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Hexagonal at Crookes Social Club
Courtesy of Christopher Paul Thomas | Posted on May 27, 2018
Where
Crookes Social Club
Mulehouse Road
Sheffield
Map
0114 2660114
When
Fri, November 16, 2018
20:00
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Musicians
John Donaldson
pianoJason Yarde
saxophone, altoGreg Heath
saxophoneGraeme Flowers
trumpetSimon Thorpe
bassTristan Banks
drumsAbout
Hexagonal bring to Sheffield music based on the joyous, pulsating township-influenced jazz of the late, great South African multi-instrumentalist and composer Bheki Mseleku. Originally formed in 2016 to pay musical tribute to Meseleku (with whom pianist John Donaldson and bassist Simon Thorpe played) the band’s brief is simple: to expand its horizons while staying close to the spirit of Mseleku's highly tuneful approach to jazz, which now means an increasing amount of compositional input from the group's own members, as well as personal re-arrangements of works by other composers who inspired Mseleku, most notably McCoy Tyner...