Beats and Pieces Big Band: British Music Abroad
For:
Jazzahead 2013
Event date:
25-28 April 2013
Event venue:
Bremen, Germany
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Winners of the 2011 European Young Artists’ Jazz Award, 2012 Ensemble of the Year nominees in the UK’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and recently nominated for Best UK Newcomer in the inaugural Jazz FM Awards, the Beats & Pieces Big Band are fast becoming one of the country’s most talked about jazz groups.
Led by composer and conductor Ben Cottrell, its 14 members are drawn from some of the most exciting and in demand young musicians active in the UK today, all of whom met and began playing together whilst students in Manchester. Their debut album, Big Ideas, was released in March 2012 on Efpi Records.