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Kofi/Barnes Aggregation at Sheffield Jazz at Playhouse Theatre
Courtesy of Nick Moore | Posted on January 7, 2016
Where
Playhouse Theatre
Sheffield Jazz
55 Norfolk Street
Sheffield
Map
0114 249 6000
When
Fri, March 11, 2016
19:00
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Musicians
About
This band is about enjoyment for performers and audience alike – the perfect antidote to the po-faced gloom school of jazz!” says Alan Barnes. A showcase for contrasting alto sax talents – Kofi: heavier-toned, blues-drenched, in the Jackie McLean mould – Barnes: lighter, crisply phrased, evoking Art Pepper. Combine the two approaches and the chemistry is instantly explosive – accessible, hard-swinging music.
Alan Barnes has won over 25 British Jazz Awards and twice been made BBC jazz musician of the year. He has performed with bands as diverse as Stan Tracey and Humphrey Lyttelton as well as writing and arranging for his own ensembles....