Alex Hitchcock & Ant Law "Same Moon in the Same World" | EFG London Jazz Festival
Sat 16 Nov 2024 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Stone Nest, W1D 5EZ
Description
Doors 7pm, music 8pm.
Ant Law - guitar & compositions
Alex Hitchcock - tenor sax & compositions
Misha Mullov-Abbado - bass
Ananda Brandao - drums
Acclaimed as composers as well as instrumentalists, sharing multiple awards and seven albums as leaders between them, saxophonist Alex Hitchcock and guitarist Ant Law have created a startlingly vivid new soundworld in their trailblazing group 'Same Moon in the Same World'.
In their last show of the year, the group will be exclusively previewing new music from their next ‘Same Moon In The Same World’ album before its release in 2025. This is cutting edge contemporary jazz from the leading lights on the scene.
Leading UK guitarist Ant Law is “a game changer” and “an innovator” according to The Guardian. His eighth album ‘Ensconced’ in collaboration with Milan-born British/Turkish singer Brigitte Beraha will be released on 16th August 2024. In 2013 his debut 'Entanglement' was released, followed by 'Zero Sum World' (2015), 'Life I Know' (2018), ‘The Sleeper Wakes’ (2020). Ant is the “L” in Trio HLK who record/tour with Evelyn Glennie. His releases have been awarded 9/10 reviews in guitar magazines which feature him frequently. He was included in a list of “10 Astounding Virtuosos”, and a recent issue of Guitar Techniques features a 2-page spread on Ant.
London-born saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is one of the UK’s most virtuosic young musicians. His 2020 release 'AuB' (Edition) was described as ‘ready to make cataclysmic waves’ Jazzwise. His debut (Fresh Sound - home to debuts by Ambrose Akinmusire/Avishai Cohen) was described by All About Jazz as having 'stratospheric trajectory’. His burgeoning international reputation was confirmed by a major prize at Umbria Jazz Festival and tours in Poland, Spain, Italy, Hungary, performances at Love Supreme Festival, Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott’s.
This band takes its name from a line in Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart: “we’re both looking at the same moon in the same world. We’re connected to reality by the same line."
Photo Credit: Rob Blackham
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Location
Stone Nest, W1D 5EZ