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Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet celebrates Alice Coltrane's 80th birthday

28aug8:00 pmAlina Bzhezhinska Quartet celebrates Alice Coltrane's 80th birthday

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Tonight we celebrate on her 80th birthday, the legacy of Alice Coltrane, with some musicians who have been totally immersed in her spiritual musical for a long while.

Internationally renowned harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, award-winning jazz saxophonist Tony Kofi, a diverse bass player/ composer Larry Bartley and a virtuoso drummer Joel Prime bring to live this highly anticipated project dedicated to one of the most innovative female jazz musician – Alice Coltrane. They celebrate the double anniversary of Alice Coltrane birth and death (1937-2007) by performing their arrangements of her compositions from the albums such as Journey in Satchidananda, Ptah The El Daoud and Eternity as well as Bzhezhinska’s own material that is influenced by Coltrane’s art.

Alina’s critically acclaimed Quartet with Tony Kofi (Saxophones), Larry Bartley (Bass) and Joel Prime (Drums/Percussion) has appeared at Jazz Legend Festival in Birmingham and leads the celebration of Alice Coltrane 80th Birthday at many venues around the country, including top London jazz clubs, such as The Crypt and The Vortex. Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet will appear at the London Jazz Festival 2017 in a triple bill performance along with Coltrane’ s specialist Denys Baptist and the legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.

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