Deschanel Gordon
Schedule
Fri Jul 05 2024 at 01:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Buxton International Festival | Buxton, EN
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Deschanel was born in Hackney and attended youth programmes such as the Hackney Creative Jazz
Ensemble and the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. Growing up he was surrounded by a wide range of music from gospel to reggae, and was inspired at age ten by a video of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson. This sparked his love of jazz and he switched from classical to jazz piano training.
Graduating from Trinity Laban, pianist Deschanel Gordon is making waves on the UK jazz scene winning the BBC Young Jazz Musician competition in 2020. One of the brightest prospects of his generation he has worked with the likes of Mark Kavuma, SEED, Carmen Souza, Alex Hitchcock, Nubya Garcia and Courtney Pine as well as performing with his own trio.
He has performed at many of London’s best-known jazz venues, including the 606 Club, Ronnie’s Scott's, the Jazz Café, the Barbican and Cadogan Hall. He also travelled widely, playing at jazz festivals around Europe, USA and South America, including North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, New York’s Winter Jazz Festival , Jazz TM in Romania and Fasching in Sweden.
‘Gordon…delivers a flowingly expansive piano solo…exhibiting a…relaxed fluency’
The Jazzmann
‘the piano man to watch…Deschanel Gordon’ London Jazz News
“Deschanel Gordon…a…player of immense stature with a seemingly unending stream of ideas…simply jaw dropping” Sussex Jazz Magazine
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Where is it happening?
Buxton International Festival, 3 The Square, Buxton, SK17 6AZ, United Kingdom,BuxtonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
