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| Geoffrey Keezer |
This June’s TW12 Festival in June has a coup, the appearance of US pianist / composer / arranger GEOFFREY KEEZER, who headlines on the Sunday night with singer Gillian Margot.
As a teenager, Keezer was in the last line-up of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, worked for three years as a member of Ray Brown’s trio – there is a lovely story of how that started on the video below at [15:30]
Singers he has worked with include Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves, there has been work with Chris Botti, Sting, Wayne Shorter. He has recorded projects in his own name for Motema and Sunnyside, Dreyfus, Telarc… has three GRAMMY nominations…. (Biography Here)
Keezer and Margot will also be running a workshop. The festival programme also has the Gareth Lockrane Big Band, Brandon Allen’s Gene Ammon’s project (feature) . Full festival listing is below
FULL PROGRAMME
PARKSHOT RICHMOND
Friday 2nd June
The Link
17:00 – 19:00 Jam Session
Queen Charlotte Hall
19:30 – 22:00 Gareth Lockrane Big Band (with interval)
RIVERSIDE ARTS CENTRE SUNBURY
Saturday 3rd June
16:00 – 17:00 Dom Pipkin
17:30 – 18:30 Tony Barnard Duo
19:00 – 20:00 Janet and Friends
20.30 – 22:30 Brandon Allen Quartet Plays Gene Ammons (with interval)
HAMPTON HILL THEATRE, HAMPTON
Sunday 4th June
14:00 – 15:30 Workshop with Geoffrey Keezer and Gillian Margot
16:00 – 17:00 Richmond Youth Jazz Band
17:30 – 18:30 Alexander Bone Quartet
19:00 – 20:00 TC4 featuring Roberto Manzin – Play Mike Brecker
20:30 – 22:30 Geoffrey Keezer Trio Featuring Gillian Margot (with interval)
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