Gilad Atzmon's 50th Birthday Tour Starts Today!!!

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(LONDON) - I landed in London this morning after months on the road. My son is taller than me, and he is only 12! How depressing. And here is the schedule for my 50^th birthday tour: it starts today!!!

May

30 - Gilad Atzmon & The OHE @ The Spin, Oxford

31 - Gilad Atzmon & The OHE @ Wakefield Jazz Club, Wakefield

June

3 - With Nick Hill Trio @ The Bedford Arms, Bedford

4 - Film and Debate: GILAD AND ALL THAT JAZZ followed by a debate  Gilad Atzmon vs. Ray Keenoy, ALBION BEATNIK BOOKSTORE, 34 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AA

8 - 50^th Birthday party, celebrating with OHE and guests @ the 606 Jazz Club.  

9 - Gilad Atzmon lunch time gig @ The Green Dragon • 58-60 High Street, Croydon, London

12 - Gilad Atzmon & OHE @ No.1 Shakespeare Street Bar & Grill, Stratford Upon Avon

14 - Concert + Screening - Gilad Atzmon & the OHE @ the Vortex Jazz Club, London + Screening of Gilad and All That Jazz ahead of the concert

15 - Gilad Atzmon & the OHE @ the Vortex Jazz Club,  London

20 - Gilad Atzmon, Frank Harrison 4tet The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

22 - Gilad Atzmon & Frank Harrison, PIANO DI PRIMO AL PRIMO PIANO, Allschwil/BL  Switzerland.

27 - Gilad Atzmon & The OHE @ Norwich Art Centre

28 - Jazz Baroque Fusion, Gilad Atzmon with Jennifer Bennett (violin and viola de gamba) & Yair Avidor  (lute & theorbo) @ Harwich Festival

29 - Off to Italy to play with Mauro Grossi,  details soon 

July

4 - Gilad Atzmon & The OHE @ NC Jazz, The Castle,  North Hampton 

5 - Gilad Atzmon & The OHE @ Birmingham Jazz.

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Gilad Atzmon was born in Israel in 1963 and had his musical training at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz). As a multi-instrumentalist he plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxes, Clarinet and Flutes. His album Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the “hardest-gigging man in British jazz".

Gilad Atzmon's essays are widely published. His novels 'Guide to the perplexed' and 'My One And Only Love' have been translated into 24 languages.

As a member of the Blockheads, Gilad has also recorded and performed with Ian Dury, Robbie Williams, Sinead O'Connor and Paul McCartney. Gilad has also recorded with Robert Wyatt, the Water Boys and many others. Learn more about Gilad by visiting his Website