{"id":1624,"date":"2015-08-27T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2015-09-01T08:26:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T08:26:03","slug":"the-new-canterbury-sound-jack-hues-and-the-quartet-the-boot-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2015\/08\/27\/the-new-canterbury-sound-jack-hues-and-the-quartet-the-boot-lagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Canterbury Sound: Jack Hues and the Quartet + The Boot Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday September 4th 2015, 8pm<\/strong>
\n Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free entry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canterbury in the 1960s and 1970s was a hotbed of musical creativity. A community of musicians and bands connected to the city shared an artistic curiosity that encompassed rock, jazz, soul, poetry, folk and contemporary classical music. With a sound that mixed eccentric psychedelia with Miles Davis-style jazz-rock bands such as The Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine, Caravan<\/em> and Gong<\/em> had a lasting impact on music in Canterbury and further afield.<\/p>\n

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This performance features two contemporary bands that share a passion for the Canterbury Sound. Jack Hues and the Quartet<\/a> <\/em>are the result of a warped experiment involving an 80’s pop singer (frontman of Wang Chung), a jazz-punk rhythm section (drummer and bassist from Mercurynominated Led Bib) and a classically trained pianist. The younger generation of Canterbury-Sound-influenced bands are represented by The Boot Lagoon<\/a><\/em>, a quartet with incredibly diverse musical paths that converge in joyfully restless jazz-rock riffs.<\/p>\n

These bands will each perform a mini set before joining forces to perform the monumental Soft Machine\/Hugh Hopper composition ‘Facelift.<\/em>‘ They will be joined by saxophonist Brian Hopper<\/a><\/em>, who played on the first recording of ‘Facelift’ for the John Peel sessions in 1969.<\/p>\n

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The original Canterbury Scene emerged in the mid-late 1960s, in parallel with the founding of the University of Kent; indeed the Hopper brothers were raised in Tanglewood, a house which now forms part of the University’s Canterbury campus. Fittingly, the New Canterbury Sound appears as part of the University’s 50th Anniversary Festival<\/em><\/a>, 4-6 September 2015.<\/p>\n

The flyer for the event can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

For information on other events happening throughout the weekend see the 50th Anniversary Festival Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the Development Office<\/em>, the School of Arts<\/em>, and the School of Music and Fine Art<\/em>\u00a0at the University for their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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