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Peter King – review

Pizza Express Soho, LondonWay back in 1959, a nervous, Charlie-Parker-obsessed teenager played the opening night of a new club called Ronnie Scott's. Half a century on, and now acclaimed by some of jazz's biggest stars, Peter King is back at another Soho jazz club, Dean Street's Pizza Express, which is running a four-night season devoted to the British saxophonist.King opened with his eloquently personal mix of Parkeresque bebop, post-Coltrane modalism, and Béla Bartók-inspired writing for the...

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17:15 on June 16 2011

Peter King – review

Guardian Music — Pizza Express Soho, LondonWay back in 1959, a nervous, Charlie-Parker-obsessed teenager played the opening night of a new club called Ronnie Scott's. Half a century on, a... more info

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