South Coast Jazz Festival 2016: Arun Ghosh Quintet

The Anglo-Indian clarnettist dazzled the crowd from start to finish with an astonishing 90 minute set of original pieces including the spiritual ‘Gypsies of Rajasthan’ from his latest album A South Asian Suite that showed the dexterity of his fellow musicians, in particular guitarist Shirley Tatteh. There was a deep funk groove on a Coltrane inspired number that saw the leader trading licks with the alto and another prayer-like piece written for a Shakespeare play. A surprise tribute to David Bowie saw Ghosh and two saxophones weave their way through a mesmerising ‘Man Who Sold The World’. An early contender for gig of the year.

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea, 23 January 2016

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