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TLJO / Michael Formanek – The Distance (1st Show)

Doors 7:30 PM, Music 8:00 PM – 1 set of music

 

Line-up:

Michael Formanek – Double Bass

Otto Kampa – Conductor

Sam Nicholls – Drums

Sophie Warner – Marimba

Kezia Abuoma – Piano

Barney Anderson – Guitar

Louis Sheridan-Wildi, Lauren Breen, Emma Jackson, Jacob Wilson, George Mooney – Reeds

Toby Young, Sam Virdie, Tom Stringer, Felix Martin, Ted Porter – Trumpets

Olivia Hughes, Magnus Hawker-French, Christ-Stéphane Boizi, Jai Patel – Trombones

About

The Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Otto Kampa returns to the Vortex with American bassist and composer Michael Formanek, in a rarely heard exploration of the large scale music from the 2016 ECM album The Distance.

Formanek worked with legendary jazz musicians such as Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard in the 1980s but subsequently became a big wheel in New York’s experimental circles. Revered for his utterly original small band work Formanek is nevertheless a formidable big band visionary, with sensitivity to jazz history and a 21st century cutting edge all of his own.

Photo credit Michael Formanek: Cristina Marx 

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