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Four young and extremely talented musicians playing a programme of original music composed by Joe, Alex and Noah - Luca content to be the power behind the throne.
Normally I cringe in horror at the thought of over an hour of original music. Every great instrumentalist isn't a great composer and, likewise, every great composer isn't a hotshot musician - at least that's the way it used to be back in the day when composers beavered away in garrets and jazz musicians honed their trade in sleazy clubs and bars learning to read music from a guy who played second alto in the band at the Saturday night hop.
Today, it's all so different. Musicians go to music schools and colleges where men and women who once played second alto at a Saturday night hop are now tutorial gurus with letters after their names and, having themselves accrued the knowledge and obtained the diplomas, send their protégés out into the real world.
That the system works was proven by tonight's quartet who'd variously came through the recognised ranks of NYJO, BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, The Royal Academy of Music and the Peter Whittingham Award. It certainly beat the back room at Joe's Bar and yet ...
No room for nostalgia tonight, not even in Times Square. This was as modern as it gets without losing the plot and, with such able pilots steering the ship, Titanic won't be added to their repertoire!
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I didn't catch all of the titles but it doesn't matter as they were all original and, mostly being premiered.
The future is in good hands. Lance
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