But is it Jazz? AFTERNOON WORKSHOP with POLAR BEAR feat. JYAGER [uk] Gratis voor studenten aan jazzstudio en PopSoulstudio

Jazz Studio | 16:00 – 18:00 | Tickets €10 | €5 (under 26)

Tickets available from Jazz Studio - Tel: 03 2482468

Polar Bear bandleader Seb Rochford and fellow band members are currently the most revered young outfit in UK Jazz. As well as the prestigious Mercury nomination, their previous album was also selected as one of "100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World" by Jazzwise mag...azine.

Their raw-boned, dramatic music mixes jazz with an electronic soundscape and a punk sensibility, underpinned by break-beat and rock rhythms. Combined with their compelling contrapuntal melodies and driving energy it's a sound that has already won them critical acclaim and a devoted audience.

Highly distinctive young drummer/composer/producer/electronic remixer Seb Rochford is set for big things. Seb is already one of the most talked about and sought-after drummers on the UK jazz scene, but whose curiosity for all music means he's also passionately involved in both worlds of contemporary rock and electronica. With the youthful immediacy of the alt rock and beats culture, jazz groups such as Medeski Martin and Wood, Bad Plus, Jaga Jazzist, Cinematic Orchestra, and Radiohead's dark, extended organic workouts are among the popular cultural contexts in which real jazz is working its magic right now. Polar Bear are part of the new breed of improvisers using a lethal dose of raw hypnotic grooves, excitingly urgent far-out spontaneity and total song-like melody.

"A great leap forward for British jazz."

AWARDS:

• Jazzwise Magazine '100 Jazz Albums that Shook the World' 2006

• BBC Jazz Award Album of the Year 2006

• Mercury Music Prize Nomination 2005

• BBC Jazz Award for Best Band 2004

• BBC Rising Star Award 2004

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