Mark Nightingale & Alan Barnes Quintet – The Music Of Cole Porter at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

It was a complete sell out when in 2021 we presented Mark Nightingale and Alan Barnes with their remarkable arrangements, inventive musicianship and stunning improvisation playing the music of George Gershwin.

So we had no hesitation in arranging the return of what are unarguably two of the great multi award winning jazz icons of the U.K. scene Mark Nightingale on trombone and Alan Barnes on clarinet and saxophones, return, with the Graham Harvey Trio, to play the music of another great and loved composer of 20th Century popular music, Cole Porter.

The combination of Porter’s memorable melodies, including gems “Night and Day” , “I Get A Kick Out Of You”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” , “Just One Of Those Things”, “Love For Sale” and so many more, with Mark and Alan’s inventive arrangements, never fails to delight. ...

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It was a complete sell out when in 2021 we presented Mark Nightingale and Alan Barnes with their remarkable arrangements, inventive musicianship and stunning improvisation playing the music of George Gershwin.

So we had no hesitation in arranging the return of what are unarguably two of the great multi award winning jazz icons of the U.K. scene Mark Nightingale on trombone and Alan Barnes on clarinet and saxophones, return, with the Graham Harvey Trio, to play the music of another great and loved composer of 20th Century popular music, Cole Porter.

The combination of Porter’s memorable melodies, including gems “Night and Day” , “I Get A Kick Out Of You”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” , “Just One Of Those Things”, “Love For Sale” and so many more, with Mark and Alan’s inventive arrangements, never fails to delight.

The very best of creative swinging jazz in the 21st Century, with love and respect for a 20th Century composing icon, make for a sunny evening on Dean Street on a cold January night.

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