Arun
Ghosh (clarinet) / Wayne Francis (tenor saxophone) /Kenji Fenton (saxophone) / Gavin Barras (double bass) /
Rastko Rasic (drums/percussion)
"Catch
his band on any night of the week and you’ll see what
communication in jazz really means. Halfway through
their first number he’s already won the audience over.
Within seconds everyone is moving and swaying in time to
the music while Ghosh, a charismatic figure on stage,
throws himself headlong into the music" - Jazzwise
Magazine
A
Leicester Jazz House/2Funky
Arts co-presentation
IndoJazz
clarinettist Arun Ghosh
brings his exciting and vibrant quintet to
Leicester Jazz House.
Joined
by saxophonists Wayne Francis and Kenji Fenton,
this three-horned and free-blowing frontline
create Arun's
characteristic sound, reminiscent of both Ornette
Coleman and shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan.
Propelled by driving hypnotic basslines and
catatonic Eastern drum grooves, the band
will be performing music from Arun's
acclaimed albums, "Northern Namaste' and
'Primal Odyssey', as well as showcasing new
material from his forthcoming 'South Asian Suite'.
Ghosh
has made the clarinet – the most undervalued
instrument in jazz today – suddenly fashionable.
But that is only part of the story. This is a band
with a mission. They have got something to say and
believe passionately in the power of music to
uplift the human spirit. “The ultimate thing we
can do with music is to communicate with people,
communicate emotions, feelings, express what is in
our hearts, without using words,” says Ghosh.
“Transcending language, ultimately, and trying
to express those things you can’t express in
words.”
