Tom Bancroft's Band of Eden - Edinburgh Festival Guide

Band of Eden is a mixed gender 18 piece contemporary big band featuring an explosive mix of instrumental talent from all over the world. Playing new compositions by Tom Bancroft and Laura Macdonald the group splits into two unisex groups - Band Of Adam and Band Of Eve - as well as playing together. This is Orchestro Interrupto's long awaited follow-up to their five star-rated concert with Geri Allen "less of a jazz gig more a blissful dream" (The Guardian). Band Eve:Laura MacDonald (alto sax & composition), Martina Almgren (drums), Noriko Ueda (bass), Zoe Rahman (piano), Leah Gough Cooper (tenor sax), Felicity Provan, Georgina Bromilow (trumpet), Annie Whitehead (trombone), Lorna MacDonald (bass trombone). Band Adam:Tom Bancroft (drums & composition), Kevin Mackenzie (guitar), Oren Marshall (tuba), Phil Bancroft, Joakim Milder (tenor sax), John Telfer (baritone sax), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Joost Buis, Kevin Garrity (trombone). No age restriction.