NOVEMBER GIG AT MILESTONES JAZZ CLUB, LOWESTOFT

YOUNG BAND CREATING A BUZZ ON UK JAZZ SCENE VISITS MILESTONES JAZZ CLUB

This month’s concert at Milestones Jazz Club on Sunday 6 November features a young trio breaking new ground and creating a real buzz on the national jazz scene – Partikel.

Formed in 2009, Partikel are an exhilarating and accessible sax-led trio that in a short time have carved out a reputation as one of the UK’s most in demand bands.


The band's eponymous debut CD released last year garnered great reviews and now Partikel have followed that success with a second album of original material, ‘Cohesion’, and a UK tour that furthers the argument for this fiercely interactive unit as being one of the best.


Influenced as much by music from Latin America, Africa, Hip-Hop and the contemporary New York scene as by jazz masters like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young, their hard to pin down grooves create new ideas and excitement at every turn.


In the ‘no safety net’ format of having no piano or guitar in the band, Partikel have managed to square the circle of performing challenging, contemporary jazz without alienating an audience that wants swinging, tuneful music.


Their freewheeling but highly melodic improvisations strike just the right balance between structure and freedom, creating a hefty sound from just saxophone, bass and drums.


Partikel members Duncan Eagles, Max Luthert and Eric Ford met at London’s prestigious Trinity College of Music where they started composing and performing together.


"We all have a massive respect for the tradition of the music," says Patikel’s saxophonist Duncan Eagles, "What people like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Miles Davis were developing is the blueprint on how to play in this style of music."


"What we are doing is mixing their legacy with all of our current influences while keeping to the spirit of the tradition, with creative improvisation and interaction, strong feel and good time."


This is a rare chance to see a nationally recognised band creating new music of the moment, bristling with creativity, playing on your doorstep. Not to be missed!


This concert is part of a national tour supported by Jazz Services.


The band’s full line-up features Duncan Eagles (tenor sax), Max Luthert (double bass) and Eric Ford (drums).

All Milestones gigs are held on the first Sunday of every month and take place at Hotel Hatfield, Esplanade, Lowestoft with the doors opening at 8pm.

Admission - £7 / £6 (concession).

RENAISSANCE MAN RETURNS!

After a recent 'scare,' I return to normality and blogging after a considerable absence (the fort was held while I was away). And I return a fully paid up member of the non-drinking, non-smoking fraternity, a man who will no longer suffer the awful taste of such things and these things: butter, pastry, sweets and chocolate.

This is, as it were, a long excuse note for my absence. And, as an aside, apologies for not replying to emails and the like. Over the next couple of weeks I hope to chase up my past and resume in the present...

Though boxed in I am not imprisoned. Or is this the title of my 'Out of The Machine' Display Box above?

ps - actually the above is titled The Broken Baskets

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