MASTER SAXOPHONIST DON WELLER
AT MILESTONES JAZZ CLUB
This months concert at Milestones Jazz Club on Sunday 4 March features a rare appearance in Lowestoft of Britain's finest tenor saxophonist - Don Weller and The Chris Ingham Trio.
Over the last 40 years the distinctive and forthright work of Don Weller has become widely recognised as some of the most creative tenor saxophone playing on the national jazz scene.
Much-admired and loved, Don Weller is an original, winning numerous awards over the years for his music described by The Guardian newspaper as having "...a relaxed, rolling swing that so many of the others miss".
Initially inspired by Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, his playing is characterised by an unfettered mix of commitment, enjoyment and quiet passion.
Noted for his musical versatility, a Weller performance can take in straight ahead, life-affirming swing, gritty modern explorations, bluesy honking or tender, breathy ballad playing.
As both a performer and composer he has been involved with the films 'Absolute Beginners' and ' Stormy Monday' and has worked with musicians like Cat Stevens, Alan Price, Stan Tracey and the legendary Gil Evans and lead a number of his own bands like Major Surgery and The Don Weller Big Band.
Don will be accompanied at this concert in a programme of jazz standards by The Chris Ingham Trio, exciting players in their own right capable of pushing great musicians to even greater heights.
The band’s full line-up features Don Weller (tenor sax), Chris Ingham (piano), Mick Hutton (double bass) and George Double (drums).
Listen to Don Weller's music and watch You Tube footage via the club website at http://www.milestonesjazzclub.co.uk
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).
Quotes:
‘Weller's characteristic, endlessly flowing, molten-lava solos brought sheer grinning delight’, Jazz UK
‘All bruising honesty and rugged romance...alternately rousing, hummable and charmingly soulful...’, The Penguin Guide to Jazz
‘Like Sonny Rollins, Weller has always treated bar-lines as if they were invisible...his whooshing breathiness and restraint on ballads and the patience and tantalisingly bent notes with which he builds a solo’, The Guardian
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