Colin Towns Mask Orchestra | Jazz review

Ronnie Scott's Brit Jazz Fest, LondonComposing and arranging for the jazz orchestra has long been a Cinderella artform, neglected and denied critical attention in favour of its brasher siblings. Yet over the past decade, Colin Towns has built up a strong body of such work, and these two shows by the 18-piece Mask Orchestra were a great opportunity to witness it, with a "who's who" lineup that included Guy Barker, Henry Lowther, John Parricelli and Nigel Hitchcock.Towns began his set with origin...

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