A rare opportunity to hear John Zorn's Bagatelles arranged for a stunning big band by trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Sam Eastmond. Featuring 13 of the best improvising musicians in the UK, this band recorded the Bagatelles for Zorn’s Tzadik label in 2023 to rave reviews.
Eastmond’s artful arrangements lurch from Ellingtonian swing to colliery brass band, laced with fragments of Hollywood scores, surf rock and klezmer music (the Guardian)
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