The Jazz Duos at Seven

Name of Event: The Jazz Duos - Jiannis Pavlidis (guitar)/Matt Anderson (sax) and Declan Forde (piano)/Will Howard (sax)

Date of event: SUN 20 Sept
Start Time 1.30pm
Ticket Price £7/5 conc
Venue: Seven Arts, Leeds

Description: This is an acoustic “Seven Jazz Unplugged” gig. The intimate setting of Seven Arts concert room is just made for the jazz duo to perform. Here we have two for the price of one – firstly guitarist Jiannis Pavlidis and saxophonist Matt Anderson, followed by pianist Declan Forde and saxophonist Will Howard.

Jiannis Pavlidis (guitar) with Matt Anderson (sax): Guitarist Jiannis Pavlidis and saxophonist Matt Anderson have been playing together frequently over the past two years They share a passion for the music of the Great American Songbook. This concert will mark the release of their new album. They perform songs by composers such as Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin and other jazz standards. The duo can also be heard as part of the Matt Anderson / Jiannis Pavlidis Quartet, which focuses on original material. They draw inspiration from their favourite jazz artists such as Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Kurt Rosenwinkel, however as a duo they are heavily influenced by the sometimes quite implied and abstract duos of Bill Evans/Jim Hall, Brad Mehldau/Joel Frahm and George Coleman/Tete Montoliu....

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Name of Event: The Jazz Duos - Jiannis Pavlidis (guitar)/Matt Anderson (sax) and Declan Forde (piano)/Will Howard (sax)

Date of event: SUN 20 Sept
Start Time 1.30pm
Ticket Price £7/5 conc
Venue: Seven Arts, Leeds

Description: This is an acoustic “Seven Jazz Unplugged” gig. The intimate setting of Seven Arts concert room is just made for the jazz duo to perform. Here we have two for the price of one – firstly guitarist Jiannis Pavlidis and saxophonist Matt Anderson, followed by pianist Declan Forde and saxophonist Will Howard.

Jiannis Pavlidis (guitar) with Matt Anderson (sax): Guitarist Jiannis Pavlidis and saxophonist Matt Anderson have been playing together frequently over the past two years They share a passion for the music of the Great American Songbook. This concert will mark the release of their new album. They perform songs by composers such as Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin and other jazz standards. The duo can also be heard as part of the Matt Anderson / Jiannis Pavlidis Quartet, which focuses on original material. They draw inspiration from their favourite jazz artists such as Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Kurt Rosenwinkel, however as a duo they are heavily influenced by the sometimes quite implied and abstract duos of Bill Evans/Jim Hall, Brad Mehldau/Joel Frahm and George Coleman/Tete Montoliu.

Declan Forde (piano) with Will Howard (sax): Beautifully played music featuring the talents of Will Howard and (just back from Berlin) Declan Forde on piano. They have already recorded together for James Hamilton’s New Jazz Records label. Declan Forde is Leeds College of Music Graduate, a Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year finalist 2015 and the Yorkshire Live Music Project featured artist 2013-2016. Will is a saxophonist, composer and arranger based in Leeds
Links:
Music: http://www.matt-anderson.org.uk/audio/; http://newjazzrecords.bandcamp.com/track/mood-indigo
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sevenleeds/
Web: http://www.sevenjazz.co.uk/whats-on/34-concert/1104-the-jazz-duos-seven-arts

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