JAZZNIGHTS Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford

Saturday 7 November 7.30pm BUY TICKETS £20/£17| £22/£19 on the door

Pete Roth: guitar
Mike Pratt: bass
Bill Bruford: drums

At Wainsgate Chapel on November 7^th there’s a rare chance to witness one of the superstars of the 20^th and 21^st century. He was voted into Modern Drummer magazine’s Hall of Fame (1990), named by Rolling Stone magazine as #16 Greatest Drummer of All Time (2016) and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ‘Yes’ (2017). Internationally known as a rock musician, he also has impeccable jazz credentials, having recorded, performed with or written music for Al Di Meola, the Buddy Rich Orchestra, David Torn, Allan Holdsworth, Tim Garland, Django Bates, Iain Ballamy and Chris Botti among many others. We are talking about the amazing, legendary drummer/percussionist Bill Bruford!

Bill Bruford is also well known for his time with King Crimson, and his own bands Bruford and Earthworks but he is now a member of the extraordinary Pete Roth Trio. As well as Bill Bruford the trio comprises Mike Pratt on bass and the sensational guitarist and composer Pete Roth.

Together the band creates jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond traditional jazz convention. They strive for intimate, relatively unscripted music that thrives in small places and dark corners. Jazz, funk, contemporary classical, Dvořák. Nothing is sacred. It’s not retro. It’s not comfortable. It’s just brilliantly unruly.

Roth’s original compositions, such as “Dancing with Grace,” the Trio’s collaborative works like “Trio in Five” and “Looking Forward to Looking Back,” or their reinterpretation of masterworks like Anton Dvorak’s “Largo from Symphony #9,” offer just a few gateways into the creative world of the Pete Roth Trio—a world that will likely reshape your perspective on what the guitar trio format can achieve.

“Absolutely astonishing and amazing musicianship” Erkki-Sven Tuur, ECM recording artist

“They know the rules and want to break them. Not in order to be perverse or trendy but so that they can put something rich, worthwhile and fun back into jazz soil.” Edinburgh Music Review

“…The gig itself was joyous, diverse, intrepid and thoroughly enjoyable”. Edinburgh Music Review

“Roth’s compositions range from instantly memorable melodies giving rise to filigree-delicate acoustic work”. Vortex jazz

“With three such talented musicians it shouldn’t have been a surprise, but the way they played together exceeded all expectations. This is simply a great band. – Colin Clark, Director, Petersfield Jazz Festival