What's On / Graeme Stephen Sextet with special guest Ben Davis
Graeme Stephen Sextet with special guest Ben Davis
26 February 2010 at 8:00pmat The Queen's Hall
The Graeme Stephen Sextet features some of the most creative and in-demand musicians on the UK folk and jazz scenes. The music draws on all these influences creating an eclectic mix of styles from folk, jazz and classical. The performance will include the suite Vantage-Points inspired by locations throughout Scotland.
The group is Graeme Stephen (guitar), Ben Davis of Mercury Music Prize nominees Basquiat Strings (cello), Chris Stout (violin), Phil Bancroft (Tenor/Soprano saxophone), Martin Kershaw (Alto saxophone), Mario Caribe (Double Bass) and Scottish Jazz Drummer of the year Stuart Ritchie.
Graeme Stephen has been described as one of the most creative musicians in the UK and has won various awards including the Jazz Services Promoters Choice Award and was chosen for the Serious/PRS Take 5 initiative in 2008.
“Guitarist Graeme Stephen has emerged as one the Scottish jazz scene's most capable, exportable and distinctive talents. His sextet is a beacon of original, ambitious and brilliantly realised music.” (The Herald)
“Stephen’s Music speaks loudly of ambition, imagination, nous and harmonic adventure yet teemed with the sort of tuneful realization that swells the heart” (Jazzwise)
This is part of a Scottish Arts Council's Tune-Up Tour.
