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Jim Hart at Jazz At The Oxford at the Assembly House
Presented by: Jazz at The Oxford| 0 | LONDON: The Assembly House |
|---|---|
| P | Monday 13th February, 2023 |
| N | 8:00pm |
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The world-class vibraphonist and composer Jim Hart is in London briefly and we've managed to grab him for a very special gig. Jim will be bringing an all-star band of London-based colleagues and we can't wait. Don't miss the chance to hear the vibraphone played in an intimate listening room by one of the true masters!
Jim Hart is one of the most in-demand musicians on the European jazz and alternative music scene, as a soloist and sideman on drums and vibraphone. His background in both jazz and classical music – combined with his interest in the traditional music of Latin America and West Africa and its part in contemporary improvised music – has helped to define his creative personality, melding a distinctive and strong sense of harmony, melody and rhythm.
As a bandleader, he has recorded six albums of his own music which have enjoyed radio airplay and have been critically acclaimed worldwide. Hart leads Cloudmakers Trio and Cloudmakers Five and his eminence across Europe includes a pivotal role in the Marius Neset Quintet (vibes, marimba and percussion), Daniel Erdmann’s Revolution (vibes) and Vula Viel’s exploration of the rhythmic systems of Ghanaian traditional music (drums).
Downbeat magazine has listed him in both readers’ and critics’ polls – in the ‘vibraphone’ and ‘rising star’ categories – over the last five years; and Cloudmakers Trio’s studio album ‘Abstract Forces’ made their 2014 ‘album of the year’ list. He has been the recipient of multiple British jazz awards, the Worshipful Company of Musicians bronze medal and was nominated for ‘musician of the year’ in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
“One of the UK’s most creative new jazz artists.”
– The Guardian
“Outstanding”
– Financial Times
“One of the brightest stars on the UK and European Jazz scene.”
– John Surman
“Hart has developed an impressively individual voice.”
– Jazzwise Magazine