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Universal jazz kitchen
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Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London
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Kris Davis trio
The Vortex, Dalston, London
OUTSIDE, Gillett Square was Saturday night Dalston-buzzing, and the cooking smells of Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mexico and Thailand were blowing like a universal kitchen all the way up Kingsland Road.
Here for one night were the Kris Davis Trio, with pianist Davis from Calgary, Alberta; Detroit bassist Robert Hurst and Philly drummer Johnathan Blake.
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