Alina Bzhezhinska & Julie Walkington + Manon McCoy & Johnny FK

Jazz at the Lescar Presents: 

HARP DOUBLE BILL: Alina Bzhezhinska (harp/electronics) & Julie Walkington (bass) + Manon McCoy (harp) & Johnny FK (electronics) / Thurs 27th Feb / Yellow Arch Studios / £15 (£8 students)

Alina Bzhezhinska is an internationally renowned virtuoso who’s played at London Jazz Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and WOMADelaide in Australia, as well as collaborating with Tony Kofi, Kamaal Williams, Shabaka Hutchings and Ursula Rucker. In her duo with bass player Julie Walkington (Georgia Mancio, Nigel Price, Loz Speyer) she expands the possibilities of her instrument with electronics to create a unique pallet of sounds and textures.

“Alina Bzhezhinska… a modern-day supremo, is the among the best contemporary harpists” Evening Standard

“…Bzhezhinska shares with Alice (Coltrane) a mastery of the jazz harp.”

★★★★★, The Times

Manon McCoy (balo, Pocket) is making waves on the Sheffield music scene with wholly innovative approaches and collaborations, and is joined by guitarist and electronic sound explorer, Johnny FK, mixing improvisation and electronic music to produce quietly adventurous new music.