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Klaus Bru's Elastic Standards at Jazzlive at The Crypt
Courtesy of Jonny Phillips | Posted on September 15, 2017
Where
Jazzlive at The Crypt
St. Giles Church, Camberwell
London
Map
+44 7986 23918
When
Fri, September 22, 2017
20:00
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Musicians
About
Klaus Bru - C-Saxophones. Flute, Fake Voice, Jerome Fouquet - Trumpet, Michael de Souza - Guitar, Fender VI Bass, Orphy Robinson - Vibes and more, Lee Boyd Allatson - Drums and Percussion.
“A good song can't be killed!”
Take this quote from Tin Pan Alley composer Irving Berlin as the motto for the new project of London-based, German-born saxophonist Klaus Bru.
”Elastic Standards” promises adventurous excursions into the musical unknown, based on haunting melodies from the Great American Songbook which became dearly beloved Jazz standards.
"Elastic Standards" is field research in music, a quality control lab for time-tested songs and unforgettable melodies, a pilot study, an evaluation of what is left to be done with musical material that is soaked to the brim with tradition, an investigation into how much flexing a good song can withstand before it becomes unrecognisable....