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Duncan Eagles
Thursday 17 June
The Spice of Life, Moor Street, Soho
Start time: 8pm Tickets: £10, £8 MU & Students
The Spice of Life, Moor Street, Soho
Start time: 8pm Tickets: £10, £8 MU & Students
Dune's 'Most Exciting New Writers & Arrangers in British Jazz' series continues with saxophonist Duncan Eagles. His first set will feature his Partikel trio of Max Luthert - double bass and Eric Ford - drums, while for the second set Duncan will perform in a quintet lineup with Mark Perry - trumpet, Alex Hutton - piano, Max Luthert - bass and Eric Ford - drums.
Duncan has already established himself on the London Jazz Scene performing with top jazz musicians including Dave O’Higgins, Derek Nash, John Etheridge, Alex Hutton, Jason Rebello, Kit Downes and Shabaka Hutchings. Duncan first picked up the saxophone at 16 years of age and at 18 was accepted onto the Jazz course at the the Trinity College Of Music, where he studied with Russel Van Den Berg, Jean Toussaint and Mark Lockheart. At just 19 years old he won the Spike Robinson saxophone award. At 21 Duncan became involved with Tomorrows Warriors and regularly appears in the houseband that hosts the monthly jam session at the Spice of Life. He is currently writing and gigging with his trio Partikel which has just recorded their 1st album.
SpiceJazz at The Spice of Life information, location and advance booking here
The Most Exciting New Writers & Arrangers In British Jazz
The venue for the series is The Spice of Life, Moor Street Soho, and the dates are:
Thursday May 20th: Peter Edwards
Thursday June 17th: Duncan Eagles
Thursday July 15th: Binker Golding
Thursday August 19th: Ben Burrell
Start time is 8pm, tickets: £10, £8 MU, Students
Each musician will present a first set of their own compositions and arrangements which will be followed by a second set of well known repertoire
The series kicks off on Thursday May 20th with pianist Peter Edwards, whose dynamic compositions skillfully combine shifting time feels and impressionistic melodic lyricism
Peter completed a Masters in Jazz at Trinty College of Music in 2009 and is a product of the Tomorrow's Warriors artistic development programme for young jazz musicians
He has recorded with the Abram Wilson Quartet on the recently released album ‘Life Paintings’ and spent autumn and spring on tour with the band playing throughout the UK
He accompanies and arranges music for vocalists Nicola Emmanuelle and Zara McFarlane and is currently collaborating with poet Lemn Sissay and Bassist Gary Crosby on a project that re-examines the relationship of poetry and music
Peter is also musical director of the newly formed Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Orchestra, and his most recent project has been to recreate Duke Ellington’s masterpiece, ‘The Queen’s Suite
He went on to write his own suite ‘Above and Beyond the Horizon’ for TWJO. Both works were performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall in July 2009
Peter is also a member of Rhythmica and his compositions 'Solace' and 'Anthem' are featured on their forthcoming album
Peter will perform at the Spice of Life with a newly formed trio featuring bassist Nick Walsh and drummer Saleem Raman
The second event is on Thursday June 17th and spotlights saxophonist Duncan Eagles. His first set will feature his Partikel trio of Max Luthert (double bass) and Eric Ford (drums), while for the second set Duncan will perform with Mark Perry (trumpet), Alex Hutton (piano), Max Luthert (bass), Ollie Howell (drums).
The third in this series features saxophonist Binker Golding who will feature a quartet with Rick Simpson (piano), Pete Randall (double bass), Graham Godfrey (drums).
The final night on Thursday August 15th highlights pianist Ben Burrell - lineup to be confirmed shortly.
SpiceJazz at The Spice of Life information, location and advance booking here
