Events for Thursday 17 July 2014
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7:30 pm
Free
Open Improvisation: Karaoke for improvisers @ Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
Following their intriguing first session in May, Oxford Improvisers’ second open improvisation evening for instrumentalists, vocalists, dancers. A three-to-four-minute prerecorded track forms one player in the piece. One or more players use it as the basis for their improvisation. Other players offer different interpretations. Backing tracks specially composed or selected for the first session can […] Find out more »
8:30 pm
£12 / £10 (concessions) / £6 (students)
Benet McLean Quartet @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Benet McLean is one of the rising stars of British jazz and a mesmerising performer. His playing snaps and crackles, and crosses more genre boundaries than is decent. Small wonder then that he has played with an extraordinary range of artists – Steve Williamson, Yehudi Menuhin, Roachford, Dave O’HIggins, Loose Tubes and the rest. More […] Find out more »