote Press in January 2021. Some of his work is on his website www.philipnanton.com\n\nHenry Lowther\n\nBandleader\, composer and trumpeter Lowther has been a busy professional musician for over 50 years. He played at Woodstock in 1969 with Keef Hartley\, was associated with the bands of John Dankworth\, Gil Evans and George Russell. In 1967 he played on the now legendary Ken Wheeler album\, Windmill Tilter. Lowther has a long history as a session player\, a performer with classical ensembles including the London Philharmonic\, and as a free improvising musician.\n\nDave Green\n\nDave Green is an English jazz bassist. His first public performances were with his childhood friend Charlie Watts in the late 1950s and much later was a founding memebr of the Charlie Watts Quintet. He performed with Humphrey Lyttelton from 1963 to 1983\, and played with the Don Rendell–Ian Carr band in the early 1960s\, then went on to play with Stan Tracey. In the early 1980s\, he led his own group\, Fingers\, featuring Lol Coxhill\, Bruce Turner and Michael Garrick. Green regularly backed visiting US stars at Ronnie Scott's\, including Coleman Hawkins\, Ben Webster\, Roland Kirk and Sonny Rollins.\n\nShake Keane's Volcano Suite\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/H-qyWds-EM0[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/man-of-words-music-poet-and-trumpeter-shake-keane-pt-ii/
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SUMMARY:Sam Norris Quartet (1st show)
DESCRIPTION:Line-up:\nSam Norris - alto sax\n\nJay Verma - piano\n\nHarry Pearce - upright bass\n\nHarry Ling - drums\n\n \nAbout\nThe Sam Norris Quartet [SNQ] is award-winning alto saxophonist Sam Norris’ primary creative project. The ensemble features New York-born bassist Will Sach*\, pianist Jay Verma and drummer Harry Ling and uses Sam’s compositions and standard tunes as vehicles for exploratory improvisation. Formed in the mould of history’s great sax-led quartets\, especially those of John Coltrane\, Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman\, the resultant music is high-energy\, uncompromising and explores everything from tightly scripted forms to passages of free improvisation. Sam’s composition also draws heavily on twentieth-century classical music\, such as that of Ravel\, Ives and Scriabin\, and visual art\, notably the works of Kandinsky and Klee. The quartet recently played to a sold-out audience at the Saint Katherine’s Jazz Festival and regularly give performances throughout the UK- they plan to record their debut album this December.\n*This performance features bassist Harry Pearce deputising for Will Sach.\n \n\n'An extraordinary technique and improvisational flair for one so young.'\n\nRonan Guilfoyle [Joe Lovano\, Brad Mehldau]\n\n\n \nINSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS – PLEASE READ\nWelcome to the Vortex. Although the government is relaxing its Covid restrictions on July 19th 2021 the Vortex will continue to operate measures to protect users of the premises.\nPlease note the following:\n\n\n \tWe ask you not to attend gigs if you have or think you may have any Covid-19 symptoms. If you can’t make a gig because you have to self-isolate then just get in touch by filling out this form and we’ll give you a voucher for another gig.\n \tWe will ask you on entry to sign in for NHS Test and Trace either using the NHS Covid app or manually\n \tThere will be no standing at gigs. Everyone who books a ticket will be allocated a seat\, but we cannot guarantee that you will have a table.\n \tOrders for drinks and snacks will be taken and paid for using the Butlr app which you can download on arrival. (If you do not have a smartphone then your order will be taken at the table and you can make a contactless payment. We do not accept cash.)\n \tWe ask that everyone wears a mask when moving around inside the building.\n \tAutomatic hand sanitiser stations are provided at various places within the building and we encourage regular use of hand sanitiser.\n \tFull details of the measures that we are taking to prevent transmission of Covid are set out in our risk assessment and management plan which can be found on our website.\n
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SUMMARY:Man of Words & Music: Shake Keane (Part II) Jazz & Poetry (Set 2)
DESCRIPTION:On the Eve of Black History Month we present:\nMan of Words and Music - Shake Keane (Part II) \nJazz & Poetry with Philip Nanton (poet)\, Henry Lowther (trumpet)\, Dave Green (Bass)\nOn the eve of Black History Month the Vortex Jazz Club presents Man of Words & Music: Shake Keane (Part II)\, as we celebrate some of the great contributions by Caribbean musicians who came to the UK and left their creative mark in the UK jazz scape.\n\nPhilip Nanton the author of Riff - the Shake Keane Story\, will read a selection of poetry by Keane with jazz veterans Henry Lowther (trumpet) and Dave Green (bass) providing the sound\, rhythms and free improvisations: rolling two art forms into one. Keane was not only a trumpeter and flugel horn player\, but also a published poet before he arrived in Britain in 1952. Undoubtedly his improvisatory skills on the trumpet and flugel horn were informed by his skills as a poet with his open-ness to experimentation\, and vice versa.