Sunday 10 May 2009, 8pm
Duo
Okkyung Lee (cello)
Liam Noble (piano)
Quartet
Okkyung Lee (cello)
Roger Turner (drums and percussion)
Shabaka Hutchings (reeds)
Pat Thomas (piano)
Okkyung Lee
After spending most of her life until the age of 25 in music schools, the cellist, improviser and composer Okkyung Lee finally found her artistic freedom in New York, where she moved in 2000. Since then, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as Laurie Anderson, Lotte Anker, Derek Bailey, Jell Bjørgeengen, Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Dresser, Fred Frith, John Hollenbeck, Vijay Iyer, Lindha Kallerdahl, Andrew Lampert, Christian Marclay, Billy Martin, Miya Masaoka, Min Xiao-Fen, Thurston Moore, Ikue Mori, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, Larry Ochs, Jim O'rourke, Zeena Parkins, Marc Ribot, Wadada Leo Smith, Skuli Sverrisson, Spencer Yeah and John Zorn to name a few.
Okkyung Lee has released the following albums: her debut album as a leader, Nihm, a duo recording with Christian Marclay, Rubbings on My Cat, a 30-minute companion CD of her own compositions in collaboration with artist Colin Stinson for his art book Dust to Dust, and a solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said . . . . Most recently Check for Monsters, live recordings from a mini tour with Steve Beresford and Peter Evans. Okkyung has received commissions from New York States Council on the Arts, the Kitchen and Meet the Composer Public Fund. Her performances have been featured in festivals internationally.
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Liam Noble
"Liam Noble, a musician who just keeps getting better" James Griffiths Monday April 4, 2005 The Guardian
"a brilliant pianist who hardly plays a solo without at least one turn of phrase that brings you to the edge of your seat" John Fordham, The Guardian
Liam Noble has worked with the likes of Stan Sulzmann, Anita Wardell, Harry Beckett, Tim Whitehead, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Biscoe, Lol Coxhill and John Stevens as well as recording and touring with cult minimalist composer Moondog.
Richard Palmer referred to him as “…a writer of considerable idiomatic and emotional range …he knows the instrument’s pantheon from Tatum to Taylor…”
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www.myspace.com/liamjamesnoble
Roger Turner
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...
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www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mturner.html
Shabaka Hutchings
Shabaka Hutchings is a young but already very highly rated reeds player, known for his work with Zed-U and with Seb Rochford. He has recently been working with Jack Dejohnette and Courtney Pine.
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www.myspace.com/shabakahutchings
Pat Thomas
Pat studied classical piano from aged 8- started playing Jazz from the age of 16- he has since gone on to develop an utterly unique style - embracing Improvisation, jazz and new music. He has played with Derek Bailey in Company Week (1990/91) and in the trio AND (with Noble) – with Tony Oxley’s Quartet and Celebration Orchestra and in
Duo with Lol Coxhill.
Current projects include a duo with Steve Williamson, and the group SCATTER. A solo piano Cd “ PAT THOMAS PLAYS THE MUSIC OF DEREK BAILEY AND THELONIOUS MONK” was released in 2008 on the FMR label.
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