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Title:: Mike Stern Band
When:: 03.04.2006 - 03.04.2006
Where:: Ronnie Scotts - London
Category:: Jazz

Description

While his reputation was built on a brief spell with Miles, and a dodgy booze and drug soaked period with Jaco Pastorius, guitarist Stern's unflinching sobriety now sees him downing espressos, not vodka, before his gigs; while he's forged a loyal fan base through dogged consistency. A master of shimmering jazz flights of fancy, intense post-bop flurries and blistering blues over funk and world grooves, Stern's palette is solid and his energy undimmed, as is his output, his yearly visits to London often book-ending a new album release. This year's project will feature Janek Gwizdala, Richard Bona, Roy Hargrove, Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl and Don Alias but it's his touring band here of bassist Chris Min Doky, saxophonist Bob Franscescini and drummer Kim Thompson that should give a visceral sample of where Stern is at creatively.

Venue

Venue:: Ronnie Scotts - Website
Street:: 47 Frith Street
ZIP:: W1D 4HT
City:: London
Country:: UK

Description

Ever since his trips in the late 40s and early 50s to the jazz clubs of New York's 52nd Street, Ronnie Scott had dreamed of opening his own London club. In 1959, the dream came true. Together with Pete King (a fellow tenor saxophonist and personal friend) Ronnie Scott's club opened in Gerrard Street, in London's Soho.

To begin with, the plan was simply to provide a place where British jazz musicians could jam. Pete and Ronnie quickly developed a reputation of bringing the best of British modern jazz musicians to the club. Soon, they would persuade the American federation of musicians to lift the blanket ban on American performers in the U.K., paving the way for many legendary performances. In 1965, Ronnie Scotts moved to its current location in Frith Street, only a short walk from the 'old place'.

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