On the final run into our next Cadogan Hall concert - 100 Years Of Jazz In 99 Minutes - we've come across the thoughts of Digby Fairweather after enjoying the show on a previous outing:
"Friday brought us drummer/multi-instrumentalist Richard Pite's presentation of '100 Years of Jazz in 99 Minutes'; a formidable show featuring the international standard talents of six of Britain's greatest jazz instrumentalists - Enrico Tomasso, Pete Long, Nick Dawson, Dave Chamberlain, Pite and singer-trumpeter Georgina Jackson.
Nick Dawson, Dave Chamberlain, Enrico Tomasso,
Georgina Jackson, Pete Long, Richard Pite
Together - amid a carnival of instrumental exchanges (Pite moving from drums to sousaphone to string bass/ Tomasso from trumpet to trombone and Long playing all the saxophones, electric bass and even some swaggering cornet) they celebrated ten decades of jazz in a brilliantly-conceived (and strongly-planned) presentation moving from Ragtime through the music's history to jazz fusion and world music.
The standard of playing throughout the show was phenomenal proving -yet again - that British jazz at its best is the easy equal of jazz anywhere in the world. And amid an evening of unqualified pleasure (a few of the many) standout moments included fiery exchanges between Long and Tomasso on 'Work Song'; a drum extravaganza from Pite (including a juggling act with his sticks that Sonny Payne would have loved) and the vocals of trumpeter Georgina Jackson - an exciting and extraordinary new star of whom we'll hear much, much more in the years to come."
- Digby Fairweather
You too can enjoy the fiery magic on the 8th May at 7pm, Cadogan Hall (tube station Sloane Square) - tickets available here:
www.cadoganhall.com/tour-dates/the-jazz-repertory-company-presents
100 Years Of Jazz In 99 Minutes Showreel
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