Greg Abate - jazz saxophonist

Name: Greg Abate - jazz saxophonist
Start: 2025-11-08T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Anglican Chapel, Paxton's Arboretum, London Road Cemetery, CV1 2JT Coventry, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Anglican Chapel, Paxton's Arboretum, London Road Cemetery, CV1 2JT Coventry, United Kingdom | Coventry, EN

An evening of jazz with one of America's best contemporary alto saxophonists
For many years Greg has been recognised as one of America’s top saxophonists, playing with Ray Charles from 1972-73 and later featured in the Artie Shaw band. He has recorded two well-received albums with another of America’s top alto saxophonists, Phil Woods, and another, Birds of a Feather, with Britain’s Alan Barnes.
“Multi-saxophonist Greg Abate is a prime example of the “rear back and blow” school of contemporary bop-based players. The tunes he writes or chooses are based on the kinds of changes that harmony-oriented jazzmen have favoured since the beginning and he swings through them with an eager and easy virtuosity.” –David Franklin, Jazz Times.