Sunday 18 December 2022, 8pm
Delighted to host a first-time trio performance with Christoph Gallio (saxophone), John Edwards (double bass), and Mark Sanders (drums).
Christoph Gallio (*1957, soprano, alto & c-melody saxophones) is a Swiss saxophone player who will finish his half-year residency in London as a scholarship holder at the end of December 2022. Besides the LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA he has played with many musicians from the London scene. Among others with Cath Roberts, Olie Brice, Mark Sanders, James O'Sullivan, Andrew Lisle, Adrian Northover.
Gallio studied saxophone at the Basel Music Academy and with Steve Lacy in Paris. He completed his education with a Master of Arts in trandisciplinarity at the University of the Arts in Zurich. He moves between composed and improvised music. In his younger years he has also performed with goldfish or with dancers. He has played and recorded with Irene Aebi, Irene Schweizer, Urs Voerkel, Mani Neumeier, Fred Frith, Phil Minton, William Parker, Rashied Ali, Tetsu Saitoh, Haco, Peter Kowald, Sven-Åke Johansson, Olaf Rupp, Jan Roder, Oli Steidle, Paula Shokron, Pablo Diaz, among others. He is the leader of the trio DAY & TAXI for over 30 years, currently with Silvan Jeger on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums. In duo he plays with Markus Eichenberger, Roger Turner, Phil Durrant and Alistair Zaluda.
Mostly he composes for own projects. The newest commission for a composition was by Swiss string trio Mondrian Ensemble with British singer Robin Adams. Gallio has been running his own label PERCASO since 1986. www.gallio.ch
John Edwards grew up in London and started experimenting with the bass guitar before he switched in his twenties to play double bass. He is deeply rooted in the creative free jazz and improvisation genre. Since the 80ties he is as soloist and in many groups and ensembles in Europe active and became one of the most renowned bass players. He played/plays regular for example with Peter Brötzmann, Joe Mc Phee, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Evan Parker, Roscoe Michtell, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Irène Schweizer, Hans Koch, Florian Stoffner, Gabriele Mitelli, John Dikeman.
"I think John Edwards is absolutely remarkable: there’s never been anything like him before, anywhere in jazz." - Richard Williams, The Blue Moment
Mark has worked with many greats of the British, European and American free jazz improvised music scene including Roscoe Mitchell, Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Henry Grimes, Elaine Mitchener, Wadada Leo Smith, Myra Melford, Charles Gayle , Sirone and William Parker
He has also played with Jah Wobble, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell, Christian Marclay, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ilan Volkov and The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
He is a member of many working groups including duos with Nicole Mitchell and Rhodri Davies, Neil Charles' 'Dark Days' with Cleveland Watkiss & Pat Thomas, 'Last Dream of the Morning' with John Butcher & John Edwards, 'Shifa' with Rachel Musson and Pat Thomas and 'Sarost' with Larry Stabbins & Paul Rogers.
As an educator he has taught improvisation at many universities around the country as a lecturer and guest tutor.
Mark has played concerts and festivals around the world and appears on over 220 CD and Vinyl releases.
Mark was a recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists 2024
"Drop the needle on the first track — or any track for that matter — and the first thing one is bound to notice is the amazing percussion skills of Mark Sanders" – Peter Thelen... Exposé
"Mark is just incredible and immensely diverse, he is at the center of "Kwingyaw" and it is difficult to tell what he is doing to get some of these sounds." – Bruce L Gallenter, Downtown Music Gallery, NY
