Robert Mitchell/True Think
Robert Mitchell/True Think
Mon 15 November 2021
Stage time / 7:30pm
Doors / 7:15pm
Robert Mitchell & True Think. Part of a three-day Guildhall School of Music & Drama Jazz Department showcase featuring current students, alumni and staff members, showcasing emerging talent and new and established voices from Guildhall's thriving and eclectic jazz department.
Robert Mitchell piano
Tom Mason bass
Saleem Raman drums
Zayn Mohammed guitar
Alice Zawadzki vocals
Marta Gornitzka vocal
Chris Eldred piano
Mark Fincham double bass
Lester Ridout drums
Tom Ridout tenor sax
Ed Parr trombone
The band True Think is a multi-generational, multi-cultural reflection of several periods of Robert Mitchell’s journey. Pulling on jazz traditions from the deep South through to today’s European scene, hip hop and adding in a knowledge of modern classical back to Baroque.
The Marta Gornitzka Sextet will open the concert. A current student on the Guildhall Jazz course, Marta Gornitzka, international vocalist, here celebrates her Polish heritage presenting a set of music inspired by Polish poets, composers and songwriters of 20th century. Marta invited award winning saxophonist Tom Ridout (Royal Academy of Music graduate) to join her in adding a modern twist to Polish classics. Imaginative and deeply rooted in jazz, this performance will take you back to discover the history, culture and art of post-war Poland.