Album release: Fri 27th & Sat 28th October 2017,
early and late sets (Fanfare – FJ1702)
Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble celebrate the music of John Coltrane with the release of their new album The Spirit of Trane at PizzaExpress, Soho, amid an extensive UK tour. The Spirit of Trane marks fifty years since the death of John Coltrane and reflects upon the beauty of the great man’s music.
John Coltrane was the most influential tenor saxophonist in jazz history. Whether it is his patented sheets of sound, his rapid-fire improvisations, the advanced harmonic progressions, the sonic impact of the best jazz quartet ever or his lush interpretations of the most beautiful ballads, no aspiring music lover can afford to neglect the music of Coltrane. Atzmon commented, “Coltrane was a voice of a generation, an artistic revolutionary spirit, a man who transformed anger into love and plight into a humanist message. Coltrane is for us jazz at its best: an authentic creative wave of constant transformation and innovation. Trane is for us, first and foremost, a spirit.”
The Orient Ensemble features Gilad Atzmon on tenor and soprano sax, Frank Harrison on piano, Yaron Stavi on acoustic bass and Enzo Zirilli on drums and the Sigamos String Quartet – Ros Stephen & Marianne Haynes – violin, Felix Tanner – viola & Laura Anstee – cello. The string arrangments are by Ros Stephen.
TOUR DATES
Fri 22 Sept – Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry
Thu 5 Oct – St James Wine Vaults, Bath
Fri 6 Oct – Wakefield Jazz, Wakefield
Sun 15 Oct – The California Club, Ipswich Jazz Club
Tue 24 Oct – Wilmslow Jazz, Manchester
Wed 25 Oct – Swansea Jazz Land, Swansea
Fri 27 & Sat 28 Oct – Album Launch @ PizzaExpress Jazz Club, London
(2 concerts each night)
Fri 3 Nov – The Verdict, Brighton
Sun 12 Nov – Herts Jazz Club, Welwyn Garden City
Sat 25 Nov – 606 Jazz Club, London
Thu 30 Nov – Albion Beatnik bookshop, Oxford
Fri 1 Dec – Lighthouse, Poole
Wed 6 Dec – Grimsby Jazz, Grimsby
Fri 8 Dec – Fleece Jazz Club, Sudbury
Wed 13 Dec – Stratford Arts House, Stratford Upon Avon
www.gilad.co.uk
Distribution: Discovery Records http://www.discovery-records.com/
Publicity: Emma Perry 07818 424 750 emmasarahperry@gmail.com