4th April 2012: Michael Janisch’s mega-UK tour starts in a few days! One of ‘The Guardian’s Cultural Highlights of the Week’ + London Jazz Preview + MJ Interview.

WWR founder & internationally acclaimed bassist and bandleader Michael Janisch is about to embark on a major UK tour featuring three marquee musicians of the international jazz scene in saxophonist Tim Armacost, pianist David Berkman, and legendary drummer Gene Jackson (collectively known as the New York Standards Quartet).

The tour will see them perform in over 20 UK cities, covering over 4,000 miles on the road and performing to over 5,000 people and engaging in educational outreach to over 400 workshop participants. Yes, they will be busy… 

The UK music press has been buzzing about MJ’s tour for a month now.  This week the Guardian picked it as one of the ‘cultural’ highlights of the week’ READ HERE.    And MJ has done a very informative interview for the Oxford Jazz Festival on why he loves performing music from Jazz’s rich cultural heritage HERE, and don’t forget NYC based Piano guru David Berkman’s witty and informative preview piece he did for London Jazz HERE.

These are just a few samplings of the press about this tour, the real treat will be to catch MJ and the New York Standards Quartet in action live.  Check the EVENTS section for the entire tour schedule (minus private workshops events which have not been publicized). 

Michael will also have copies of his album “PURPOSE BUILT” available on the tour.

This tour was generously supported by Arts Council England, for more information on that, please click HERE for our first news piece about the tour.