Jazz At St Andrews; ALAN BARNES AND DAVID NEWTON

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An evening celebrating Miles Davis’ “First Great Quintet” of the 1950s, with which a young John Coltrane and the legendary rhythm section of Red Garland, Paul Chambers and “Philly” Joe Jones produced a host of stunning recordings. Alan Barnes is a multi-award-winning saxophonist, clarinettist, composer and arranger whose catalogue spans over thirty albums. David Newton is a Scottish jazz pianist, composer and educator, a six-time winner of the British Jazz Awards and a Fellow of Leeds College of Music, whose long association with Barnes makes this pairing a masterclass in interplay. They are joined by Chris Coull – trumpet, Paul Whitten – double bass, Joe Edwards – drums.