Electric jazz harpist and composer Maria-Christina Harper has gathered two outstanding and highly acclaimed players to form the Harper Trio: drummer’s-drummer Evan Jenkins and the dynamic saxophonist Josephine Davies. Together they present Passing By, their powerful debut recording.
Greek born with Egyptian roots; Maria-Christina is reinventing the sound of the harp in the jazz world. With her anarchic spirit and an interest in exploring what the harp can do, rather than its traditional sounds, she presents her instrument in new and exciting ways. Combining her traditional music roots with free jazz, she creates an irresistible and compelling sound cosmos where East meets West.
Passing By features graceful and meditative soundscapes, enticing melodies, electric harp-created bass loops, shimmering drums and a warm and soulful yet probing saxophone. It’s a powerful listen.
“If you think the harp is a classically
curtailed instrument, you will be invited, enticed and intrigued into realising otherwise”
“There’s a refreshing looseness on this Hastings trio’s deep contemplative debut… gentle, introspective chemistry on a yielding suite with lasting spiritual heft”
“Offers a glimpse of how distinctively jazz-inflicted exploration of the electric harp might stretch across southern European song forms”
Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm / Tickets £12.50 / Free for members
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