Keith Tippett and Matthew Bourne – Double Grand Stand
Thursday, January 17, 2019
With British jazz once more in the spotlight it seems apt that the idiosyncratic forebears of the music should again be stepping into the limelight – none more so than two maverick virtuosos of the piano: Brit-jazz hero Keith Tippett and typhoon-force soloist Matthew Bourne.
Tony Benjamin caught up with the pair – whose close personal connection is conveyed via their rarefied twingrand improvised keyboard flights – to discover how the duo’s shared deep appreciation of spontaneous invention led to a national tour
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