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Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra at London Jazz Festival at Barbican Centre
Courtesy of thecogency | Posted on November 3, 2011
Where
Barbican Centre
London Jazz Festival
Silk Street
London
Map
020 7382 6199
When
Fri, November 18, 2011
2000
At Door
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Musicians
Jason Yarde
saxophone, altoDenys Baptiste
saxophoneLarry Stabbins
saxophoneNathaniel Facey
saxophone, altoShabaka Hutchings
woodwindsTerry Edwards
saxophoneFinn Peters
fluteRobin Hopcraft
trumpetHarry Brown
tromboneAnthony Joseph
poet / spoken wordAbout
Following their highly acclaimed national tour and appearances at Glastonbury and on Later with Jools Holland, Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra return to play a London date at the Barbican.
The Specials and 2 Tone founder Jerry Dammers’ funk and dub influenced arrangements of his selections from cosmic jazz, reggae, exotica and library music, have formed backdrops for some of the country’s finest jazz improvisers, in his highly acclaimed orchestra.
Orchestra favourites, new selections paying homage to a variety of futurist musical dreamers, adaptations of Dammers’ own songs, and a small amount of original material, are now moving the orchestra beyond its “Sun Ra Tribute band” starting point. Alternative musical styles, not always associated with jazz (from rock to jungle or dubstep) are also somewhere in the mix....