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Jack Johnson – Soundtrack to a Legend
Saturday 31st October 2009 at 8pm
Tickets: €24 from www.citedelamusique.fr
Cité de la Musique, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 75019, France
Jack DeJohnette, Jason Yarde, David Fiuczynski, Jérome Harris, Marek Pytel and I are performing live to William Cayton's 1970 film Jack Johnson at Cité de la Musique in Paris on Saturday 31st October, 2009 at 8pm.
The line-up is:
Jack DeJohnette – batterie
Jason Yarde – saxophone
Byron Wallen – trompette
David Fiuczynski – guitare
Jérome Harris – basse électrique
Marek Pytel – visuels
Getting there: Google map / Directions
More info from: www.citedelamusique.fr
El Autentico Tamborazo Zacatecano
In July I finished a national tour with the band El Autentico Tamborazo Zacatecano, performing at the Larmer Tree, Lovebox, the Durham International Brass Band Festival and many other places …
Global Echoes
Click on the player below to hear Simon Chatterton, Arturo Garcia and me talking about El Autentico Tamborazo Zacatecano.
First broadcast: Sunday 6th September 2009 at 21:00 on BBC Oxford's Global Echoes.
See YouTube for a glimpse of the Mexican Wave in Durham!
'WALLEN' with Byron and Errollyn Wallen This event is now over
Thursday 13th & Friday 14th August 2009 at 10pm
Riverside Studios, London W6
"Every family has a story, every child has a journey"
My sister Errollyn and I are performing our show 'Wallen' at Riverside Studios in London as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival on Thursday 13th & Friday 14th August at 10pm.
Riverside Studios, Crisp Rd, London W6 9RL UK
Getting there: Google map
Tickets: £6/£4 (concs.) from the Box Office Tel: 020 8237 1000 www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Siblings Errollyn Wallen (composer/singer/pianist) and Byron Wallen (composer/jazz trumpet/shells) appeared on BBC Radio 3's In Tune to talk with Petroc Trelawny about their upcoming perfomance of 'Wallen' in the Tête à Tête Opera Festival.
First broadcast: Friday 7th August 2009 at 17:00 on BBC Radio 3's In Tune.
“Among the highlights of the eclectic Tête à Tête Festival is Errollyn Wallen's family-inspired show. She tells Time Out about how she and her brother turned blood into music …”
Read Jonathan Lennie's interview with Errollyn Wallen about the show »
Errollyn and Byron talk about their show on BBC Radio 4's Front Row »
“The one bright spot in the evening was 'Wallen', the childhood story of composer, singer and pianist Errollyn Wallen and her trumpeter brother Byron. Thought-provoking and charming, it had none of the pretentions of the other works. The extravagantly talented Wallens simply told us their story through prose, poetry, photographs and their own highly attractive music. Delightful.”
Read Stephen Pritchard's review in the Guardian »
The Question Room
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk »
I've just completed a commission for the Science Museum called The Question Room. The Museum will be putting up all the questions with my music on their website. Stay posted for more links …
Sheila Hill's The Question Room celebrates the power and humour of a young child's science questions, but avoids the limits and irritations of answering! A quiet reflective enclosed space to rest and think.
My Oracle Lives Uptown
Byron is featured on William Orbit's album My Oracle Lives Uptown.
Read more about it on William's blog at:
New show: 'WALLEN' This event is now over
with Byron and Errollyn Wallen
Saturday 23rd May 2009 7.30pm Rich Mix, London E1
Dear Friends,
Hope you're having a good Spring so far and enjoying the sun!
My sister Errollyn and I will be unveiling our new show on Saturday 23rd May 2009 at 7.30pm at Rich Mix in the East End of London. We are very excited about this as it is the first time we have collaborated in this way. 'WALLEN' is a unique experience which we would love to share with you.
Places are limited so do book early.
Warm wishes,
Byron x
'WALLEN' is an experience – it is a show that combines charismatic music performance with elements of music theatre. The inspiration behind this show is a story that has never before been told – the remarkable and unique story of two of the UK's brightest musical talents – brother and sister Byron and Errollyn Wallen. Their unconventional upbringing forced them to re-define and challenge notions of belonging, distance, and boundaries. The show will be an endless stream of music set against a backdrop of images taking the audience on a journey to Belize (their country of origin), to London, to New York; crucial marking places in the Wallens' personal and professional lives.
'WALLEN' marks the first time they have collaborated together as a duet, and in this unforgettable show, Errollyn (piano/voice) and Byron (trumpet/flute) will bring together classical, jazz, world and popular music.
“Errollyn Wallen, the renaissance woman of contemporary British music.” – The Observer
“Byron Wallen is one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive.” – Jazzwise
