Adrian York Trio "Conversations with Bill "

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‘Conversations with Bill Evans’ presented by Composer /Songwriter/Producer/Arranger Dr Adrian York with Paul Whitten Bass and Mark Fletcher on drums. Special guest Dave O’Higgins on Sax.


Adrian’s new project is a show with his trio ‘Conversations with Bill’, an exploration of and dialogue with the repertoire and recordings, compositions and piano style of one of the greatest and most distinctive of all jazz pianists, Bill Evans.


Dr Adrian York began his musical career in the early 1980s as a member of the chart-topping swing-pop band Roman Holliday. He then worked for a plethora of artists from the worlds of pop, jazz and light entertainment including Working Week, Jimmy Ruffin, Darts, Mari Wilson, Sandie Shaw, Seal, Lisa Stansfield, Lilly Savage, Michael Bolton, Shirley Bassey, Paul Young, and Girlstalk to name just a few. In the jazz world Adrian has performed with Ian Shaw, Ronny Jordan, Jean Toussaint, Tim Garland, Tina May and Alan Barnes as well as being musical director for a host of JazzFM live acts.


Dave O’Higgins’ tenor and soprano sax sounds are highly personal and recognisable, with a clear sense of melodic development and adventure. A popular performer with the public, with an excellent sense of pacing and presentation, he has a wide palette from Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson through to Stanley Turrentine and Michael Brecker. He has relentlessly pursued artistic and sonic exploration and development with a deep respect for the tradition of the music.

“O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out.”
The Observer

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