Tony Kofi & 52nd Street at B3 Lounge The Cellar Bar The Bohemia

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Tony Kofi & 52nd Street

This new project explores the beginnings of bebop, when New York’s 52nd Street was buzzing with the new music and the first generation of modern jazz musicians was turning the music world on its head.

With Andy Davies (trumpet) and Alex Webb (piano), Conor Murray (bass) and Mile Pillanger (drums) the band plays the great pieces that have since been neglected, by composers such as Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell – though of course there are also classic tunes by the leaders of the movement, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. High Priest of Bop Thelonious Monk is represented by his early works, Humph and Evonce – and, inevitably, 52nd St Theme.