Frankenstein vs Dracula at London Jazz Festival

An atmospheric evening bent on bringing back to life two of the darkest creatures in literature and film. One ticket buys two monsters.

GARY LUCAS PLAYS DRACULA
Runs approx 6-7.45pm

Innovative guitarist and Grammy-nominated song-writer Gary Lucas - a one-time member of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band and a writer and contributor to Jeff Buckley’s Grace - presents his new project Dracula. Lucas has composed an eerie live solo guitar score to accompany the 1931 Spanish silent film version, directed by George Melford and filmed at night in Hollywood on the same sets as Lugosi's Dracula. Lucas’ live accompaniment to the film makes for a different, more fullblooded experience of the one horror’s classic stories....

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An atmospheric evening bent on bringing back to life two of the darkest creatures in literature and film. One ticket buys two monsters.

GARY LUCAS PLAYS DRACULA
Runs approx 6-7.45pm

Innovative guitarist and Grammy-nominated song-writer Gary Lucas - a one-time member of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band and a writer and contributor to Jeff Buckley’s Grace - presents his new project Dracula. Lucas has composed an eerie live solo guitar score to accompany the 1931 Spanish silent film version, directed by George Melford and filmed at night in Hollywood on the same sets as Lugosi's Dracula. Lucas’ live accompaniment to the film makes for a different, more fullblooded experience of the one horror’s classic stories.

The project has received rave reviews at various Film Festivals:

"One of the most impressive events in this year's edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival. Gary Lucas was formidable - the audience was speechless as for almost two hours. Lucas' fingers never disconnected from his guitar - an event that no one will ever forget."
Adevarul, Romania

"Gary Lucas's bluesy, lyrical score for George Melford's Spanish Dracula creates the perfect sonic ambiance for a scandalously neglected film. Lucky viewers are treated to both an impeccably preserved print of an overlooked classic film and haunting guitar riffs that reverberate in their memories long after the screening is over."
Richard Porton, Cineaste Magazine

DAVE DOUGLAS & KEYSTONE RE-IMAGINE FRANKENSTEIN
Runs approx 8.15-9.45pm

Trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas and his Keystone band collaborate with experimental film-maker Bill Morrison composing new music for Spark of Being, a re-imagining of the Frankenstein story. Moving alongside grainy black-and-white footage, the six-time Grammy-nominee creates a timeworn world where Frankenstein really existed.

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3

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