Tenderlonious: 65 years of John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, W1D 4HT , [Venue Details]In 1961, John Coltrane walked into a recording studio with 21 musicians and made history. Africa/Brass - his first record on Impulse! - captured the sound of a continent in the midst of revolution (17 African countries had gained independence the year before).
The album fused rapid-fire saxophone arpeggios with lush brass arrangements and expansive modal passages so trance-inducing that it would go on to shape the music of Terry Riley, Steve Reich and many more who followed.
Sixty-five years later, contemporary London jazz figurehead Tenderlonious sets out to invoke that moment, honouring the original recording while pushing it forward with a Coltrane-like fervour. In his words "Africa/Brass is the underrated Coltrane record, the modal one, the album where Coltrane ventured furthest into uncharted territory." And modal jazz, the discipline of staying inside a scale, of finding everything you need in five or six notes and just hanging there, is where Tenderlonious likes to live. He likens it to playing Indian ragas: no divergence, just the scale and the search. “I just want to sit on a scale for ten minutes”, he says, “and find something there”.
For that search, Tenderlonious has assembled a quartet of trusted collaborators: Tim Carnegie, his longtime drummer, Melbourne's very own Horatio Luna on bass and On-Ly on piano - all musicians that Tenderlonious describes as “seriously underrated”.
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Min: £40.00
Max: £55.00
Performer name: Tenderlonious
Doors open: 8:30 pm
Age restriction: 18+
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Tenderlonious: 65 years of John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Saturday, 22 Aug 2026 @6.40pm
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, W1D 4HTMore Information
In 1961, John Coltrane walked into a recording studio with 21 musicians and made history. Africa/Brass - his first record on Impulse! - captured the sound of a continent in the midst of revolution (17 African countries had gained independence the year before).
The album fused rapid-fire saxophone arpeggios with lush brass arrangements and expansive modal passages so trance-inducing that it would go on to shape the music of Terry Riley, Steve Reich and many more who followed.
Sixty-five years later, contemporary London jazz figurehead Tenderlonious sets out to invoke that moment, honouring the original recording while pushing it forward with a Coltrane-like fervour. In his words "Africa/Brass is the underrated Coltrane record, the modal one, the album where Coltrane ventured furthest into uncharted territory." And modal jazz, the discipline of staying inside a scale, of finding everything you need in five or six notes and just hanging there, is where Tenderlonious likes to live. He likens it to playing Indian ragas: no divergence, just the scale and the search. “I just want to sit on a scale for ten minutes”, he says, “and find something there”.
For that search, Tenderlonious has assembled a quartet of trusted collaborators: Tim Carnegie, his longtime drummer, Melbourne's very own Horatio Luna on bass and On-Ly on piano - all musicians that Tenderlonious describes as “seriously underrated”.
Admission
Min: £40.00
Max: £55.00
Performer name: Tenderlonious
Doors open: 8:30 pm
Age restriction: 18+
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