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"When do you get to see a modern day ECM jazz legend in a pub in Bristol? One of saxophone’s last great masters, Iain Ballamy’s CV includes stints with Gil Evans, Carla Bley Hermeto Pascoal, Ronnie Scott and even Bryan Ferry. Now he joins Yetii (fka the Alex Veitch Trio) for a night of peerless, intimate post-bop excellence."
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A gig on Thursday 9th February. The event starts at 20:30.
**WALK INS AVAILABLE FOR 7PM SHOW**
We welcome 'Yetii' to The Greenbank for this very special gig featuring UK jazz great Iain Ballamy.
Iain Ballamy has a BBC Jazz award, is listed in the BBC’s ‘100 jazz greats’, has recorded for ECM (the worldwide pinnacle in terms of jazz record labels) and has written soundtracks for two films directed by Dave McKean!
“A major international voice.” - The Times
“Technically flawless performances.” -The Wire
“Iain Ballamy is as subtly adventurous as ever” - The Guardian
“He is considered one of the greatest modern jazz saxophonists” - first line of Wikipedia bio
Expect an intimate set combining the original music of both Iain and Yetii as well as some special compositions written especially for this evening.
Iain Ballamy - saxophone
Alex Veitch - piano
Ashley John Long - double bass
Alex Goodyear - drums
Tickets are generally SOLD OUT for this night, and are expected to sell particularly fast for this one. It’s a beautiful venue, especially setup by candlelight for the evening, with great beers and delicious pizza.
EARLY SHOW 7PM
MAIN SHOW 9PM
Tickets £9 // Set length 60-75mins (no interval)
NOTE: ALL ORIGINAL 'GENERAL RELEASE' TICKETS ARE FOR THE 9PM MAIN SHOW
MORE INFO ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Alex plays with MADLY, Family Business, Bristol Street Music, Samantha Lindo, and in AVTRIO with James Vine [Waldo's Gift] and Chris Jones. He moved to Bristol from London 4 years ago, graduating from the Guildhall School and has since secured residencies upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s and played at other venues including The Vortex, Cafe Oto, and Pizza Express Soho.
Ash is an award-winning virtuoso double bassist and composer. A Lecturer at Cardiff University who is also an award winning chamber composer that ALSO happens to be one of the most in demand bass players in the UK. John Law, Keith Tippett, Hans Koller and Nigel Price to name a few.
Alex Goodyear is a recent graduate of jazz from Royal Welsh. His formidable monthly gig listings see him out almost every night of the week, most recently with artists including John Law, Alex Meritt, and Victoria Klewin.
Entry requirements:
We welcome 'Yetii' to The Greenbank for this very special gig featuring UK jazz great Iain Ballamy.
Iain Ballamy has a BBC Jazz award, is listed in the BBC’s ‘100 jazz greats’, has recorded for ECM (the worldwide pinnacle in terms of jazz record labels) and has written soundtracks for two films directed by Dave McKean!
“A major international voice.” - The Times
“Technically flawless performances.” -The Wire
“Iain Ballamy is as subtly adventurous as ever” - The Guardian
“He is considered one of the greatest modern jazz saxophonists” - first line of Wikipedia bio
Expect an intimate set combining the original music of both Iain and Yetii as well as some special compositions written especially for this evening.
Iain Ballamy - saxophone
Alex Veitch - piano
Ashley John Long - double bass
Alex Goodyear - drums
Tickets are generally SOLD OUT for this night, and are expected to sell particularly fast for this one. It’s a beautiful venue, especially setup by candlelight for the evening, with great beers and delicious pizza.
EARLY SHOW 7PM
MAIN SHOW 9PM
Tickets £9 // Set length 60-75mins (no interval)
NOTE: ALL ORIGINAL 'GENERAL RELEASE' TICKETS ARE FOR THE 9PM MAIN SHOW
MORE INFO ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Alex plays with MADLY, Family Business, Bristol Street Music, Samantha Lindo, and in AVTRIO with James Vine [Waldo's Gift] and Chris Jones. He moved to Bristol from London 4 years ago, graduating from the Guildhall School and has since secured residencies upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s and played at other venues including The Vortex, Cafe Oto, and Pizza Express Soho.
Ash is an award-winning virtuoso double bassist and composer. A Lecturer at Cardiff University who is also an award winning chamber composer that ALSO happens to be one of the most in demand bass players in the UK. John Law, Keith Tippett, Hans Koller and Nigel Price to name a few.
Alex Goodyear is a recent graduate of jazz from Royal Welsh. His formidable monthly gig listings see him out almost every night of the week, most recently with artists including John Law, Alex Meritt, and Victoria Klewin.
Entry requirements:
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