The Improvisers’ Workshop is a Guildhall School group focusing on creative jazz improvisation, approaching the jazz ensemble as a malleable vehicle for contemporary composition. This performance will feature tap dancer Annette Walker. Walker’s invitation to feature in this concert is inspired by Geri Allen’s composition ‘The Dancer’, and a live performance with Allen’s trio and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut in 2009 (Geri Allen & Timeline Live).
“11 Jun 2021 – Join Tomorrow’s Warriors as bassist Gary Crosby and saxophonist Aleksandra Topczewska perform an afternoon of fun, light-hearted jazz standards, with the exciting addition of tap dancer Annette Walker.” Oxford House
Presentation and panel discussion remembering Bebop Jazz Hoofer, Will Gaines. With guests Andrew Nemr and Junior Laniyan.
The Rezidents is led by bassist and composer Gary Crosby, co-founder of the jazz development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Professional musicians who have a link to Tomorrow’s Warriors reconnect and make music together in a relaxed and collaborative way.
Exciting news: Tap dancing at the BBC Proms! BBC PROMS PRESENTS Prom 54: Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert 22:15 Thu 29 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall (Auditorium) Broadcast on BBC FOUR Fri 6 Sept – available on BBC iPlayer for 30…
In February 2019 I was invited as a guest artist to Jumoké Fashola’s Jazz Verse Jukebox at Hoxton Hall (London, UK) and was thrilled to close a fabulous evening of poetry and jazz.
2022 Update The London Tap Jam is at a new location and under new management since 2022. Visit London Tap Jam for the latest.
The expert panel of artists for this event: Dr S. Ama Wray, Annette Walker, Jreena Green, Sean Graham, Gary Nurse, Joyce Gyimah and Gary Crosby OBE
My most recent solo performance involved a dynamic 25 minute set involving an experimental collaboration with a drummer for at the Albany in October 2009.
