Programme to include:

Django Bates The Study of Touch (10 mins)
UK Premiere

Django Bates piano
Peter Bruun drums, Proms debut artist
Petter Eldh double bass, Proms debut artist
Norrbotten Big Band
Ashley Slater vocalist, Proms debut artist

Twenty-six years after his first Proms appearance, with his big band Loose Tubes, jazz pianist and composer Django Bates returns with his own trio in a new partnership with the Grammy-nominated Norrbotten Big Band from northern Sweden. Together they present a celebration of Charlie 鈥楤ird鈥� Parker 鈥� bebop pioneer and beloved hero of Bates 鈥� adding their own spin on Parker classics such as 鈥楥onfirmation鈥櫬� 鈥楽crapple from the Apple鈥� and 鈥楧onna Lee鈥�, interleaved with Bates鈥檚 own compositions, fast becoming part of the jazz canon.

There will be no interval