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Jazz FM Classic Album series with Alex Wilson on the music of Monty Alexander

Tickets here: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/alex-wilson-jazz-fm-classic-album-series

21st August 2023

Jazz FM’s Classic Album Playback series in partnership with the Hampstead Jazz Club. Alex Wilson recreates songs from the classic album Monty Alexander’s - Yard Movement Album. This evening with form two episodes of Jazz FM’s Classic Album playback series that will broadcast on the station throughout September on Saturday/Sunday nights at 9pm. Hosted by jazz legend Claire Martin OBE, each week the programme concentrates on a pivotal classic jazz album that has stood the test of time. Recorded in front of a discerning audience at PizzaExpress Holborn, a panel led by Ian Shaw will play tracks from the album and discuss their opinions on why the album as a collection of tracks worked to create the classic work we know of today, adding a layer of knowledge and understanding that will feed the inquisitive mind of the audience. Following the playback, Alex will re-create a number of tracks from the classic album, performing a mini-set, which you can hear as part of the broadcast.