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The trio features Charlie Hearnshaw clarinet and alto sax, Andrew
Barrett guitar and Mike Thorn double bass. The trio presents its
Jazz Bach & Beatles concert program which mingles jazz versions
of Bach compositions and Beatles tunes (played as instrumentals,
no singing) with swing tunes and original compositions written especially
for the trio. Bach was the original jazz musician, renown for his
improviational skills.There is very little in modern jazz harmony
that cannot be found in the works of Bach. He presents a rich and
challenging panorama for the contemporary improvising musician.
The Beatles wrote some of the most popular tunes of the 20th century.
Jazz musicians have always taken popular tunes and made them their
own and they find The Beatles' music emminently suitable for their
own use. "There is a kind of joy which communicates itself to the listener...this
is the kind of music which gives me the most pleasure." Alun
Morgan, jazz critic |