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We’re very lucky to have the next outing of the Mechanical Mindset at the Vortex alongside Chris Dowding’s Atrocity.
Warm-up gig for the February Quadraceratops recording session, hosted by Jazz at the Salisbury. Should be a good one!
On the playing side, Cath Roberts‘ Quadraceratops had a brilliant gig at Lume back at its old home Hundred Crows Rising opposite Dee Byrne‘s Entropi. There was a really good audience and the band continues to go from strength to strength. Despite being a South London resident these days, I also depped on bass clarinet & bari sax with the e17 large ensemble, which was a good chance to dust off the bass clarinet and get stuck in…
On the listening side, Wadada Leo Smith at Cafe Oto was immense. Incredibly powerful, expansive, engaging music, although the night that we were there the string quartet didn’t play a very large role. The visuals at that gig were also brilliant, it really felt like another member of the ensemble adding an extra dimension to the experience. Troykestra seemed like a great idea in principle, but was hampered by pretty poor sound in the Purcell Room.
Playing John Eacott’s Floodtide Open to the Thames.
Here’s what I’m up to in the near future:
A short after-work gig at the Vortex, curated by Chris Dowding.
The n-tet has been rehearsing for a while, this is the gig!
Including a one-off collaboration between the two bands…
We had a great time doing our first gig at LUME music last week! You can get a flavour of the gig from these uploaded tracks:
Great compositions by @themadwort playing @TheHarrisonFolk right now! pic.twitter.com/GR9FGFENbF
— LUME (@lumemusiclondon) August 22, 2013
Wicked fun depping on tenor with Paulo Duarte’s Overground Collective….
Photo courtesy of Lume
The recording of the Sax Quartet gig from Ryan’s bar sounded so nice (aside from a slightly shaky first 30secs…), that I’ve put the entire gig online. Lovely playing by everyone! Listen here:
I have a couple of nice gigs in the coming months:
We’re playing at Ryan’s Bar in Stoke Newington, supporting SPILL KIT.
Cath Robert’s Quadraceratops will be a set as part of Jez Nelson’s Jazz In The Round series, at The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London NW8 8EH.
A new improvising duo project with myself and Tim Fairhall (double bass) will be doing a double-bill with the Colin Webster/Mark Holub duo at a new night run by Cath Roberts & Dan Paton.
A few videos from our gig last night:
The Madwort Sax Quartet have our first two gigs outside London coming up!
First up is One Note Sunday, a monthly night run by Corey Mwamba. We’re playing on Dec 2nd from 7pm. See also the facebook group.
Then on Tuesday night (Dec 4th) we’re playing at Efpi Record’s Freedom Principle opposite the Anton Hunter Trio. This gig will finish with a one-off collaboration between the two groups playing some tunes from Cath Robert’s Quadraceratops!