Greg Abate Trio appearing at the Anglican Chapel
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Greg Abate Trio, at the Anglican Chapel, London Road Cemetery, Coventry, on
Thursday 30 July, doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7.30 pm.
Preview
A summer evening of jazz with one of America's best contemporary alto saxophonists - accompanied by Tim Amann (keyboard) and Tom Marsh (bass).
For many years Greg has been recognised as one of America’s top saxophonists, playing with Ray Charles from 1972-73 and later featured in the Artie Shaw band. He has recorded two well-received albums with another of America’s top alto saxophonists, Phil Woods, and another, Birds of a Feather, with Britain’s Alan Barnes.
He will be accompanied by Tim Amann on keyboard and Tom Marsh on bass.
“Multi-saxophonist Greg Abate is a prime example of the “rear back and blow” school of contemporary bop-based players. The tunes he writes or chooses are based on the kinds of changes that harmony-oriented jazzmen have favoured since the beginning and he swings through them with an eager and easy virtuosity.” –David Franklin, Jazz Times.
Greg Abate jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer continues as an International Jazz/Recording Artist with 225 days a year touring the globe. In the mid 70’s after finishing a four year program at Berklee College Of Music, Greg played lead alto for the Ray Charles Orchestra for two years.
In 1978 Greg formed his group Channel One which was a favourite in the New England area and from there had the opportunity to play tenor sax with the revived Artie Shaw Orchestra under leadership of Dick Johnson from 1986 to ’87.
Following this experience Greg ventured out as post hard bop soloist playing Jazz Festivals, Jazz Societies and Jazz Clubs throughout the U.S. Canada and abroad, including most of Europe, UK, and Moscow and Georgia Russia.
Greg’s newest release Gratitude, with the Tim Ray Trio has received glowing reviews and a lot of international airplay. Also, check out Greg’s other recordings including special guests Phil Woods and other notable artists.
Tom Marsh, bass player, 0riginally from St. David’s, Pembrokeshire is a recent graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is an up-and-coming bassist and composer. Currently based in Birmingham he is influenced by a wide range of music from folk, rock and blues to all forms of jazz, including the music of Charles Mingus, Julian Lage and John Martyn. He released his debut album ‘What’s Wrong With Rain?’ in 2023. Along with various of his own projects, Tom has played with a growing range of established UK jazz musicians including Simon Spillett, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams and Art Themen.
Tim Amann is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger based in Birmingham, UK, whose lyrical and melodic style blends elements of hard bop, gospel, blues, folk, and Latin influences. An established figure in the Midlands jazz scene, he is best known as the leader of the Tim Amann xTet, an ensemble that has become a regular presence on the UK jazz circuit since the 1990s. The current group features longstanding friends and collaborators saxophonist Sam Rogers and bassist Adam Gilchrist, as well as Amann’s adult sons Aidan (drums) and Gabriel (trumpet), reflecting the cross-generational energy that defines much of their sound.
In addition to leading his own group, Amann is also a longstanding member of Andy Hamilton’s calypso jazz group, The Bluenotes, and with trumpeter and composer in Ray Butcher in Butcher’s Brew. He also contributes original compositions to the Walsall Jazz Orchestra, which he has played with for many years; an ensemble renowned for promoting new writing in British jazz.
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