JCUK presents Tony Compton
Sat 17 Feb
|The Jazz Centre UK
Veteran master of the jazz accordion Tony Compton played a delightful and very popular show here last year, and he's back today for more of the same fine, swinging music.
Time & Location
17 Feb 2024, 14:00 – 16:00
The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
About the Event
Tony Compton – accordion
Tim Huskisson – clarinet
A welcome return to The Jazz Centre UK for Tony Compton and Tim Huskisson. Veteran master of the jazz accordion Tony Compton played a delightful and very popular show here last year, with Tim Huskisson on clarinet, , and he's back today for more of the same fine, swinging music.
The accordion has been regarded as something of a Cinderella instrument in jazz. Nevertheless, in the hands of a maestro such as Tony Compton, it can be as expressive as any piano or reed instrument. More readily associated with a plethora of popular styles around the globe, from Eastern Europe to north and south America, from Japan to Africa, the accordion has always had some superb jazz practitioners: just in Britain we should mention Jack Emblow -Tony’s long-time sparring partner- George Shearing, Tito Burns and an outstanding contemporary practitioner, Karen Street.
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