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SUMMARY:The Birth Of The Cool: Live - a 'Nonet' ! of star players led by Tom Harker
DESCRIPTION:Birth of the Cool: Live\nAn evening centred around Miles Davis’s album\, Birth of the Cool\, and its rich nonet instrumentation. The concert will be rooted in the historicity of the arrangements by Miles and his arranger Gil Evans\, now considered seminal\, providing attendees the chance to hear this rarely performed music originally recorded in the mid Twentieth Century. \nBirth of the Cool is a compilation album of music recorded in the formative part of Davis’ career\, which for many represents a watershed moment in post-war music and in the history of jazz. This is now known as The Birth of the Cool\, with the music that this historic nine piece group created in 1949 and 1950. The group had a number of future jazz heavyweights\, including: Gerry Mulligan\, Lee Konitz\, Max Roach\, John Lewis\, the arranger Gil Evans\, and of course band leader\, Miles Davis. \nUnlike a big band or a small jazz group\, the unconventional line up of instruments – saxophones\, trumpet\, French horn/flugel\, trombone\, tuba\, and rhythm section – is specifically selected for the warmth of their voices and the depth of timbre that they create together. This music\, celebrated in a concert at BJazz\, is truly unique\, combining bebop with classical techniques\, polyphony\, and the voices of a rich ensemble. Today these tunes sound as fresh as ever and offer a very rare opportunity to hear this music live. \nFor their performance at BJazz\, arrangements have been carefully collated for the Hertfordshire-based nonet by musical director\, Tom Harker\, with later collaborations between Miles Davis and Gil Evans also being showcased in adaptations from the albums “Porgy & Bess” and “Miles Ahead”. Listeners can expect to hear further exploration of the jazz nonet repertoire in a contrasting context\, with additional arrangements by Steve Fishwick\, McCoy Tyner\, and Abdullah Ibrahim\, dotted throughout the sets. \nAlto saxophone – Andrew Linham \nBaritone Saxophone – Nic Newling \nTrumpet/Flugelhorn – Tom Harker (Musical Director) \nTrumpet/Flugelhorn – Matt Ward \nTrombone – Joe Harker \nTuba – Lee Tsarmaklis \nPiano – Ben Harker \nDouble bass – Debs Spanton \nDrums – Dan Wild \nTickets online upto 17:00 on the evening of the concert. They will be available on the door at opening\, 19:15.
URL:https://bjazz.org/concerts/birth-of-the-cool-miles-davies-gil-evans/
LOCATION:Civic Centre\, 161-163 High street\, Berkhamsted\, Hertfordshire\, HP4 3HB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Berkhamsted
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