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JazzLive with Ukrainian harpist Alina Bzhezhinska
March 23, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
£8
WHEN:
Friday, March 23 at 8 PM
WHERE:
Jazzlive at The Crypt, St. Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8RB London
Admission:
£8 (£5 con) Book here
Alina Bzhezhinska – internationally acclaimed harpist/composer, the winner of the PRS Women Make Music Award 2018, celebrates the extraordinary music of Alice Coltrane & John Coltrane and presents her own works in an extensive tour 2018.
Alina’s stellar quartet consisting of award-winning jazz saxophonist Tony Kofi, double bass player/composer Larry Bartley and drummer Joel Prime recently completed a series of sold out shows, including their opening performance for Pharaoh Sanders at The Barbican to 2,000 people during The EFG London Jazz Festival, earning universal rave reviews.
“Ukrainian-Polish harpist Alina Bzhezhinska is perhaps the foremost contemporary interpreter of Alice Coltrane’s work. ” London Jazz News
Alina has just recorded Inspiration, her UK debut album, which will be released on the Ubuntu Music record label in Spring 2018. The line-up for the album and tour is: Alina Bzhezhinska – Harp, Tony Kofi – saxophones, Larry Bartley – Double Bass, Joel Prime – Drums/Percussion.
“The mainstays are Alina’s innovative harp playing and saxophonist Tony Kofi’s incredible channeling of John Coltrane while unmistakably possessing his own powerful identity.”