Trio concert for pianist Marilyn Crispell with percussionist Eddie Prevost and saxophonist Harrison Smith.

Photo by Peter Gannushkin / Downmusic.net

MARILYN CRISPELL / piano

Marilyn Crispell has been a composer and performer of contemporary improvised music since 1978. For ten years, she was a member of the Anthony Braxton Quartet and the Reggie Workman Ensemble, and she has performed and recorded extensively as a soloist and with players on the American and international jazz scene, also working with dancers, poets, film-makers and visual artists, and teaching workshops in improvisation. She has been the recipient of three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust composition commission.

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EDDIE PRÉVOST / percussion

Eddie Prévost plays with immense fire, grace and invention. Founder of the essential AMM, collaborator of the greatest improvisers internationally, since the 60's he has kept a continuous contact with the scene and always manages to invent anew his contribution to "meta-music".

“Prévost's free drumming flows superbly making use of his formidable technique. It’s as though there has never been an Elvin Jones or Max Roach.” - Melody Maker

HARRISON SMITH / saxophones

Known as a player straddling the in/out jazz divide, Harrison Smith has performed with both Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra in the 70s and now appears regularly with the London Improvisers Orchestra. He has also performed with Mike Osbourne, Louis Moholo, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Chris McGregor and more. He has been a member of the 'Free Jazz Quartet' (originally with Eddie Prevost, Paul Rutherford and Tony Moore) since 1988 and leads his own ensemble 'The Harrison Smith Quartet'.

"Smith's qualitative music-making looms rather large among the hordes of jazz ensemble offerings that hit the streets on a regular basis." - All About Jazz

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