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Rob Luft at The Yard

Courtesy of Joshua French | Posted on March 26, 2021

Where

The Yard
11 Bent Street
Manchester
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Rob Luft at The Yard

When

Mon, September 6, 2021
19:30

Musicians

Rob Luft
guitar
Joe Wright
saxophone, tenor
Joe Webb
piano
Tom McCredie
bass, acoustic

About

Rob Luft is an award-winning jazz guitarist from London whose virtuosity has been compared to that of six-string legends John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia. Praised by The Times for performances with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2015, who said he was destined “to achieve great things in the future”, Rob was subsequently the recipient of the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Prize from The Royal Academy of Music, and also of 2nd Prize in The 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. His debut album, ‘Riser’, was released on Edition Records in 2017 to widespread critical acclaim from the European jazz media. ...

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