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Issie Barratt's Interchange at Leeds Jazz Festival at Howard Assembly Room
Courtesy of Howard Assembly Room | Posted on March 21, 2022
When
Sun, June 5, 2022
16:00
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Musicians
Issie Barratt
composer / conductorBecca Toft
trumpetHelena Kay
saxophoneAlyson Cawley
saxophone, tenorRosie Turton
tromboneShirley Smart
celloZoe Rahman
pianoCharlie Pyne
bassCaroline Boaden
drumsImogen Churchill
vocalsAbout
Composer and baritone sax player Issie Barratt brings her stellar all-female ensemble INTERCHANGE to the Howard Assembly Room for Leeds Jazz Festival, performing two eclectic sets from their acclaimed debut album Donna’s Secret.
Journey through a series of intensely coloured musical vignettes in the company of the 10-strong ensemble led by Barratt, featuring the brilliant MOBO Award-winning pianist Zoe Rahman, and Leeds Conservatoire’s Caroline Boaden on drums.
From the deep valleys of Fennoscandia in Barratt’s own Kulning, to the streets of Jerusalem in cellist Shirley Smart’s Palmyra trilogy; from the rhythms of tango in Karen Street’s Still Here to the irregular patterns of Tori Freestone’s Spontaneous Symmetry, expect a boundary-breaking, transcontinental voyage with the nation’s most innovative women composers and improvisers....