Event

Title:: Lush Life Trio - Roger Beaujolais / BJ Cole / Simon Thorpe
When:: 12.09.2010 20.30
Where:: Vortex Jazz Club - London
Category:: Live Music (with DJs)

Description

Sunday 12 | 8.30pm | £10 | Book online

Lush Life Trio

Roger Beaujolais / BJ Cole / Simon Thorpe

A strangely familiar sound, in an entirely new context... BJ Cole, the legendary pedal steel maestro and his counterpart on vibraphone, the great Roger Beaujolais, have come together with acclaimed double bassist Simon Thorpe, to craft a surprising reinvention of a familiar musical space, think of it as ‘Loft Jazz’... it’s up there somewhere – it’s luxurious, inspired and exudes an effortless cool.

BJ and Roger are famous improvisers. As session musicians they’re sought after for skill in adding and enhancing to, rather than playing to a score. With this in common, Lush Life was born with a fascination and shared curiosity to bring the pedal steel and vibrophone together for the very first time. Bringing Simon into the mix was the perfect melt.

This collaboration of true exploration takes them into territory encompassing jazz, chamber music and contemporary compositions, with influences stretching back a century rather than just a decade.

Perfect artistry, idiosyncratic personalities, a wry humour and parallel styles converge and intertwine.

Venue

Venue:: Vortex Jazz Club - Website
Street:: 11 Gillett Square
ZIP:: N16 8AZ
City:: London
State:: Dalston
Country:: UK

Description

The Vortex Jazz Club

The world-renowed jazz club in Dalston, North London

Established In North London for over 20 years, the club is a beacon for contemporary jazz in the capital.

With seven evening performances a week the Vortex programmes cutting-edge jazz alongside contemporary folk and world music.

While it places a strong emphasis on, and provides support for, young local talent, it also regularly features leading world-class artists, both from the UK and overseas – for example – from the UK, Stan Tracey, Tony Kofi, Evan Parker, Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, Mercury Music Prize Nominated Polar Bear and Zoe Rahmann, John Taylor and Gwilym Simcock and award-winning saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

From abroad, the club has connections with New York downtown scene musicians such as Tim Berne and Claudia Quintet, as well as European groups such as [em], radio.string.quartet, Lotte Anker and Wolfgang Muthspiel.

There is something to appeal to all musical tastes: straightahead, big-band, contemporary, piano trio, vocal, free-improv, world-music, Gypsy/East European and folk-orientated...

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The Vortex Jazz Club is housed in the Dalston Culture House, a striking new landmark building designed by Hackney architects Hawkins Brown. Full programme details can be found on our website - see below.

Private hire for 10 to 100 people is available for parties, corporate functions, meetings, rehearsals and concerts during the daytime, evening or both by arrangement. Hire includes use of the PA system and fully licensed bar.

For a quote please 020 7254 4097, or email the address below.
Unit B9 - Bradbury Street - N16 Tel: 020 7254 4097
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Web: www.vortexjazz.co.uk