JAZZ at the ELEPHANT
The Elephant Inn • 283 Ballards Lane • London • N12 8NR
020 8343 6110 • info@justeastofjazz.com
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Sunday 4 June 2023
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/£7
Students/unwaged: turn up on the night and pay what you can
4 June:
saxophonist
Art Themen
“The art of jazz individualism at its quirky best.” The Guardian
Art was a long time partner of the great Stan Tracey, and started his career in the blues boom of the early 60s, with the likes of Jack Bruce and Alexis Korner.
During this period he also worked with Phil Seamen, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker and Long John Baldry. In the late 60s and early 70s his musical direction shifted towards jazz and he played with Barbara Thompson, Michael Garrick, Henry Lowther and Graham Collier. In 1974 he began a long and particularly fruitful association with Tracey, which continued into the 90s.
Art toured the world fronting Stan Tracey's quartet for 20 years and has been featured with virtually everyone on the UK jazz scene. In addition, he has played alongside American legends including Philly Joe Jones, George Coleman, Red Rodney, Nat Adderley, Arturo Sandoval, Scott Hamilton...the list goes on and on!. Outside the jazz scene, he has accompanied such diverse artists as Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Chuck Berry, and even Bing Crosby!
with Tim Lapthorn: piano • Dave Jones: bass • Ed Benstead: trumpet • Rick Finlay: drums
Sunday 18 June 2023
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/£7
Students/unwaged: turn up on the night and pay what you can
18 June:
saxophonist
Ed Jones
“… he’s an improviser to his fingertips, a player of forceful imagination, and one of the UK’s most distinctive saxophonists” Guardian
Over the last 25 years or so award-winning saxophonist Ed Jones has established himself as one of the most innovative and sought after sax players on the scene. His muscular and highly accomplished bop influenced tenor playing has been featured in a wide variety of contexts, most notably with the Jazz crossover groups “Us3” and “Incognito”. But his jazz credentials are just as solid, with work alongside artists such as George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Horace Silver and Claire Martin.
A writer and arranger, Ed has won ‘best ensemble’ at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and a nomination for ‘Jazz CD of the Year’.
His enthusiasm for dance and electronica made him a leading light in the Acid Jazz scene of the late 80s, but tonight he returns to standards repertoire… expect a highly personal take on it all, of course, with a dazzling line-up joining him on stage.
“…a formidable saxophonist” Jazz UK
“The vigorous, sometimes downright volcanic tenor sound of Ed Jones has long been one of the great live delights of British Jazz” Jazzwise
with Liam Dunachie: piano • Phil Scragg: bass • Jeremy Shoham: sax • Rick Finlay: drums
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