Thursday 29th September - 8:00pm
Iain Ballamy & Stian Carstensen @ St George's Bristol
Iain Ballamy - saxophones
Stian Carstensen - accordion
Iain and Stian are ‘Little Radio’ - the smallest big band duo in the world.
The synergy of the button accordion and tenor saxophone creates a rare, rich and beautiful sonority. In the hands of these two musicians, it becomes a combination capable of a great range of moods and textures, at times showing great dexterity and alternately a full and rich resonance seemingly far larger than the sum of its parts.
Their repertoire ranges widely from Chopin to Whitney Houston via Eric Satie to Kurt Weil, Vaughan Williams, Fats Waller and Burt Bacharach.
Performing much loved classic songs, jazz standards, tangos alongside original tunes and children’s songs, The Little Radio brings joy to all listeners with their rich and diverse programme and imaginative settings.
Read more about Little Radio.
“Hearing them live leaves you in absolute awe. With their sheer virtuosity and sense of joy you feel like a kid about to step onto a twinkling, old-fashioned merry-go-round.”
“Ballamy tears into Honeysuckle Rose like Coleman Hawkins, with accordion pursuing him like a battalion of excited bagpipes. This may be the accordion’s most distinguished moment in jazz to date. I loved the whole thing.”
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