The Wonderful Music of George Shearing
15 October 2015
A no-hope congenitally blind boy from Battersea grew to become a US Grammy Award winning jazz great pianist. Shearing performed...
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29 October 2015
The Wonderful Music of Duke Ellington
featuring Alan Barnes
Running Time: 2 Hours Approx Including Interval
“Duke” Ellington is arguably the greatest composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. His career from 1923 spanned over 50 years.
Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward, and gained a national profile through his orchestra’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Members of Ellington’s orchestra, such as Johnny Hodges & Cootie Williams are jazz greats in their own right and his collaborations with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, created long lasting jazz themes including “Perdido”, “It don’t mean a thing” & “Take the “A” train”. Ellington composed incessantly to the very last days of his life. Music was indeed his total life and his commitment to it was incomparable and unalterable. In jazz he was a giant among giants.
A UK jazz great, Alan Barnes on saxophones, leads an all star UK line up to play the wonderful music of Duke Ellington at St.James, featuring Bruce Adams - trumpet, Robin Aspland - piano, Simon Thorpe - double bass & Bobby Worth - drums.
‘Alan infuses his playing with so much passion and energy you could believe it was minted on the spot’ John Walters, The Guardian.
The second of four concerts in “The Wonderful Music of The Jazz Greats” autumn 2015 series at St.James
Performance Times
| Thursday 29 October | 8:00pm |
Important Show Information
Seating is UN-RESERVED in the Studio for this performance. All tickets will have a seat apart from the standing tickets. When purchasing Studio Standard and Studio Gallery seats, please note that you may have to share a table with other patrons who are not from your party.
Ticket Prices
| Studio Floor | £23.00 |
| Studio Gallery | £23.00 |
| Studio Upper Gallery | £19.00 |
| Studio Standing | £19.00 |
| On The Door | £23.00 |
Concessions, Groups & Access Bookings
There are no concessions available for this performances. We have a group rate available for this show, for every 9 tickets purchased get the 10th free. If you have any access requirements, please see our access info here, or to book tickets for a group of 8+, please contact the Box Office on 0844 264 2140.
Transaction Fee
A fee of £1.50 will apply to all online and phone transactions. This does not apply when purchasing tickets at the box office, or to our Friends and Members.
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