Wednesday Nov 21st

Zoology Museum Cafe

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Doors: 6:30pm

Performance Times: 7:10-9:45pm

Tickets: £10 + booking fee

Limited unreserved seating available

​In association with Cam-Lates

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Meet the CCI: 6:30 - 7:10pm

Big Bad Wolf: 7:10 - 8:15pm

Dinosaur: 8:35 - 9:45pm

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The Jazz Festival is back at the Museum of Zoology. With boundary pushing Jazz in the Whale Cafe, the chance to chat to researchers from the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) and wander the new galleries after-dark. Find out about some of the cutting edge research on the variety of plant and animal life in the world happening at CCI. 

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‘Dinosaur...this beautifully played and effortlessly confident collage of contemporary styles’ ★★★★ GUARDIAN

 

‘While inhaling all matter of electrical jazz—from Miles Davis to Dave Douglas’ High Risk, via Soft Machine and Thundercat—Dinosaur has nevertheless concocted its own dynamically hybridized signature sound’ DOWNBEAT

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2018 sees Mercury-nominated Dinosaur back in action with some immensely colourful, new music – full of imagination and surprise. Led by BBC New Generation Artist 2015-17, trumpeter Laura Jurd, their highly anticipated second album ‘Wonder Trail’ (to be released May 2018) sees the band further their exploration into the world of ‘synth-pop meets jazz band’ as they present a journey of mesmerising new compositions. Expect folk-infused grooves and glistening melodies – all tied together by a love for extemporisation and improvisation.

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Receiving a rare 5-star review in the Guardian for their 2016 debut album, ‘Together, As One’, the band have toured extensively in Europe and beyond at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals including North Sea Jazz, Montreal Jazz Festival and Molde International Jazz Festival. In addition they have collaborated with some of the UK’s most celebrated ensembles including the BBC Concert Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia and the Ligeti Quartet

All music written by Laura Jurd.

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Laura Jurd - trumpet, synth
Elliot Galvin – synths
Conor Chaplin - electric bass
Corrie Dick - drums

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"Big Bad Wolf...Sun drenched blissed out optimism" Marlbank 

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Big Bad Wolf is a London based band featuring washy guitars, ambient vocals, brassy hooks and deep grooves. This distinctive sound arises largely from the band's consistently egalitarian process of group composition, where all 4 members are present from conception to completion of each song. Starting each writing session by recording an open-ended group improvisation, they then listen back, pick out the best ideas and then develop them into intricate and concise pieces of music.

 

Big Bad Wolf have developed a unique way to bridge the gap between improvised music and contemporary pop/rock styles. All four band members have a strong grounding in jazz from their studies on the prestigious jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music and at Leeds College of Music.

 

From this background, the band strives to constantly push the boundaries and blur the edges of the genre through a wealth of influences, from Bjork to Radiohead to Bill Frisell, brought to the table by each member to the group.