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Arq: Alison Rayner Quintet at Hen And Chicken

Courtesy of Ian Storror | Posted on October 11, 2014

Where

Hen And Chicken
210 North Street, Southville
Bristol
Map
0117 966 3143

When

Sun, October 26, 2014
20:00

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Musicians

About

Led by bass player Alison Rayner, ‘ARQ’ play melodic compositions with killer grooves, using influences from American swing, funk and dance music to contemporary jazz and European folk.

‘With her big warm acoustic sound, faultless time, tuning and taste and creative solo ability, she clearly belongs in the front rank of contemporary bassists.’ Digby Fairweather

Bass player and composer Alison Rayner has been playing jazz and other styles of music since the mid-70s. In 1983 she joined critically acclaimed, groundbreaking all-female jazz group the Guest Stars and spent six years with them touring all the major international jazz venues and festivals in 17 countries and recording four albums....

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