Jazzworks

11 p.m
Tickets £10/Concessions £5

Andy Sheppard: Jazzworks

Andy Sheppard saxophones
Eric Vloeimans trumpet
Steve Lodder piano and keyboards
Martin France drums
Dartington Jazz Students

An ECM recording artist, bandleader and composer, Andy Sheppard is one of Europe’s leading saxophonists, and a titanic figure in the jazz scene. He is a composer of more than 350 works that incorporate a strong and characteristic sense of lyricism alongside a very personal use of rhythms from Asia, Africa and South America. Andy has been described as a serial collaborator, playing recording and developing new music with artists as varied as Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, Indian violinist L.Shankar, folk musician Kathryn Tickell, singer songwriter John Martyn, and a myriad of leading jazz figures, including the rare hat-trick of three of the seminal composers in contemporary Jazz – Carla Bley, George Russell and the late Gil Evans.

Andy and the students are joined by three immensely classy jazzers: the brilliantly inventive keyboardist Steve Lodder, the coolest drummer around, Martin France (Spin Marvel, Human Chain, Loose Tubes), and superstar trumpeter Eric Vloeimans.

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