In Charles Mingus’ centenary year, Guy Barker presents his Mingus Suite: brand-new arrangements of the jazz composer, bassist and band leader’s greatest music.
Backed by the full forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Barker’s 16-piece New Jazz Orchestra gives voice to Mingus’ pioneering musical imagination, which reshaped the sound of the 20th century.
The evening begins with a journey through Mingus’ musical influences, featuring jazz, funk, and R&B saxophonist, Lakecia Benjamin.
In 2020 she was awarded the title of Up and Coming Artist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association; The New Yorker comments that her playing is ‘sprinkled with the rich flavours of funk and soul’.
Together with the orchestra, she performs music by the titan of big band music, Duke Ellington, the mighty Jelly Roll Morton and more.
Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Guy Barker has hosted some of London’s most spectacular jazz events and his musical arrangements are enduringly popular with audiences.
More Lambeth Listings MORE
Women Speak Volumes: Paulette Randall in Conversation
Throwing the spotlight on the work of pioneering black women in the arts in Britain whose stories need…
The Aldridge Family – the Price of Fame – a talk by Angela Morgan
Angela Morgan will describe the family life of Ira Aldridge 19th century black actor and resident of 5…
Black History Bus tour
Three-hour bus drive showing London’s top tourist attractions from an African/Caribbean perspective Join us on our three-hour drive…