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| Pete Lukas (left), Gary Smulyan (right) Pizza Express, November 22nd 2012, Photo credit: Roger Thomas |
Friday 23rd November
Gary Smulyan & the Leeds Jazz Orchestra
Plays the music of Pepper Adams
with arrangements by Tony Faulkner
Seven Artspace
31(a) Harrogate Road
Chapel Allerton
Leeds
LS7 3PD
Saturday November 24th
Gary Smulyan & Pete Lukas Quintet
w. Leon Greening, Dominic Howles, Matt Home
Pinner Jazz
Pinner Parish Church,
Church Lane,
Pinner, Middlesex
HA5 3AA
Sunday November 25th – Lunchtime 1.30 – 3.30
Three Baritones – Gary Smulyan, Pete Lukas & Tony Harper
The Lion at Basford
44 Mosley Street
Basford
Nottingham
NG7 7FQ
Sunday November 25th – Evening 8.30
Swing Low Sweet Baritones – Gary Smulyan, Pete Lukas & Alex Garnet
w. Leon Greening, Dominic Howles, Matt Home
Herts Jazz
The Terrace Suite
Hawthorn Theatre
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6BX
01707 357116
Monday November 26th
Gary Smulyan & Tony Harper
Il Rosso
180 Nottingham Rd
Mansfield,
Notts
NG18 4AF
Saturday December 1st
Gary Smulyan & Pete Lukas Quintet
w. Leon Greening, Dominic Howles, Matt Home
Bulls Head
373 Lonsdale Rd,
Barnes,
London,
SW13 9PY
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| Gary Smulyan. Photo credit: Roger Thomas |
Categories: miscellaneous
Alison Bentley Writes…
Gary Smulyan is one of the greats – he's won several Downbeat awards, and is the heir to the pioneering baritone player Pepper Adams. His style comes out of bebop rather than the Cool School of Gerry Mulligan, and he was a disciple of Phil Woods. He's worked in the bands of Woody Herman and Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, as well as the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, and others too many and illustrious to mention. Pete Lukas has got this tour together with his hero and mentor, and is a fine baritone player too. He plays with agility at speed and gorgeous resonance on ballads. He's already collaborated with Alan Barnes on another double-baritone bill. Lukas plays unexpected standards as well as tunes composed for the bari by Adams himself.