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Pee Wee Ellis & Jason Rebello at Widcombe Social Club
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on October 9, 2020
Where
Widcombe Social Club
Widcombe Hill
Bath
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When
Fri, October 23, 2020
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Pee Wee Ellis
saxophoneJason Rebello
pianoAbout
It's almost too good to be true: AOTA is delighted to present a duo of kindred spirits who between them have covered a range of music and collaborations wide enough to be an all-star festival bill in themselves. Both musicians have dug deep into soul, rock, funk and R&B but jazz is their heartland their duo is a perfect partnership of groove, smiles, mutual appreciation, musical empathy and inspired improvisation.
Pee Wee Ellis jaw-droppingly productive career started at college with Ron Carter, with lessons at the feet of Sonny Rollins, then as music director for the great James Brown, with whom he co-wrote the inspirational civil rights anthem 'Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud') and on to work with so many other greats George Benson, Ginger Baker, Van Morrison and many more and in recent years his own internationally acclaimed Pee Wee Ellis Assembly. ...