Musicus Concentus presents
Firenze Jazz Festival 2025
ALABASTER DEPLUME
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Anfiteatro delle Cascine, h. 20:30
The concert is with free entry
👉🏻 Discover the complete program of the Festival
Gus Fairbairn, aka Alabaster DePlume, has a pocketful of phrases that he uses all the time whether he’s walking down the street or holding court with musicians and an audience. For a long time the Mancunian would tell anyone who’d listen that they were doing very well. More recently, it’s another phrase which has a similar effect and which belies his unwavering commitment to personal vulnerability and collective politics: “Don’t forget you’re precious.”
A process that is people-first not product-first ensures that the music is unique; often gem-like. Alabaster DePlume’s songs are built on sonorous circular melodies and luminous tones that transmit calmness and generosity in warm waves – unless they’re raging against complacency and the everyday inhumanity of end times capitalism. Most importantly, he brings a valuable transparency to his work. “This is what I’m really doing,” he says. “I want to talk about why I’m doing this, and how I’m doing this. Poet, saxophonist, and icon of the new British jazz scene, he presents A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole with his ensemble, released in March on International Anthem.
Thanks to the Consorzio Chianti Rufina, all Main Stage pass holders will receive a complimentary glass of wine to toast together at the final evening of the Florence Jazz Festival. See you there!
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 Firenze Jazz Festival
🎟️ Free entry
