Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra / Michael Formanek - The Distance

Line-up
Michael Formanek Double Bass
Otto Kampa Conductor
Sam Nicholls Drums
Sophie Warner Marimba
Kezia Abuoma Piano
Barney Anderson Guitar
Louis Sheridan-Wildi, Lauren Breen, Emma Jackson, Jacob Wilson, George Mooney Reeds
Toby Young, Sam Virdie, Tom Stringer, Felix Martin, Ted Porter Trumpets
Olivia Hughes, Magnus Hawker-French, Christ-Stéphane Boizi, Jai Patel Trombones

The Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Otto Kampa returns to the Vortex with American bassist and composer Michael Formanek in a rarely heard exploration of the large-scale music from the 2016 ECM album The Distance.

Formanek worked with legendary jazz musicians such as Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard in the 1980s but subsequently became a big wheel in New York’s experimental circles. Revered for his utterly original small band work Formanek is nevertheless a formidable big band visionary, with sensitivity to jazz history and a 21st century cutting edge all of his own.