Portico Quartet
with support from Kami Thompson
Sat 20 Mar 8pm
Theatre £12.50 (£10)
Described as being like an indie band that plays post-jazz, Mercury award nominated Portico Quartet, play melodic, rhythmic music that mixes the inspiration of Philip Glass and Steve Reich with a very contemporary kind of jazz improvisation. It’s the blend of ethereal saxophone, the steel pan-like Hang, clattering drums and earthy double-bass that gives their music its unique, beautiful sound. Their dance friendly brand of hook-laden, post-jazz was honed busking across Europe and playing in unusual spaces; churches, galleries, chill-out zones and has earned them a cult following. They have created an inimitable sound that has been compared to the Penguin Café Orchestra, E.S.T. and The Cinematic Orchestra amongst others.
“Try to imagine the coolest film never made. We mean really cool. Steve McQueen and Samuel L, on ‘Easy Rider’ choppers, in a French film-noir spy film, infiltrating a Yakuza Samurai cult. Portico Quartet would provide the soundtrack” Channel 4.com
“Fresh, fun and different” Jazzwise
“A strikingly original sound” The Times
| Sat 20 Mar | Theatre | 8:00pm |
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With a maximum capacity of 2000 standing or 1500 seated this concert hall has an outstanding natural acoustic and is the home of our International Concert Series, as well as the majority of our music gigs and big name comedians. Butterworth Hall has recently had a £6.9 million redevelopment and reopened in autumn 2009 .
