Polish jazzman at
The Sage Gateshead:

Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes

Sunday, 15th November, 8pm

Tickets: £16.50/£7

photo credit: Andrzej Tyszko / ECM Records

Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has forged a distinguished international career, through work with Krzysztof Komeda, Cecil Taylor, Jack DeJohnette and David Murray and as a celebrated solo artist. His obliquely beautiful tone encapsulates a spacious approach to everything from folk to free jazz, best heard on his many fine albums for prestigious German label ECM. Here he presents his new Scandinavian Quintet that adds electric bass and guitar to create a tougher, edgier sound palette for Stanko to explore. Performing darkly cinematic music from Swedish playwright Lars Noren’s play Terminal 7, alongside other mysterious and evocative new music, this marks a new creative chapter for one of Europe’s most compelling jazz artists.

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