SUNDAY 19th July 2009
Times : 8pm
Tickets :
£10 (£8 advance) / three night pass £22 (£18 advance)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi - guitar, electronics, daxophone
Chino Shuichi - piano
Roger Turner - drum set and percussion
Lol Coxhill - soprano saxophone
Phil Minton - singing
This is a very rare appearance in the U.K. by two Japanese musicians, Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Chino Shuichi, very well known and highly prized in their own country. It brings them together again with U.K. based drummer and percussionist Roger Turner who they worked with in Japan, and, in the case of Kazuhisa, in the U.S.A. and Europe. They are joined by a mix of U.K. players that reflect the different backgrounds and depths of experience found in London.
Three nights of intriguing and very special collaborations.
KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI: GUITAR
A pioneering Japanese guitarist, Uchihashi is involved in a wide variety of musics, but still retains a commitment to free improvisation.
Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied jazz. In 1988 he joined the band the First Edition, and in 1990 formed the ground-breaking group Altered States with Yasuhiro, a band that has toured internationally for more than a decade with an accompanying onslaught of compact-disc and video-tape releases. He was also a member of the equally crucial and internationally renown Ground Zero with Otomo Yoshihide from 1994 through 1997. He has been in demand as a guest on dozens of records, not only in Japan, but in the U.S.A. and Europe, collaborating with musicians of the callibre of Fred Frith, Shelley Hirsch , and Frank Hautzinger.
Other musicians with whom he has worked on the international scene include Hans Reichel, Roger Turner, Heinz Ditsch, Helge Hinteregger, Barre Phillips, Kang Tae Hwan, Leo Smith, Peter Brötzmann, Jon Rose, Lauren Newton, Eugene Chadbourne, Derek Bailey and Elliott Sharp.
Uchihashi’s work as an organiser is substantial. In addition to being the musical director for the Osaka theatre group Ishin-ha, he has held improvisation workshops (a project known as New Music Action) throughout Japan, as well as in Europe, and has created his own label, Zenbei, to offer a platform to new music. More widely known is the fact that he has curated and managed his own festivals, including the Osaka-based, but international- in-scope Beyond Innocence festival for the last ten years.
‘this gentle and accomplished player is able to reel out riffs in a variety of rock and country styles, as well as play excellent versions of mainstream jazz standards’ (Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide, 2009)
LINKS
mailto:innocentrecords@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/innocentrecords/
http://www.japanimprov.com/kuchihashi/index.html
SHUICHI CHINO: Piano
Born in Tokyo, Chino has been active in the popular music scene since 1970s, and has been involved in pop-music, jazz and rock groups as a keyboard player, a pianist, and a producer. (1972-80: Downtown Boogie Woogie Band, 1982-85: Wha ha ha, 1983-95: A-Musik,1994-96: Ground Zero) He has also composed music for dance, film and theatre (1980-85: Norio Yagishita Butoh Group, 1985-2007: Dairakudakan Butoh Group, 1995-2007: Ehara Tomoko Dance Company, etc.) and has created sound installations.
Since 2006, he has been organizing numerous workshops about improvised music which include the improvised music festival for two pianos, Piano Buto-kai (2006-7). He regularly organizes 5-60 concerts during a year in Japan and worldwide.
LINKS
http://homepage2.nifty.com/g_ust/
ROGER TURNER: Drum and Percussion
Roger Turner is applauded for his precision and speed since he entered the London improvising scene in the 1970s. His restricted drum kit is extended by found objects to create a sound comparable to no other. He’s played with Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor, Otomo Yoshihide, Shelley Hirsch, Joëlle Léandre, Keith Rowe...
LINKS
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mturner.html
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