BRACKNELL JAZZ YOUNG MUSICIANS
presents
HELENA KAY
tenor sax
7:30 pm Tuesday 10 October 2017
in the WILDE UPSTAIRS
with
SIMON COOK piano RUDY COOK bass CHARLIE HUTCHINSON drums |
Winner of the Young Scottish Jazz Musician award in 2015, Helena Kay graduated from the Guildhall last year. She is now a Guildhall Artist Fellow while maintaining a freelance career as a performer and teacher, and establishing herself as one of the finest tenor saxophonists of her generation.
‘Bobby Wellins would have heard a kindred spirit in the unhurried gracefulness of Kay’s improvising… the marvellously self-possessed Kay’s sheer musicality, sure tone and beautifully expressed flow of ideas that stood out above all in a literally winning performance.‘ Rob Adams ‘Sublime music that stirs the senses and emotions‘ Glasgow Herald ‘One to watch‘ Jazzwise ‘Kay produces a beautiful tone on tenor… Her improvisations are superbly well constructed, always keeping the original theme within touching distance, and her use of pauses and space adds both to the overall beguiling effect and the sense of genuine instant composition’ Rob Adams |