Twice, in 2023 and 2024, the Mark Nightingale – Alan Barnes Sextet, treated sold-out audiences to unique arrangements of some of the Great Jazz Tunes. So, with no hesitation, we invited their return in 2025, for this third concert to play another selection of the many Great Jazz Tunes.
In this hard driving concert, these two multi- award winning giants of British Jazz - Mark Nightingale on trombone and Alan Barnes on saxophones - lead an all star sextet in new arrangements – created specially for this evening, of just some of the original, Great Jazz Tunes.
The 20th Century spanned 100 years of Creative Great Jazz Tunes: original, unique, long lasting, jazz compositions.
Whilst jazz musicians were, and continue to be, ready to improvise and syncopate melodies and chord sequences, originally written as songs - and many from Broadway shows, the greatest jazz numbers were composed and arranged specifically as vehicles for instrumental jazz giants.
Normally you would be lucky to hear just a few Great Jazz Tunes in any one concert and would have to spend time, money and lots of energy across many evenings to hear several.
Tonight, in just one concert you can hear, from start to finish, nothing other than Great Jazz Tunes.
Here’s a few mouth- watering examples of what the Sextet have ready for you.
A Night In Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie
Canteloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ornithology – Charlie Parker
Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael
Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Voyage – Kenny Barron
- and several more Great Jazz Tunes
Playing the Great Jazz Tunes, along with Mark Nightingale and Alan Barnes, are the all-star line up of
James Davison – trumpet,
Graham Harvey – Piano,
Jeremy Brown – double bass and
Ian Thomas -drums
Here’s a flavour of what’s in store, with Mark playing another Thelonious Monk great jazz tune, “Blue Monk”
“Mark Nightingale tells the trombone what to do and does not allow it to set the parameters for his improvisations… tremendous fluency and flair”.- Leonard Feather
“Alan Barnes stylistic range is quite phenomenal… He has a wonderful capacity for suggesting a given style without actually imitating anyone.”- Dave Gelly
Doors 6.30pm
Music 8pm
Tickets: £30