Tommaso Starace Harmony Less Quartet
19th November 2021, 19:45-22:15
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The Pallant Suite
Organised by : Chichester Jazz Club
Tommaso Starace Alto Sax
Dave OHiggins Tenor Sax
Alec Dankworth Bass
Chris Nicholls Drums
The Quartet gets its title from the absence of a harmonic instrument such as the guitar or piano: the absence of these gives the opportunity to both horns to improvise with more harmonic freedom as if they each are in a Trio context when soloing.
The melodies in the horns (alto and tenor) are harmonised to give more character to the compositions. Tommaso explores new original tunes and revisits some of the great jazz standards of the past such as Trinkle-Tinkle (T. Monk), Bebop ( D. Gillespie), Grand Central (J. Coltrane).