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Allison Neale Quintet at Sheffield Jazz at Millennium Hall
Courtesy of Nick Moore | Posted on January 7, 2016
Where
Millennium Hall
Sheffield Jazz
518-520 Ecclesall Road
Sheffield
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When
Fri, May 20, 2016
20:00
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Influenced by the great West Coast altoists of the 1950s – an advocate of the melodic West Coast approach, returning with her fantastic hard-swinging rhythm section plus remarkable young vibes player Nathaniel Steele. – “Inspired by such masters as Art Pepper and Paul Desmond, she has her own distinctive style in the same cool-intense idiom”… Dave Gelly
American born altoist Allison Neale’s beautifully crafted lines evoke the spirit of Paul Desmond and Art Pepper with whom she has a particular affinity. Born in the USA when her British father was working for Boeing in Seattle, Allison returned to the UK as a young child. Her father’s love of jazz meant that the West Coast followed her back to England—Stan Getz and Paul Desmond were early influences, followed by Art Pepper and Lee Konitz....