Date:     Tuesday 18th March  
Time:    7:30pm 
Venue:  Cluny 2, Newcastle upon Tyne  
Tickets : Advance booking-£10/£12 & £14 at the door.
Box Office: https://shorturl.at/7b06

Jazz North East and GemArts present…  
Phil Bancroft’s Beautiful Storm (Phil Bancroft / Graeme Stephen / Gyan Singh)

 Myriad Streams - ‘The Beautiful Storm’ features Phil Bancroft on Saxophone alongside Scottish Guitar Alchemist Graeme Stephen and Indian Tabla demon Gyan Singh, the music explores the interface of contemporary jazz, Indian Classical and Celtic music with a mixture of composed and improvised pieces.  

This entirely new music has been released for the first time in December 2024, with Tabla player Gyan Singh visiting from India for a UK tour in March 2025, it’s a delight to be able to welcome this band to perform in Cluny 2. 

 LISTEN: https://www.myriadstreams.com  
The fruition of 14 years of study on rhythmic cycles and metre, inspired by Indian Classical Music and a sea-change in approach to learning, has produced an intoxicating new music, exploring a range of shimmering compositions with a trio of master improvisers. This music is instilled with deep understanding of contemporary Jazz, Celtic, Western and Indian Classical Music, with equal joy taken in the groove and flow, the interplay of metre and cycles, the beauty of melody, the spice of chromaticism, woven into musical journeys of rare emotional depth and beauty.  

"A quietly understated masterpiece which deserves an international audience." - Jazz Views 
 "A pioneering saxophonist.” - Soweto Kinch, Round Midnight, BBC Radio 3  
“A new album from an internationally renowned saxophonist is a moment of celebration! But when said player launches an artist-led web platform, it is indeed a time to put out the flags Myriad Streams is a positive Aladdin’s cave of Bancroft and his collaborator’s work.” - Jazzwise  
“Mesmerising" - UK Jazz News  
"Birth and Death doesn't just bear repeated listening, it demands it." - The Ileach JR 

Myriad Streams  
Phil Bancroft (Saxophone)  
Graeme Stephen (Guitar) 
Gyan Singh (Tabla)