Lots of retro flavours this month at the Watermill Jazz venue in Dorking with Andy Panayi and Alan Barnes' Salute to Cannonball & Coltrane, Alan Wakeman with his octet and Brandon Allen paying homage to Stanley Turrentine among the May line-up. Fine saxophonist Allen has a new record on the Ubuntu Music paying tribute to the saxman and said at the time of the release “Some of the original versions were orchestral in nature and so I tried to capture the essence of that large ensemble feeling. With the other tracks I have taken all the main elements of the song but have made some small alterations, textural changes here and there and opened up certain sections for solos.'' Also to appear is Chris Ingham's tribute to Hoagy Carmichael.
- Gigs are on Tuesdays. Full details: here.
Brandon Allen and Stanley Turrentine above
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