Wednesday 5 May 2010, 8pm
TRIO:
PAUL DUNMALL-bagpipes,woodwind and saxes
OREN MARSHALL-acoustic/electric tuba
STEVE NOBLE- drums and percussion
A bagpipes/tuba/drums trio- Dunmalls’ unique use of bagpipes and woodwind – coupled with Marshalls virtuoso tuba playing and Nobles percussion work combine to explore a wide area of musical styles !
Plus
A solo set by a double bass player GUILLAUME VILTARD
PAUL DUNMALL- For 30 years Paul has carved out a reputation for himself and is now widely recognized as one of the most uncompromising and talented reed players on the International jazz/improvised music scene.Whether playing in Small or large groups, his musical sensitivity and imagination, combined with a powerful sound,make him one of the most distinctive improvisers playing today. He has performed with Alice Coltrane,Johnny Guitar Watson,Danny Thompson,LJCO, Mujician,and recently in a trio with Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille.
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OREN MARSHALL- Pioneering player of acoustic and electric tuba who,crossing between classical-jazz-improvised-world music, has collaborated with the likes Of Bobby Mcferrin, Derek Bailey, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Moondog, the Pan African Orchestra and the London Philarmonic.
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From playing with Nigerian master drummer Elkan Ogunde ,Rip Rig and Panic ,Brion Gysin and the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, Noble went on to work with the pianist Alex Maguire and with Derek Bailey(including Company Weeks 1987,89 and 90)and was featured(along with Alex Ward) in the TV series based on Baileys book ‘Improvisation; its nature and practise’. He has toured and performed throughout Europe , Africa and America.
Currently leads the groups N.E.W- ‘4tet’ –DECOY- and trios with Lol Coxhil / Edwards and Wilkinson/Edwards.
Also drummer in the Gannets-Aethenor-Freebase –SFQ-Badland -Tongues of Fire and Orphy Robinsons ‘Spontaneous Cosmic Raw Xtra’.
Has been MD for the Spanish dance company MAL PELO since 1998.Noble also runs the record company PING PONG PRODUCTIONS.
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http://www.myspace.com/wilkinsonedwardsnoble
http://www.myspace.com/nobleedwardsward
GUILLAUME VILTARD is a London based double bass player and has played with Eddie Prevost, Steve Beresford, Ute Kanngiesser, Seymour Wright, Kan Mikami, Alex Neilson, Heddy Boubaker, Lol Coxhill, Steve Beresford, London Improvisers Orchestra and many more…
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