Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra
Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra - Wednesday 7<sup>th</sup> April
Songwriter/keyboardist Jerry Dammers - founder of The Specials and the 2-Tone record label - and his 18 piece orchestra pay tribute to the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, mingling their sounds with those of dub innovator Coxone Dodd, exotica pioneer Martin Denny and more.
Costumes, theatrics and visuals mix with ska, reggae, hip-hop, dub-step, rock and outer-spatial sounds - an unforgettable ride across the galaxies with a crew of leading jazz soloists - Larry Stabbins, Denys Baptiste, Finn Peters, Nathaniel Facey, Jason Yarde and Zoe Rahman amongst them - and the voices of Francine Luce, rap poet Anthony Joseph and dub poet Space Ape.
Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra "Ghost Planet"/"Nuclear War" at The Barbican
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Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra
Songwriter/keyboardist Jerry Dammers - founder of The Specials and the 2-Tone record label - and his 18 piece orchestra pay tribute to the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane
"Never less than spectacular..."
- Kitty Empire in the Observer
...."Triumphant. Glorious. Exhilarating"
- Uncut