Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright: 'Suite Duke' + Neil Charles (solo)
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL , [Venue Details]Commissioned by Torino Jazz Festival
Pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins has long cited the music of Duke Ellington as a fundamental influence. It is certainly his longest-standing one – hearing the 1929 Ellington recording 'Saturday Night Function' is one of his very earliest memories.
It has not been uncommon over the years for Hawkins to touch down on snippets of Ellingtonia during his solo performances, but this is the first time he has devoted an entire concert to this music. This has perhaps been his inner music fan guiding him: when the records are so perfect, what could possibly be added?
Suite Duke, therefore, is not a repertory performance - something which would risk undermining the originality and single-mindedness which is the fundamental beauty of Ellington's music - but instead a tapestry, woven together from solo piano deconstructions of the compositions and a vast library of tiny samples taken from throughout Ellington's recorded output.
These sampled and processed excursions into the very fabric of Ellington's soundworld all sit alongside an original film, which includes elements from never-before publicly seen photographs of the Ellington band from the 1960s.
Opening the show will be Neil Charles, who will offer some solo double bass interpretations of Ellington's work
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Admission
Min: £8.00
Max: £16.00
Performer name: Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright + Neil Charles
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Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright: 'Suite Duke' + Neil Charles (solo)
Monday, 2 Dec 2024 @7.30pm
Cafè Oto, E8 3DLMore Information
Commissioned by Torino Jazz Festival
Pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins has long cited the music of Duke Ellington as a fundamental influence. It is certainly his longest-standing one – hearing the 1929 Ellington recording 'Saturday Night Function' is one of his very earliest memories.
It has not been uncommon over the years for Hawkins to touch down on snippets of Ellingtonia during his solo performances, but this is the first time he has devoted an entire concert to this music. This has perhaps been his inner music fan guiding him: when the records are so perfect, what could possibly be added?
Suite Duke, therefore, is not a repertory performance - something which would risk undermining the originality and single-mindedness which is the fundamental beauty of Ellington's music - but instead a tapestry, woven together from solo piano deconstructions of the compositions and a vast library of tiny samples taken from throughout Ellington's recorded output.
These sampled and processed excursions into the very fabric of Ellington's soundworld all sit alongside an original film, which includes elements from never-before publicly seen photographs of the Ellington band from the 1960s.
Opening the show will be Neil Charles, who will offer some solo double bass interpretations of Ellington's work
Admission
Min: £8.00
Max: £16.00
Performer name: Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright + Neil Charles
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