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EventsBand name: Empirical
| Friday June 18, 2010 8:00 pm Tickets: £ 16.00 (full price), £12.00 (members/concessions) Box office: 01223 511511  | The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX |
| Recently described as "the band of the moment" by BBC Radio 3 DJ Jez Nelson, Empirical perform tracks from Out ‘n' In, the much anticipated follow-up to their self-titled debut album that took the jazz world by a storm in 2007. Produced by Jason Yarde, and featuring special guest Julian Siegel, Out ‘n' In is Empirical’s much anticipated follow up to their self-titled debut album, released on Courtney Pine’s Destin-E label in 2007. Out ‘n' In pays tribute to Eric Dolphy’s musical legacy through nine Dolpy-inspired original compositions and two new arrangements of his work: Hat and Beard and Gazzelloni. Eric Allan Dolphy (1928-1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinettist. Empirical’s Nathaniel Facey explains that ‘as well as being a personal hero of ours, Eric Dolphy was a pivotal musician in the musical avant-garde of the late 1950s/60s who influenced his peers and subsequent generations - we are evidence of that. His influence on jazz music as a composer, as well as instrumentalist, is not often celebrated so, having played the music from his classic album Out to Lunch, we decided to broaden our look at his legacy’. Empirical’s smart post-bop style has drawn admiring notices on both sides of the Atlantic. Their debut recording went on to be voted Jazzwise magazine's album of the year, and Mojo magazine’s jazz album of the year. Expertly incorporating elements of classical, African and Cuban musical forms into its original, sophisticated, fresh-sounding jazz, Empirical make a point of not being centred around a specific front line or leader; it is very much a complete band, each member contributing equally, adding their own facets to the overall sound. Much like the previous success of their debut album, Out 'n' In was included on several 2009 end-of-year, 'best-of' jazz lists including Mojo Magazine and Jazzwise. | |
| Artists: Nathaniel Facey alto sax, Lewis Wright vibes, Tom Farmer double bass and Shaney Forbes drums/percussion | |
| http://myspace.com/empiricalmusic |
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