Doors 9:30 PM, Music 10:00 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