Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) and John Tilbury (piano) are two of the most adventurous and engaged figures in creative music today. Their singular sounds and shared sense of space and form promises to make this rare duo concert unmissable.

NB: This event is at the Bishopsgate Institute which is located at 230 Bishopsgate, London. EC2M 4QH

ISHMAEL WADADA LEO SMITH / trumpet

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith has been active in the creative contemporary music world for over 30 years. A trumpet player, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser, his original theory of jazz and world music has been significant in his musical development as an artist and educator. Born in Leland, Miss., Smith's early musical life began in high school concert and marching bands. At the age of 13, he became immersed in the Delta Blues and improvisational music traditions. As an improvisor-composer, Smith has studied a variety of music cultures (African, Japanese, Indonesian, European and American) and to fully express this music, he has developed an original theory and notation system for jazz and world music which he calls Ankhrasmation.

JOHN TILBURY / piano

British pianist John Tilbury is renowned for his remarkable touch and in constant demand as an interpreter of piano pieces by composers such as Morton Feldman and John Cage. During the 1960s, Tibury was closely associated with the composer Cornelius Cardew, whose music he has interpreted and recorded and a member of the Scratch Orchestra. He is also an incredible improvisor, most famously as a member of legendary British group AMM.



Film by Helen Petts


This event is produced by Fataka, Treader and OTO projects and is part of the 2012 London Jazz Festival.

Fataka
Treader
OTO projects