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Blow the Fuse presents Alison Rayner\'s ARQ \'A Magic Life\' album launch
Presented by: Blow The Fuse| 0 | LONDON: Vortex Jazz Club |
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| P | Thursday 24th November, 2016 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Event information
Album lauch for 'A Magic Life', the new CD for bass player Alison Rayner's quintet ARQ, released on 18 November.
'A Magic Life' is supported by the Arts Council’s Grants For The Arts scheme and follows the success of ARQ's acclaimed debut album August in 2014 and subsequent national touring.
The album is bursting with melodic and harmonic references from jazz, classical and folk musics. Rhythmic grooves and great solos abound. Rayner cites both Charlie Haden and Eberhard Weber as influences – but there is always a strong sense of Rayner’s musical personality evident in the poignant folk-inspired melodies, rootsy grooves and improvisational invention.
‘I was inspired to call the album A Magic Life because of two recent incidents. The loss of a friend last year, who wrote in her own epitaph about how magic her life had been; then a chance encounter with a young boy, who asked me "Is music stronger than magic?" I replied that to me, music is a merging of magic and logic. These events set me on a course of thinking about connections between memory, mortality, magic – and music.’
Alison Rayner bass
Steve Lodder piano
Deirdre Cartwright guitar
Diane McLoughlin saxophone
Buster Birch drums
Tickets will be on sale at the door tonight for £12
Venue information
LONDON: Vortex Jazz Club| 0 | 11 Gillett Street Dalston London N16 8JH |
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| > | www.vortexjazz.co.uk |
| ! | 02072544097 |
| ` | Dalston Kingsland / Dalston Junction stations / many buses 1 minute. Car park. |
