Ivo Neame’s ‘Dodeka’

10 November at Crookes Social Club
8.00-10.45 pm, doors open 7.20 pm

Ivo Neame: piano
George Crowley: tenor sax & clarinet
Mike Chillingworth: alto sax & clarinet
Emma Rawicz: tenor sax & flute
Sam Rapley: baritone sax & bass clarinet
Laura Jurd, Robbie Robson, Noel Langley: trumpets
Kieran McLeod: trombone
Richard Foote: bass trombone
Tom Farmer: bass, Martin France: drums

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A special gig featuring multi award-winning pianist Ivo Neame’s new 12 piece band ‘Dodeka’ playing his acclaimed original music. Borne out of a unique project debuted during the pandemic, the resulting album ‘Glimpses of Truth’, featuring a star-studded international line-up, was recorded remotely, multi-tracked and produced by Ivo. It was nominated for an award for jazz composition, received numerous glowing reviews and the music is now being performed live by this band of top UK musicians. Ivo is one of a handful of jazz musician/composers who are redefining the sound of British jazz with compositions that have an esoteric and highly original voice.

“Glimpses of Truth” is a triumph for Ivo Neame and must rank as one of the most outstanding releases of 2021” – 5 star review, The Jazz Mann

‘Dodeka was formed in 2022 after Ivo decided to counter the live performance drought that resulted from the COVID pandemic by writing and recording music for a virtual big band and running a marathon for the charity Help Musicians. He received support from them and Arts Council England to multi-track a big band album – none of the musicians involved in the project were in the same room at any time – which eventually became ‘Glimpses of Truth’. As he could record musicians from their homes anywhere in the world he also decided to involve US jazz stars Gilad Hekselman and Ingrid Jensen on the record alongside a stellar selection of UK musicians, some of whom feature in this band.

“Formidable Phronesis pianist Ivo Neame unleashes a tour de force of lockdown woodshedding creativity” – The Guardian

“This wide-screen triumph by Ivo Neame is one of the standouts of the pandemic era” – 4 star review, Jazzwise

“…the impeccable craftsmanship, the subtle narrative ebb and flow and the sheer inventiveness of the music are all Neame’s ” – The Arts Desk

“To compose and arrange music of this quality for a big band is laudable, to gather together great musicians and have them play as an ensemble when in reality they are all apart and then to mix and produce their performances into a work of art is simply sensational” – Sandy Brown Jazz

In addition to leading his own bands, Ivo has featured in several of European jazz’s most forward-looking groups, including MOBO-Award winners Kairos 4tet; Phronesis, who won Jazz Ensemble of 2017 in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and whose album ‘Alive’ was recognized by both Jazzwise and MOJO magazines as Album of the Year; and the Marius Neset Quintet. He performs at jazz festivals worldwide, collaborating with ensembles as diverse as the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and the London Sinfonietta. Ivo has performed and recorded with highly esteemed musicians at home and abroad such as Hermeto Pascoal, David Binney and Kenny Wheeler. www.ivoneame.com

“Neame’s work is off-beat, complex, immersive, kaleidoscopic and often bracingly polyrhythmic” – All About Jazz

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Ticket Prices

Full – £17
Over 60, disabled, unemployed – £15
Student with NUS card – £10
15 – 17 year olds – £5
Under 15s – Free

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