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Jazz 825: Alan Jackson Quartet

Sat, 12 Apr

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The Jazz Centre UK

One of Britain's finest modern jazz drummers, Alan Jackson, brings his quartet to the JCUK today.

Jazz 825: Alan Jackson Quartet
Jazz 825: Alan Jackson Quartet

Time & Location

12 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 16:00

The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK

About the Event

Alan Jackson is one of the great British modern jazz drummers who emerged in the 1960’s. He was a mainstay of Mike Westbrook’s bands for many years: if for nothing else, his place in history is assured by his presence on masterpieces like Celebration, Love Songs, Metropolis, and Citadel/Room 315. He has remarked on his pride in the fact that, alongside people like Westbrook and Surman, he could make music ‘totally free of having to play in any particular style’.

As a teenager in the 50s, he had been drawn to jazz and blues, particularly the New Orleans band of Ken Colyer. He later joined Humphrey Lyttelton for two years, before finding his place in the new British jazz of the 60s & 70s. As well as Westbrook, he played for John Surman’s Trio, Keith Tippett, Howard Riley, the New Jazz Orchestra and the John Warren Big Band. Dave Green’s Fingers…

Tickets

  • Jazz 825

    From £8.00 to £15.00
    • £15.00
      +£0.38 ticket service fee
    • £8.00
      +£0.20 ticket service fee

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    £0.00

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