Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Programme to include: | ||
| Bates, Django (b. 1960) | The Study of Touch (UK première) |
Performers
| Django Bates and the Beloved Bird Trio | |
| Norrbotten Big Band | |
| Ashley Slater | Vocals |
Twenty-six years after his first Proms appearance,
with his big band Loose Tubes, jazz pianist and
composer Django Bates returns with his own trio
in a new partnership with the Grammy-nominated
Norrbotten Big Band from northern Sweden.
Together they present a celebration of
Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker – bebop pioneer and
beloved hero of Bates – adding their own
spin on Parker classics such as ‘Confirmation’,
‘Scrapple from the Apple’ and ‘Donna Lee’,
interleaved with Bates’s own compositions, fast
becoming part of the jazz canon.Tickets £12 - £16.
with his big band Loose Tubes, jazz pianist and
composer Django Bates returns with his own trio
in a new partnership with the Grammy-nominated
Norrbotten Big Band from northern Sweden.
Together they present a celebration of
Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker – bebop pioneer and
beloved hero of Bates – adding their own
spin on Parker classics such as ‘Confirmation’,
‘Scrapple from the Apple’ and ‘Donna Lee’,
interleaved with Bates’s own compositions, fast
becoming part of the jazz canon.Tickets £12 - £16.
