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Gene Perla: Remembering Elvin Jones' "Live at The Lighthouse" (USA/Aus/NZ)

  • Pah Homestead 72 Hillsborough Road Auckland, Auckland, 1042 New Zealand (map)

Gene Perla: Remembering Elvin Jones'
"Live at The Lighthouse"

Bassist Gene Perla has had a storied career since the late 1960’s, performing and recording with household names such as Sonny RollinsSarah VaughanThe Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and drummer Elvin Jones.

In 1972 Elvin Jones’ group, which included David Liebman, Steve Grossman alongside Gene, played a date at the hallowed Lighthouse Café in San Francisco. It was recorded, and released as Live at the Lighthouse. It instantly became a seminal recording in jazz after Coltrane.

We are thrilled to be able to revisit this powerful music with one of the group’s founding members.

To bring these tunes to life with Gene is a heavy-hitting ensemble, featuring Australian saxophonist Andy Sugg, alongside locals Roger Manins, Kevin Field, and Wellington drummer Mark Lockett.


FEATURING

Gene Perla - bass
Andy Sugg - soprano & tenor saxes
Roger Manins - tenor sax
Kevin Field - piano
Mark Lockett - drums

$40 Admission
$30 CJC Members
$20 Students / Unwaged (& working musicians)
$10 School-Age (with adult)

Presale tickets available from Eventfinda

Cash & EFTPOS door sales
unless sold out prior

Doors: 7.00pm
Performance: 7.30-9.30pm
with intermission


The Arts House Trust: Pah Homestead

Monte Cecelia Park
72 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland

Licensed: beer and wine available for purchase.
Ample parking available.