One of the UK’s fastest rising stars and a Festival favourite, pianist Alexander Hawkins has played with Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Louis Moholo-Moholo.
Date/Time: Jun 28 2016, 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Vancouver, The IronworksCost: $30.00
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His wide-ranging style moves “from stride piano to all-out Cecil Taylor-inspired mayhem” (All About Jazz). An innovative improviser and a profoundly curious composer, Hawkins has reached “a dazzling new apex” (DownBeat). Drummer Harris Eisenstadt (Anthony Braxton, John Zorn) a leader in his own right is among the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, while bassist Neil Charles (Soweto Kinch) is one of the most in-demand bass players on the UK scene.
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