‘The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’ Listening Party with Gary Crosby OBE
CLOD ENSEMBLE STUDIOS SE10 0BQ
TICKETS £8 / £4 WITH PURCHASE OF TICKET TO ‘THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY’ AT SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL
On 9th & 10th November 2023, award-winning performance company Clod Ensemble and Tomorrow’s Warriors’ acclaimed jazz ensemble Nu Civilisation Orchestra take over Shoreditch Town Hall for a unique staging of Charles Mingus’ 1963 album The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.
Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, the shows will feature Clod Ensemble’s dancers moving along to Nu Civilisation Orchestra’s performance of Mingus’ masterpiece in order to bring a classic work of 20th century music to life for a new generation.
In the runup to the November performances, Nu Civilisation Orchestra’s Gary Crosby OBE will join Clod Ensemble’s Paul Clark to lead a sonic journey through the bassline.
The event will also give audience members the chance to share their thoughts on Mingus, and attendees are invited to put forward a track that they would like to share.
If you can think of a piece of music that relates to Mingus in any way – especially one with a great bassline – then message Clod Ensemble in advance of the event (Instagram: @clod.ensemble)
Previous Clod Ensemble listening parties have featured celebrated figures of contemporary UK music including Yazz Ahmed, Isobel Waller-Bridge and Manchester Collective’s Rakhi Singh.
A bar will be available inside the venue – please note that no outside food or drinks will be allowed inside the space.
Image credit: Ian Daisley
Gary Crosby OBE is a jazz double bassist, music arranger and educator. He is a Founder and Artistic Director of celebrated jazz education and artist development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors, the parent organisation of Nu Civilisation Orchestra.
Tomorrow’s Warriors has helped develop some of the UK’s most influential jazz talent, including Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd, Cassie Kinoshi and the Mercury Prize-winning Ezra Collective.
“No single organisation has exerted a more profound or beneficial influence on jazz in Britain than Tomorrow’s Warriors.”
Richard Williams (former editor: Melody Maker, Time Out, Independent on Sunday’s ‘Sunday Review’)
As well as being a founding member of Jazz Warriors, Crosby leads Gary Crosby’s Nu Troop, the Gary Crosby Trio, Guava, Gary Crosby’s Groundation, Jazz Jamaica and Jazz Jamaica All Stars. A selection of the top international artists Crosby has worked with includes Courtney Pine, Orphy Robinson and Steve Williamson.
Crosby has been the recipient of many honours. These include an OBE for Services to Music and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Jazz in the UK. In 2018 Crosby became the first jazz musician to be awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music.
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