Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford

Gigs · Ashburton

Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford

Friday 19 February 2027 · Doors 19:00

Arts Centre, Ashburton

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Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford is on Friday 19 February 2027 at Arts Centre, Ashburton, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £13.20, including the booking fee.

The Pete Roth Trio features leader Pete on guitar, Mike Pratt on bass, and the incomparable Bill Bruford on drums. The band creates jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond traditional jazz conventions. A jazz standard might reveal its essence only in the final moments of performance. Roth’s original compositions, such as “Dancing with Grace,” the Trio’s collaborative works like “Trio in Five” and “Looking Forward to Looking Back,” or their reinterpretation of masterworks like Anton Dvorak’s “Largo from Symphony #9,” offer just a few gateways into the creative world of the Pete Roth Trio—a world that will likely reshape your perspective on what the guitar trio format can achieve. NB Limited number of reduced price tickets available – book early if you need these Pete Roth, guitar Pete Roth, a versatile artist and accomplished session guitarist, born in Germany, where his musical journey began in the heart of a family deeply rooted in music. At the tender age of 11, he picked up the guitar, setting the stage for a lifelong dedication to his craft. In his formative years, Roth found inspiration in the raw emotion of blues and the elec...

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