Faris Ishaq X Beje/british European Jazz Ensemble at Cotham Club

A masterful meld of Palestinian folk and 'spiritual/cosmic' jazz.

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Mesmerising, transcendental contemporary jazz, channelling the spirit of saxophone visionary John Coltrane, deeply infused with traditional Palestinian melodies and rhythms.

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Acclaimed Middle Eastern nay reed-flute master and global jazz flautist Faris Ishaq has carried the torch for 'spiritual jazz' in his own way since first encountering the music of jazz legend John Coltrane whilst studying at Berklee College Of Music in Boston.

'Spiritual/cosmic jazz' begins, essentially, with John Coltrane. This deeply soulful and mystical music fuses the intensity of free jazz with African and Indian music motifs. It reaches towards the transcendental and speaks to something beyond our earthly understanding. In 1965 Coltrane channelled this 'music of the spheres' into the emotionally charged album 'A Love Supreme,' which is regarded as a genre landmark....

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A masterful meld of Palestinian folk and 'spiritual/cosmic' jazz.

-

Mesmerising, transcendental contemporary jazz, channelling the spirit of saxophone visionary John Coltrane, deeply infused with traditional Palestinian melodies and rhythms.

-

Acclaimed Middle Eastern nay reed-flute master and global jazz flautist Faris Ishaq has carried the torch for 'spiritual jazz' in his own way since first encountering the music of jazz legend John Coltrane whilst studying at Berklee College Of Music in Boston.

'Spiritual/cosmic jazz' begins, essentially, with John Coltrane. This deeply soulful and mystical music fuses the intensity of free jazz with African and Indian music motifs. It reaches towards the transcendental and speaks to something beyond our earthly understanding. In 1965 Coltrane channelled this 'music of the spheres' into the emotionally charged album 'A Love Supreme,' which is regarded as a genre landmark.

This evening's set is a joyful celebration of this spine-tingling music - which ranges from meditative atmospherics to primal improvisation - in the muscular style of Coltrane, nourished with superb Arabic folk and classical music influences. The exhilarating global-jazz collective BEJE/British European Jazz Ensemble gives punchy, characterful support, replete with superb group spontaneity and euphoric spiritual force.

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