JAZZ at the ELEPHANT
The Elephant Inn • 283 Ballards Lane • London • N12 8NR
020 8343 6110 • info@justeastofjazz.com
Sunday 21 April 2024
in the SPORTS BAR
Doors open 6pm (if possible please arrive in good time to be in your seat by 7pm, and to avoid the rush on food & drink orders).
Performance times: 7–9.15pm
£17/£6
Students/unwaged: turn up on the night and pay what you can
21 April:
Roland Perrin’s
Blue Planet Orchestra
Roland Perrin's Blue Planet Orchestra dances its way through a number of infectious World Music inspired grooves. This is all held together by Roland's ‘21st Century Gershwin’ approach to composition, fusing composition and improvisation seamlessly – expect Afro-Cuban, South African, Klezmer, Swing, Brazilian colours and more.
Born in New York City and now resident in London, Roland has gained a reputation as both a pianist and composer particularly skilled in combining popular and classical music.
His commissions have included:
‘Rio Amazonas’ - a choral symphony for string orchestra, bass clarinet/flute, harp, jazz trio, mixed choir, and children’s choir. (London premiere Cadogan Hall, London 2017)
‘Lansky: The Mob’s Money Man’ – a music drama for jazz singer/actress, narrator, 11 piece band and mixed choir. (Premiere Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2015)
‘Songs from the cage’ – for choir and jazz big band. (London premiere Barbican Centre 2003)
‘Hidden (The Children of the Holocaust)’: Music constructed around recordings of holocaust survivors’ memories, for piano, harp, clarinet, trumpet and cello. (Premiere Charlton House, London 2018)
Roland also worked extensively as a jazz pianist specialising in world music. He has played with musicians from far and wide including South Africa, Cuba, Brazil, Venezula, Colombia, Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, India and Colombia.
with Paul Taylor: trombone • Bob McKay: saxes/flute • Jeremy Shoham: saxes/clar • Paul Cavaciuti: drums • Curtis Ruiz: bass
Sunday 5 May 2024
Doors open 6pm (if possible please arrive in good time to be in your seat by 7pm, and to avoid the rush on food & drink orders).
Performance times: 7–9.15pm
£17/£6
Students/unwaged: turn up on the night and pay what you can
5 May:
Jazz Manouche:
guitarist Simon Moore
A welcome return to JATE for this remarkable artist and a very engaging programme of music.
Simon’s eclectic career ranges from UK fusion giants Paraphernalia through pop artisans The Thompson Twins to considerable success composing for TV. Now he turns to his true love, the gypsy jazz of Django Rheinhardt, in a formidable line-up including Polish guitar specialist Ducato Piotrowski and violinist Tobie Medland – director of the Gypsy Jazz Festival of London. This style, also known as Jazz Manouche, originated in France in the 1930s and remains enormously popular to this day – evocative, engaging and highly melodic.
with Ducato Pietrowski: guitar • Tobie Medland: violin • Alec Hewes: bass • Jeremy Shoham: sax/clarinet
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