\n\nShake wanted his poems to reflect joy and delight. He felt that they should both entertain and reflect his poetic technique.  For him pleasure in writing poems came from solving the problem of words. Often the words that he chose were laced with humour. Though he wrote throughout his life most of the poems that he published were written in two locations - St Vincent during his return there in the 1970s and in later life in New York. Both locations reflected difficult periods of his life but despite this his poetry always shone through. Jazz was also a strong influence in his poetry and could be seen in his use of the repeated phrase\, fragmented texts and a lot of play with words. I will read a selection of his poems from his time when he returned to St Vincent in the 1970s and from his later period in New York. Philip Nanton\n\nPhilip Nanton\n\nPoet and author Nanton has published widely in regional and metropolitan magazines and has performed his work at festivals in the Caribbean and internationally. He has published two collections of poetry 'Island Voices from St Christopher & The Barracudas' and 'Canouan Suite & Other Pieces'\, both with Papillote Press. Nanton’s biography of Shake Keane - Riff: The Shake Keane Story - was published by Papillote Press in January 2021. Some of his work is on his website www.philipnanton.com\n\nHenry Lowther\n\nBandleader\, composer and trumpeter Lowther has been a busy professional musician for over 50 years. He played at Woodstock in 1969 with Keef Hartley\, was associated with the bands of John Dankworth\, Gil Evans and George Russell. In 1967 he played on the now legendary Ken Wheeler album\, Windmill Tilter. Lowther has a long history as a session player\, a performer with classical ensembles including the London Philharmonic\, and as a free improvising musician.\n\nDave Green\n\nDave Green is an English jazz bassist. His first public performances were with his childhood friend Charlie Watts in the late 1950s and much later was a founding memebr of the Charlie Watts Quintet. He performed with Humphrey Lyttelton from 1963 to 1983\, and played with the Don Rendell–Ian Carr band in the early 1960s\, then went on to play with Stan Tracey. In the early 1980s\, he led his own group\, Fingers\, featuring Lol Coxhill\, Bruce Turner and Michael Garrick. Green regularly backed visiting US stars at Ronnie Scott's\, including Coleman Hawkins\, Ben Webster\, Roland Kirk and Sonny Rollins.\n\nShake Keane's Volcano Suite\n\n \n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/H-qyWds-EM0[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Sam Norris Quartet (2nd show)
DESCRIPTION:Line-up:\nSam Norris - alto sax\n\nJay Verma - piano\n\nHarry Pearce - upright bass\n\nHarry Ling - drums\n\n \nAbout\nThe Sam Norris Quartet [SNQ] is award-winning alto saxophonist Sam Norris’ primary creative project. The ensemble features New York-born bassist Will Sach*\, pianist Jay Verma and drummer Harry Ling and uses Sam’s compositions and standard tunes as vehicles for exploratory improvisation. Formed in the mould of history’s great sax-led quartets\, especially those of John Coltrane\, Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman\, the resultant music is high-energy\, uncompromising and explores everything from tightly scripted forms to passages of free improvisation. Sam’s composition also draws heavily on twentieth-century classical music\, such as that of Ravel\, Ives and Scriabin\, and visual art\, notably the works of Kandinsky and Klee. The quartet recently played to a sold-out audience at the Saint Katherine’s Jazz Festival and regularly give performances throughout the UK- they plan to record their debut album this December.\n*This performance features bassist Harry Pearce deputising for Will Sach.\n \n\n'An extraordinary technique and improvisational flair for one so young.'\n\nRonan Guilfoyle [Joe Lovano\, Brad Mehldau]\n\n\n \nINSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS – PLEASE READ\nWelcome to the Vortex. Although the government is relaxing its Covid restrictions on July 19th 2021 the Vortex will continue to operate measures to protect users of the premises.\nPlease note the following:\n\n\n \tWe ask you not to attend gigs if you have or think you may have any Covid-19 symptoms. If you can’t make a gig because you have to self-isolate then just get in touch by filling out this form and we’ll give you a voucher for another gig.\n \tWe will ask you on entry to sign in for NHS Test and Trace either using the NHS Covid app or manually\n \tThere will be no standing at gigs. Everyone who books a ticket will be allocated a seat\, but we cannot guarantee that you will have a table.\n \tOrders for drinks and snacks will be taken and paid for using the Butlr app which you can download on arrival. (If you do not have a smartphone then your order will be taken at the table and you can make a contactless payment. We do not accept cash.)\n \tWe ask that everyone wears a mask when moving around inside the building.\n \tAutomatic hand sanitiser stations are provided at various places within the building and we encourage regular use of hand sanitiser.\n \tFull details of the measures that we are taking to prevent transmission of Covid are set out in our risk assessment and management plan which can be found on our website.\n
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