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Nu Civilisation Orchestra - ParallelA tribute to Joe Harriott
From Tomorrow’s Warriors
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Nu Civilisation Orchestra presents a sonic and visual tribute to Joe Harriott, the legendary free-form Jamaican jazz genius who settled in London in 1952 and went on to explore the sounds of the city and the musicians he met there to create his own characteristic style of jazz.
A Bebop player at heart, Harriott fused the influences of Charlie Parker with his Jamaican musical sensibility to create his unique sound, in which his Caribbean roots were always audible.
For this one-off King’s Place performance, an 11-piece Nu Civilisation Orchestra will focus on the music of Harriott’s Abstract era and his distinctive and demanding method of group improvisation, which emphasized a dialogue between musicians rather than individual solos, challenging instrumentalists to re-orientate their playing and create an ever-shifting soundscape.
Nu Civilisation Orchestra will feature musical director, Peter Edwards on piano and Nathaniel Facey on alto saxophone.
Presented in association with Tomorrow’s Warriors
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Part of London Unwrapped at Kings Place
London has been a melting pot since its earliest days, both a place of refuge, a glittering cultural nexus, the most cosmopolitan of all British cities. This year-long series aims to delve into four hundred years of London’s musical past, with its dazzling display and troubling undercurrents, its openness, opportunities and barriers. The series highlights a music story that always been driven forward, disrupted, shaped and inspired by outsiders and immigrant communities, and showcases the diversity of creativity in the city today.
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/londonunwrapped/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kings Place, 90 York Way, N19 London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Tickets
GBP 20.00