Thursday 16 June 2011
JON IRABAGON TRIO FEAT. BARRY ALTSCHUL
Jon Irabagon tenor saxophone, Peter Brendler bass, Barry Altschul drums
Tenor sax player Jon Irabagon has played the Bimhuis before with Mostly Other People Do The Killing. His current trio with bassist Peter Brendler and legendary drummer Barry Altschul refers to the jubilant bebop of Sonny Rollins in many ways; their album is called Foxy, a nod to the Rollins composition Doxy. Also, its cover design is a sexy variation on the cover of Rollins’ Way Out West. Irabagon won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 2002. ‘One of the city’s deadliest horn players’ (Time Out New York).