[GIG] The Bheki Mseleku Quartet and the John Donaldson Trio @ The Blue Lamp

[Jazz Aberdeen]

Bheki Mseleku and John Donaldson are brilliantly individual pianists who make hugely compelling music together. Born in South Africa, Mseleku made an immediate impact on the London scene when he arrived in the late 1980s, winning a Mercury Music Prize nomination with his debut album, Celebration, and going on to work with Courtney Pine, Steve Williamson and the great Marvin Smitty Smith. A comparatively late starter, Donaldson made up for lost time by studying with Joe Henderson in the US and since returning to the UK has won many admirers for his resourceful improvisations and a trio that blazes with energy and vigor.