Alina Bzhezhinska & Toni Kofi 'ALTERA VITA'

Name: Alina Bzhezhinska & Toni Kofi 'ALTERA VITA'
Start: 2025-03-21T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-21T22:30:00+00:00
Location: Verdict Jazz

Schedule

Fri Mar 21 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Verdict Jazz | Brighton, EN

'A powerful, moving, take-your-breath-away masterpiece'
★★★★★ Downbeat Magazine
Undoubtedly one of the leading harpists in the world today, Alina Bzhezhinska (a.k.a. AlinaHipHarp) is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring harp to the forefront of contemporary sound. Bzhezhinska is the creator of HipHarpCollective, who recently won the Parliamentary Jazz Award's Best Ensemble of the Year 2024. The group’s double LP “Reflections” (BBE Music) won best album of the year 2023 by Preston Music and Alina Bzhezhinska’s Quartet was nominated for Best Live Act of the Year at JazzFM Awards 2017.

Tony Kofi is a multi award winning saxophonists, a recording career that has seen collaborations with Donald Byrd, Eddie Henderson, Abdullah Ibrahim and Ornette Coleman to name a few. Kofi’s solo work, in particular his 2020 album ‘A Different Kind Of Soul’ and his recently reissued ‘Plays Monk’ cement his reputation as one of the UK’s most accomplished saxophonists.

The duo is often accompanied by Joel Prime on percussion. Prime is a Australian born drummer & percussionist who has become an important addition to British Jazz. Winner of ‘Australia’s Best Up & Coming Drummer’ award in 2011, his versatility across congas, the drum kit and all manner of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian percussion has created the opportunity for Joel to perform with Mr Little’s Noisy Band, Felix Riebl and The Copasetic Foundation among others.