Following on from the highly successful inaugural tour featuring Ingrid Jensen back in May, the Orpheus Project (a partnership between NORVOLJazz and Apollo Jazz Network) have announced the second featured artist in the series, New York tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin.
From press release...
The
Orpheus Project is proud to present tenor heavyweight Ellery Eskelin
as their second featured artist. Joined by Chris Sharkey and Matt
Bourne, the trio is comprised of three strong and individual creative
voices that come together to create something greater than the
considerable sum of its parts. The group will tour between October
8th and October 14th, creating performances are
sure to be as unique as they are exciting.
For
the past thirty years Ellery Eskelin has been at the forefront of the
global creative improvised music scene. Based in New York City, he
has traveled widely performing, recording and amassing a very
personal and iconoclastic body of work. And yet Ellery Eskelin has
always remained deeply committed to the traditions of jazz and
American music. Eskelin embodies this seeming contradiction with
ease. He does not see jazz as a style or idiom but as a process.
Further, a process of creative development that has great relevancy
to our time. In this pursuit Eskelin consistently delivers to the
listening public unadulterated, passionate music with no excuses and
no apologies.
For more information about the tour dates, links to book tickets and more, visit the Orpheus Project website.
October
8th – Marsden Jazz Festival
October
10th – Con Cellar Bar, London
October
11th – Fizzle, Birmingham (Ellery Eskelin Solo)
October
12th – The Lescar, Sheffield
October
13th – Seven Arts, Leeds (joint promotion – Seven Jazz
& Fusebox)
October
14th – The Globe, Newcastle (joint promotion – Jazz
Coop & Jazz North East)
The
Orpheus Project is a partnership between Apollo Jazz Network and
NORVOLJazz which seeks to establish a touring network for jazz in the
North of England. The project is generously supported by Arts Council
England through the Grants for the Arts programme.
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