Collocutor at Manchester Jazz Festival at Band On The Wall

TICKETS ON SALE 9AM 25TH APRIL.

Manchester Jazz Festival at Band on the Wall continues with the sumptuous sound of Collocutor, the 7-piece brainchild of saxophonist Tamar Osborn. The project grew from her wish to simply write the music that wanted to be written, rather than focus on a particular audience or context. As such the compositions draw inspiration from the many genres encountered over the course of a varied career, ranging from jazz, afrobeat, Indian classical and Ethiopian roots to polyphonic choral music and minimalism – the link being primarily modal music with a transportive effect....

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TICKETS ON SALE 9AM 25TH APRIL.

Manchester Jazz Festival at Band on the Wall continues with the sumptuous sound of Collocutor, the 7-piece brainchild of saxophonist Tamar Osborn. The project grew from her wish to simply write the music that wanted to be written, rather than focus on a particular audience or context. As such the compositions draw inspiration from the many genres encountered over the course of a varied career, ranging from jazz, afrobeat, Indian classical and Ethiopian roots to polyphonic choral music and minimalism – the link being primarily modal music with a transportive effect.

Collocutor are:

Tamar Osborn – baritone & soprano sax, alto flute
Simon Finch – trumpet & flugelhorn
Mike Lesirge – tenor sax & soprano sax (Josephine Davies on album ‘Instead’)
Suman Joshi – bass
Marco Piccioni – guitar
Magnus Mehta – percussion (Afla Sackey on album ‘Instead’)
Maurizio Ravalico – percussion

“Ethiopique, little bit spiritual jazz and banging!” – Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 Music

“I like Collocutor a lot. They have the feeling!” – Mulatu Astatke

This is a seated show.

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