Leeds’ biggest and best cult 24-piece music ensemble Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band bring their jazz x punk, noise vibes to the Howard Assembly Room.
Part of the burgeoning left-field independent Leeds music scene spearheaded by the Tight Lines record label, the ensemble’s aim is to bring big band music kicking and screaming into the 22nd Century. The IBB play rowdy and always huge sounding arrangements of an incredibly diverse selection of tunes from composers including Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, The Rajasthan Express, Count Basie, the Art Ensemble Of Chicago alongside a growing number of original compositions written and arranged by Fergus and other members of the group.
If you’re lucky to catch them at one of their rare cultish happenings, it’s less like a standard gig and more like a huge sound and vision experience. A place where fantastic musicianship and soloing meet theatrical drama and punk attitude with a huge dollop of humour binding it all together. There’s literally no other ensemble like this in the UK today.
Part of Leeds Jazz Festival.

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