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Latest video from West Midlands Jazz Network - featuring guitarist Ant Law.

Friday, July 03, 2020

The latest video in the series from West Midlands Jazz Network features guitarist Ant Law introducing a number of performances featuring his playing with a variety of different line ups. Details att.

Latest video from West Midlands Jazz Network.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ybrG0G9CM4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR07DA56Yq0bLI2yifl7n7ENE5gKhzHMps9WHSdBE6stsHImiTwYCE_5N4w


The programme features performances by Ant Law solo, with his regular quintet featuring Mike Chillingworth (alto sax), Ivo Neame (piano), Tom Farmer (double bass) and James Maddren (drums) and with a quartet featuring Chillingworth, Ferg Ireland (double bass) and Marc Michel (drums).


From the Jazz West Midlands website;
http://www.jazzwestmidlands.org

 

One of the UK’s finest guitarist and innovators has put together a short selection of his tunes, alone and with others.


A British guitarist Ant lives in London and leads his own group, dubbed “An exciting band to hear live” by John Fordham. Ant was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he lived until the age of 16. From a young age he was exposed to early blues and rock ‘n’ roll, as well as Arabic music. He began playing piano and guitar around the age of 8. Throughout his teens he gravitated towards the guitar. A history teacher gave him a video of Stevie Ray Vaughan playing live at the El Mocambo, which was a huge influence, along with videos of Guns ‘n’ Roses, Queen, and later on Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.


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