Peterborough Jazz Club: Mark Crooks & Nat Steele Quintet
Sun 7 AprMark Crooks & Nat Steele Quintet play Stan Getz & Cal Tjader
After the era of bebop from New York in the 1940’s and 50’s, a lighter more relaxed jazz style emerged in California, called the ‘West Coast’ style. No musician typified this better than the warm and relaxed melodic tones of saxophone master Stan Getz. The combination of tenor saxophone with vibraphone is a particularly warm and luxurious sound and was featured very successfully by Stan Getz and vibraphonist Cal Tjader, who had an especially successful partnership in the late 1950’s. Tonight’s band brilliantly recreate this ‘West Coast’ sound, led by the superb tenor saxophone of Mark Crooks and virtuoso vibraphonist Nat Steele who celebrate this collaboration, playing gorgeous arrangements of standards For All We Know, I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face and My Buddy along with swinging originals by Cal Tjader, Ginza Samba and Big Bear, plus other great arrangements associated with the saxophone and vibes. The rhythm section features some of the UK’s finest straight-ahead jazz musicians: bassist Jeremy Brown, up-and-coming young pianist Mátyás Gayer, and drummer Mark Taylor. This concert is guaranteed to be celebration of the tenor saxophone and vibes, along with beautiful melodies creating a joyous evening of music.
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