Shirley Smart – presented by North Devon Jazz Club
TOP CELLIST AT THE BEAVER
One of the UK’s finest cellists, Shirley Smart, will bring her trio to play a gig at North Devon Jazz Club in The Beaver, Appledore on 30 November.
Equally at home playing jazz and Middle Eastern music as well as classical music Shirley Smart lived in Jerusalem for ten years, studying and performing a wide variety of music from North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East. She was also highly active on the jazz scene, working with artists including Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital and Yasmin Levy.
Since returning to the UK Shirley has become known as one of the most creative cellists on the music scene and has worked with many leading jazz musicians, including Gilad Atzmon, Neil Cowley, Robert Mitchell, and Alice Zawadzki. As a teacher one of her positions is Professor of Musicianship and Improvisation at the Royal College of Music.
The magazine Songlines commented that Shirley ‘readily demonstrates a wide range of techniques, incorporating an understanding of improvisation drawn from a jazz background and her extensive knowledge of Arabic maqam.”
The gig is at 8:30pm and is hosted by the North Devon Jazz Club. Keep up the good work NDJC. There is no entrance fee, however a collection is taken for the band. For a meal booking phone The Beaver on 01237 474822.
