In his latest project, ‘A Tribute To Oscar Peterson’, Craig pays homage to his biggest influence, probably the greatest of all jazz pianists, Oscar Peterson. This show highlights Oscar’s great recordings from his biggest hit ‘Tenderly’ to his best selling album ‘Night Train’. It also focusing on his great compositions including ‘The Canadiana Suite’ celebrating his homeland of Canada.
Craig recorded his tribute to Oscar in 2007 and has received top reviews in the Jazz Press. ‘A Tribute To Oscar Peterson’ has also featured at many top venues including Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Dean Street and the Concorde Club. Festivals have included Brecon, London and Swanage.
This concert is a must for all Peterson fans and all who love jazz that swings.
Dominic Ashworth on Guitar (2006 British Jazz Awards winner),
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Tuesday February 7th 8.00pm
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Tuesday March 7th 8.00pm
“The Jazz of Dudley Moore”
“In preparing a recording celebrating the music of Dudley, we were tempted to pay homage to his 1960s piano-trio style. After all, Chris, George and I had all been indelibly influenced by the very particular, tight-knit, hard-swinging playing of Dudley, bassist Pete McGurk and drummer Chris Karan. However, whilst exploring the tunes with Paul on trumpet, we began to discover the richness of his compositions and understand a more authentic, and perhaps more revealing way of entering into Dudley’s musical world.
“As part of that process we took time to read something about the man’s complex and highly conflicted life, one filled with shades of light and dark, joy and woe. Here is not the place to explore any details of this, but what is musically relevant was the way we found these same shades expressed in his compositions. Some of his pieces are, of course, quintessential expressions of the bright, optimistic, swinging ‘60s in which Dudley came to fame, but others are deeply poignant, personal expressions of a darker, more complex world, whilst elsewhere you’ll find a unique and bittersweet mix of the two.
(Rev. Andrew J. Brown)
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