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SUMMARY:Xhosa Cole (Night 2)
DESCRIPTION:Doors 6:30 PM\, Music 7:30 PM - 1 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nXhosa Cole - Saxophone\n\nChristos Stylianides - Trumpet\n\nLiberty Styles - Tap Dancer\n\nJosh Vadiveloo - Double bass\n \nAbout\nWinner of the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year\, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra\, Jazzlines Ensemble and Birmingham Music Service. Having grown up in Handsworth and first played the Tenor at Andy Hamilton's Ladywood Community Music School\, he's now among a long legacy of Birmingham Saxophonists including Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings. Xhosa has performed twice at the BBC Proms\, Composed music for the Ripieno Players\, a Birmingham Based String Orchestra\, recorded saxophone for Mahalia’s debut album ‘Love and Compromise’\, completed a 22 date UK tour\, all along side his studies as a scholar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Xhosa Also received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2019 and Jazz FM 'Breakthrough act of the year'.\n\nXhosa's earliest memories of the arts are with ACE Youth Dance group. However\, since playing in Holyhead School's Jazz band with Ray Prince and Sid Peacock he decided to pursue music and joined the Jazzlines Ensemble\, Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra\, Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra among others. Xhosa attended courses with the National Youth Jazz Collective and National Youth Wind Orchestra. He is now finishing his degree in Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London alongside a wide spectrum of work writing and performing across the UK. in 2019 Xhosa received the Parliamentary Jazz award for 'Best Newcomer”.
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SUMMARY:Sam Norris Quartet- 'Small Things Evolved Slowly' Album Launch
DESCRIPTION:Doors 7:45 PM\, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nSam Norris - Alto Saxophone\n\nJay Verma - Piano\n\nWill Sach - Double Bass\n\nHarry Ling - Drums\n\n \nAbout\n‘An extraordinary technique and improvisational flair for one so young.’ – Ronan Guilfoyle\n\n'Remember too that this is a debut release\, and the poise and musical maturity needed to use subtlety as a device are even more remarkable\, and themselves a part of the album’s beauty.'- Alexander Hawkins\n\n'I was particularly impressed by the interaction between Verma and Norris during the latter's solos.’- Tony Dudley-Evans\, London Jazz News\n\nSam Norris is a London-based saxophonist and composer with a forward-thinking outlook. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Julian Siegel\, Stan Sulzmann and Kit Downes\, graduating in 2021 with first-class honours.\n\nMoved from an early age by expressive performers and composers with their own musical language\, some of Sam’s most significant inspirations have been John Coltrane\, Thelonious Monk\, Warne Marsh\, Alexander Scriabin and Arnold Schoenberg. He explores these influences in his own groups while also working regularly with some of the UK’s and EU's finest improvising musicians\, including Ronan Guilfoyle\, Darren Beckett\, Alex Ridout and PHEMO Quartet. He was a finalist in the coveted Musician’s Company Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition last year.\n\nThe Sam Norris Quartet brings together some of the most creative and distinctive young musicians on the UK jazz scene- pianist Jay Verma\, double bassist Will Sach and drummer Harry Ling. Sam’s compositions fuse exploratory jazz improvisation\, driving contemporary grooves and pensive classical chamber music. Weaving a captivating musical narrative\, his music showcases not only each musician’s virtuosity but also a deeply balanced approach to ensemble playing.\n\nThis concert will mark the release of Sam's debut album\, 'Small Things Evolved Slowly'\, through the Resonant Postcards Collective label. Recorded at Fish Factory studios in August 2023\, the album consists of a body of compositions he has worked on over four years and is inspired by his life in the capital. This process is reflected in the album’s title\, lifted from a quote by French composer Erik Satie- ‘I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly’.\n\n \n\n \n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDhmOObdDlc[/embed]
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