Michael Janisch Band @ Bray Jazz Festival 2022
Michael Janisch Band (USA/UK)
Whale Theatre, Greystones - Friday, 29th April 8pm
Acclaimed American bassist Michael Janisch has become a major figure on the contempoary UK jazz scene since he decamped to live in London, 17 years ago.
He’s a prolific and decorated band leader and musical producer, and is the founder of the influential Whirlwind Recordings label. Janisch is a MOBO-Award nominated solo artist, and leads a fantastic young quintet that features some of the top young talents in UK jazz. His new album Worlds
Collide is an electro-acoustic album of original material recorded at Abbey Road Studios. It that combine contemporary jazz that’s heavily influenced by both the London/New York scenes alongside free improvisations and soaring melodies over multi-metered grooves, that pays hommage to artists such as Feli Kuti & Afro-Beat and the electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin.