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A new series of gigs in Brockley’s favourite DIY homebrew beer shop! Co-organised by Cath Roberts, Colin Webster and myself, each evening will feature three duos with each of us choosing a different partner each time. I’ve chosen a first outing playing with the venerable Corey Mwamba, and first duos with Alex Bonney and Alice Eldridge, both of whom have played in my Menagerie sextet. Looking forward to the music, and also the excellent beer…!
The first of a set of three gigs in Brockley’s favourite DIY homebrew beer shop waterintobeer! This time, a first meeting playing together for myself & Corey Mwamba.
The final gig of the 2017 Kepler Orbit run of gigs, back at the amazing Plink Plonk.
Very pleased to be returning to Lancaster Jazz Festival after such a great time with Cath Robert’s project at the 2016 festival. The sax quartet are playing in The Hall in Lancaster.
At the beer shop with cornetist Alex Bonney.
More details tbc.
More details tbc.
The sax quartet will be playing in Manchester alongside lots of lovely label-mates including Adam Fairhall, Beats & Pieces Big Band, Tullis Rennie, and more…
Beats & Pieces hit London on the way through into Europe!
Taking in Pappelgarten, Unterfahrt, Poznan, Bozar, Bimhuis and maybe more…
One last gig in Cambridge before we get home!
At the beer shop with cellist Alice Eldridge.
New improv trio with Otto Willburg & Johnny Hunter.
Another new improv trio, this time with Martin Pyne & Ed Riches.
Playing alongside Cath Roberts/Seth Bennett duo and Adam Fairhall solo, this will be a great night of improvisation back at the Vortex.
To support the release of Live at Hundred Years Gallery on Efpi records, we’re doing some gigs around the UK, supported by Arts Council England!
South London’s premier night for new music! And close enough that I can walk to the gig! Woohoo!
Ah yeah, two brilliant brilliant large ensemble gigs back to back!! Special times!!
Much fun to be had in Manchester, and sunnier than in London too!
Making the necessary preparations @ThePortico @AdamFairhall @ManJazzFest pic.twitter.com/azAAn9o3Y1
— Ƭom Warɗ (@themadwort) July 29, 2016
Improv and psychology in @ThePortico earlier today @ManJazzFest, with @AdamFairhall @themadwort @WilsonGraemeB… pic.twitter.com/p5NIHRZAjY
— Cath Roberts (@cathrobots) July 29, 2016
Improvisation time for @AdamFairhall & @themadwort @ThePortico #mjf2016 @ScienceCity2016 @WilsonGraemeB https://t.co/QnLPS2K31d
— Manchester Jazz Fest (@ManJazzFest) July 29, 2016
First outing of a new collaborative project with Martin Pyne (vibes) and Ed Riches (guitar), alongside Deemer and Cath Roberts.
I’ll be playing tenor sax with Anton Hunter’s awesome Article XI project.
Another new collaborative trio, this time with Seth Bennett (double bass) and Anton Hunter (guitar) organised especially in support of the awesome Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival. Also on the bill are some very exciting things, including a set from improvising guitarist Ian Brighton.
Dr Graeme Wilson lectures, hopefully illuminated with musical creations in duo with Adam Fairhall (piano).
A duo set with Tim Fairhall (double bass) as part of a Raw Tonk showcase night in our current homeland of South-East London
A couple of gigs that got missed:
The return of the hat jam, where improvisers submit to the will of a die and a hat full of names!
An enjoyable sunday afternoon big band gig depping on bari sax & bass clarinet & getting properly stuck into the LJO’s charts.
And some that are still to come:
Paulo Duarte’s big band roars in the Salisbury Pub on Green Lanes, with special guests Dave O’Brien & Jason Simpson aka the Quadraceratops rhythm section!
A brand new collaborative quartet featuring myself alongside master improvisers Adam Fairhall (piano), Olie Brice (double bass) and Andrew Lisle (drums).
Back at the Vortex again with the LJO!
I’m depping again on baritone sax with Beats & Pieces for their trip to Germany, Austria and possibly some other surrounding countries. Hopefully I will be able to renew my passport before I have to catch the ferry…
We’re recording the first MSQ album at this very hip basement venue in Hoxton, presented by LUME.
I’ll be depping on bass clarinet playing some of Yazz’s lovely Arabic-influenced music. And maybe we’ll see the sea…! More details at Bournemouth Jazz Festival‘s website.
…was great! The dice & hat randomly selected some really nice groups, and I particularly enjoyed playing duo with Joe Wright:
