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Alan, Gilad And The Lowest Common Denominator at Bonington Theatre
Courtesy of Robert John Meyrick | Posted on January 13, 2016
Where
Bonington Theatre
High Street, Arnold
Nottingham
Map
+44 115 901 3640
When
Thu, January 14, 2016
20:00
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Musicians
Alan Barnes
saxophone, altoGilad Atzmon
saxophoneFrank Harrison
pianoYaron Stavi
bass, acousticChris Higginbottom
drumsAbout
Alan Barnes and Gilad Atzmon, two of Britain's most celebrated virtuoso reeds players, join forces to produce the ultimate jazz night in British history. On the face of it this is a combination as unlikely as "Chalk and Cheese" or "Night and Day", as unlikely a mixture as "Oil and Water". But despite their different backgrounds and approaches, the two horn men share a passion for performance, a healthy sense of competition and a firm belief that a jazz audience is there to be entertained rather than edified.
Between them, they have come up with daring new arrangements, giving the American songbook a good shaking, digging into their bop and post-bop bags and coming up with some barrel-scrapingly outrageous originals...