BMJC 2011-12 Season!

Friday 18 November 2011: ROBERT MITCHELL'S PANACEA

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts
21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG

GIG STARTS AT 8PM
Tickets £12 (discounts available):
- in person via the Box Office in advance or on the night (subject to availability)
- by phone 0844 406 8444
- via Lighthouse website by following the link below

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Robert Mitchell - piano, keys, visuals
Tom Mason - bass
Laurie Lowe – drums
Deborah Jordan – vocals

Robert Mitchell, one of our most talented and original musicians, composers and teachers, makes his Lighthouse debut with the quartet version of his superb Panacea.

Born in Ilford, Essex, Mitchell has forged a formidable reputation as a gifted pianist and composer. As part of the F-ire Collective, Robert won the Jazz on 3 Innovation Award at the 2004 BBC Jazz Awards; he has also been nominated twice: for Rising Star in 2002, and Best New Work in 2003. He has played/recorded with musicians such as Norma Winstone, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Courtney Pine, Steve Williamson, Iain Ballamy, Mark Wingfield, Jeremy Stacey, Ty, 2 Banks of 4, and IG Culture, in addition to leading the 4/6-piece Panacea, his trio (with Richard Spaven and Tom Mason), performing in duo with Omar Puente (Bridges), and performing as a solo pianist.

He studied at City University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early band memberships included Tomorrow's Warriors and Gary Crosby's Nu Troop, plus award winning bands Quite Sane and J-Life.

Panacea first performed in 2000, and have performed in the London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival (Pillar Room), and the North Sea Jazz Festival (2006), and Vienne Jazz Festival (2008) and in such venues as the Pizza Express, Jazz Cafe, The Wardrobe, The Spin, The Spitz, Le Tavernier and Cargo. Panacea released its debut album Voyager on the Dune label in 2001. Its second album, Trust, was released on F-IRE in 2005. In March 2006, the band recorded a session for Radio 1's Gilles Peterson Worldwide show. The band was subsequently nominated for Session Of The Year at the 2006 Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards. Panacea's latest recording, 'The Cusp', was released to fantastic reviews in 2010 (on the Edition label).

Outside Panacea, Robert's duo with Cuban violinist Omar Puente began in 2003. The performance of this duo in the Havana International Jazz Festival (2004) resulted in a TV programme being made about the pair for Cuban TV (A TODO JAZZ 2005). The debut album Bridges was released in 2006 on F-IRE. They have also performed to great acclaim in Morocco and Belgium and the UK.

Robert's solo album, Equinox, was originally a BBC Radio 3/Jerwood commission, and was released in 2007. It was nominated for Best Work at the BBC Jazz Awards (2003). Since 2003, Robert has been a visiting Composer at the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Department. His education work has also included projects at WAC, City University, Middlesex University, and as solo, ensemble teacher and examiner on the jazz course at The Royal Academy Of Music.

Expect an absorbing mix of moving music and visuals.

'Robert Mitchell creates chamber jazz of astonishing beauty.’ Mike Butler, Metro

www.robertmitchellmusic.com