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Tony Kofi and Jonathan Gee's Monk Liberation Front

0	LONDON: East Side Jazz Club @ Leytonstone Social Club
P	Tuesday 9th August, 2022
N	8:00pm

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Tony Kofi - sax
Jonathan Gee - piano
Ben Hazleton - bass
Rod Youngs - drums

Twenty years ago Jonathan Gee, Tony Kofi and Ben Hazelton, all living ten minutes from each other in Leyton started rehearsing the music of the great Thelonious Monk. Two years later they started gigging either as The Monk Liberation Front ( with help from fellow Monk aficionados,) playing the complete works in one sitting, at the London Jazz Festival and around Italy, or as the Tony Kofi Quartet playing Berlin, New York, Shanghai, Ronnie Scotts, and releasing Tony’s award winning album All is Know. Tonight with Rod Youngs on drums they bring their love for and expertise in Monk’s timeless music.
Jonathan is known for his acclaimed trio work, and playing with Pharoah Sanders, Joe Lovano, Tim Whitehead, and many others. Tony has worked with everyone from Julian Joseph to Abdullah Ibrahim to Ornette Coleman, and recently released an award winning tribute to Cannonball Adderley. Ben has been seen with artists such as Talvin Singh and Benet Mclean,
and Rod with Gil Scott Heron, Lee Konitz and Jon Hendricks.