Michael Janisch Band USA / UK - Bray Jazz Festival
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About this event
Acclaimed American bassist Michael Janisch has become a major figure on the contempoary UK jazz scene since he decamped to live in London, 17 years ago.
He’s a prolific and decorated band leader and musical producer, and is the founder of the influential Whirlwind Recordings label. Janisch is a MOBO-Award nominated solo artist, and leads a fantastic young quintet that features some of the top young talents in UK jazz. His new album Worlds
Collide is an electro-acoustic album of original material recorded at Abbey Road Studios. It that combine contemporary jazz that’s heavily influenced by both the London/New York scenes alongside free improvisations and soaring melodies over multi-metered grooves, that pays hommage to artists such as Feli Kuti & Afro-Beat and the electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin.
““…awesomely virtuosic bass guitar”
The guardian
This concert is presented by Bray Jazz Festival, in collaboration with Whale Theatre, Greystones.
Location
Theatre Lane, Greystones
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