Big Bromo Promotions presents:

BEJE / British European Jazz Ensemble

Faris Ishaq x BEJE

A solidarity concert for Palestine

A masterful meld of Palestinian folk music and spine-tingling jazz

Mesmerising contemporary and ‘cosmic’ jazz, channelling the ecstatic spirit of 1960’s saxophone visionary John Coltrane, and here deeply infused with Palestinian melodies and rhythms. Acclaimed nay reed-flute master Faris Ishaq is given punchy, characterful support by global-jazz ensemble BEJE on spine-tingling music ranging from meditative atmospherics to primal improvisation: by turns profoundly beautiful, frantically urgent, joyfully strange, and yieldingly delicate.

BEJE’s distinctive and energetic contemporary jazz performances are always about collaboration, whether with other players or other cultures. A unique world music-tinged jazz ensemble, its line-up of different sensibilities and skills from all over the continent, its widespread influences, and its union of eclectic styles manifests in powerful creations of improvisation and composition alike. It acknowledges no boundaries, is relentless in its exploration of innovative ingredients for sonic fusion, and embraces humanity by mirroring diversity in its music.

This Autumn, BEJE tours ‘Siblings Not Fools’, a celebration of the creative energy and unity possible when cultures meet through the medium of music, and a testament to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 declaration: ‘live together as brothers or perish together as fools’. This series of collective collaborations with international artists from Korea, Palestine, Italy, and Wales, is presented (and recorded live for an anthology album to be released in the new year) primarily at grassroots and non-traditional venues, and is supported by skills/experience development workshops.

“A vibrant contemporary Jazz augment for international cultural exchange.” – Venue Magazine

“Musically gifted… Creative and technically excellent musicians.” – Black Mountain Jazz

Friday 29th November

8pm – 10.30pm

(Doors, 7.30pm)

Tickets

Advance tickets will be available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/BEJE