Dee Byrne brings her Outlines project to the National Jazz Archive, Loughton on Saturday 1 June

Jon Newey
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The acclaimed saxophonist leads her art-inspired project for a fund-raising concert

Altoist Dee Byrne
Altoist Dee Byrne

Free thinking alto saxophonist Dee Byrne plays a special performance with her Outlines band at the National Jazz Archive in Loughton, Essex on Saturday 1 June. Joined by her band,  of clarinettist Tom Ward, bassist Olie Brice and drummer Andrew Lisle, Byrne explores the inner and outer edges of live composition based on ideas and sketches that developed through use of visual art in practice sessions.

The performance , which is a fund raiser for the NJA, takes place at 1.30pm on Saturday 1 June in Loughton Baptist Church, 2 minutes’ walk from the National Jazz Archive which is situated at The Jazz Hub, Central Library, Traps Hill, Loughton, Essex, UK IG10 1HD.

Tickets are available from www.wegottickets.com/event/620954/

Further dates at the NJA are:

20 July – Pete Lay’s Gambit Jazzmen Trad Jazz Band

10 August – Finding George “The George Shearing Story!

14 September – Orphy Robinson Presents “The Vibes Describes!

26 October – The Golden Age Of UK Jazz: It’s The Art Of Art (Themen)!

For more information visit www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk

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