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Rocket (London - Islington)

Contains 4 performances.
  • The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    Performance: The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    25 January 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
    The first night of A&S’s fourth Jazz-Poetry Festival – this one at a new venue. The bill includes the first outing for Gail Thompson’s Jazz Africa show, effectively the first night of its UK tour. The touring line-up was Thompson, Ntuli and the Mervyn Africa Quintet. The featured accompanists for ...
  • The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 2)

    Performance: The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 2)

    26 January 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
    The second night of the 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival. Ntozake Shange and Billy ‘Spaceman’ Patterson had to cancel and were replaced by Paul Rogers and Francine Luce.
  • The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 3)

    Performance: The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 3)

    27 January 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
    The final night of the 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival. Line-up: Linton Kwesi Johnson & Shake Keane (trumpet); Talvin Singh & Mahmood Jamal; and the Jean Toussaint Quartet. Paul Bradshaw was the founder of Straight No Chaser, an influential London magazine dedicated to black and electronic music. It ran from 1988 to ...
  • Amiri Baraka (aka LeRoi Jones), Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lemn Sissay

    Performance: Amiri Baraka (aka LeRoi Jones), Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lemn Sissay

    19 May 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
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