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Cd Launch: Shez Raja With Special Guest John Etheridge at 606 Club

Where

606 Club
90 Lots Road
London
Map
+44 020 7352 5953

When

Thu, April 21, 2016
20:30

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Musicians

About

Shez Raja is a seriously talented electric bassist whose work in a fascinating mix of Indo-jazz, funk and groove settings has propelled him to the forefront of the UK jazz scene. Since the formation of his collective in 2007 his vibrant and extremely fluent playing, combined with his innovation as a bandleader, have already drawn comparisons to the style of electric bass legend Jaco Pastorius. This eveningโ€™s gig is the official launch of Shez & the Collective's newest album, "Gurutopia", his first on US/Dutch label Dot Time Records, and featuring guest performances by six-time Grammy nominee & Guitar Playerโ€™s โ€œBest Guitaristโ€ of 1993 Mike Stern (Miles Davis, Billy Cobham) & superstar trumpeter & four-time Grammy winner Randy Brecker (Art Blakey, Jaco, Bill Evans). With this new release โ€“ his latest following along after his prior albums โ€œSoho Liveโ€ & โ€œMystic Radikalโ€ featuring the likes of Soweto Kinch, Shabaka Hutchings, Andy Sheppard & Jay Phelps โ€“ Shez continues to cement his reputation as an artist of international prestige, with an increasing sphere of influence in the UK and beyond. Shez leads a formidable line-up tonight featuring Polish folk-jazz singer Monika Lidke providing beautifully structured melodic vocals in front of a band that is completed by Vasilis Xenopoulos on saxophone, Pascal Roggen on electric violin, Alex Stanford on keyboard and Chris Nickolls on drums. Adding even more intensity and spark to this 606 gig will be Shezโ€™s Special Guest, guitarist John Etheridge, who first took the UK jazz scene by storm in the 1970โ€™s as a member of the classic fusion band Soft Machine, and as guitarist in the band of celebrated swing jazz violinist Stรฉphane Grappelli. A superb and versatile musician with a vast reservoir of creative energy, John includes work with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, Yehudi Menuhin, Pat Metheny and John Williams on his extensive CV (while also leading several of his own groups, notably the โ€œZappatistasโ€, his tribute to Frank Zappa). Shez says: "Expect exciting music thatโ€™s full of surprises โ€“ a sonic kaleidoscope of euphoric jazz, thundering funk, tuneful ragas and intoxicating grooves!" Hmm, that sounds like something you will not want to missโ€ฆ...

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