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Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble at Sheffield Jazz at Millennium Hall
Courtesy of Nick Moore | Posted on January 7, 2016
Where
Millennium Hall
Sheffield Jazz
518-520 Ecclesall Road
Sheffield
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When
Fri, February 19, 2016
20:00
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Don’t miss seeing this band live! – Atzmon’s fiery, impassioned style regularly attracts packed houses in Sheffield. Touring for nearly 15 years, they’ve gained a reputation as one of European jazz’s preeminent bands – Robert Wyatt in the Guardian has called Atzmon “the best musician in the world today”. “a local jazz giant” (Guardian) “exhilarating” (Herald Sunday Tribune)
Gilad Atzmon was born in Israel in 1963 and had his musical training at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz). As a multi-instrumentalist he plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxes, Clarinet and Flutes. His album Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the “hardest-gigging man in British jazz”....