Saturday 30 January 2010, 8pm
Since the sixties Peter Brotzmann has been one of the most important and uncompromising figures in free Jazz working with everyone from Don Cherry to Keiji Haino. Brotzmann first trained as a painter and was associated with Fluxus before teaching himself the saxophone and establishing himself as one of the most powerful and original players around.
This will be a rare chance to see him playing in the UK as part of Café Oto’s residency programme.
Brotzmann will be playing solo each night as well as alongside some of the UK’s leading player.
Tonight he will be joined buy Steve Noble on drums and John Edwards on bass.
LINKS
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xa75w-vEXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEN5nQfZSKQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnPqf_nAZTI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSI4mHyfNZA
Edwards and Noble are forging a reputation as one of the most dynamic and hard hitting rhythm sections currently active on the European scene. Whether in Nobles’ power trio N.E.W or the critically acclaimed group with Alan Wilkinson or playing in trio with the legendary soprano saxophonist Lol Coxhill .
Steve Noble
"An engaging mix of jazz time, free–rock and abstract improv , Noble is one of the country’s most creative drummers” (the Guardian)
" If you want to turn some friends on to improvised music take them to see one of Noble’s bands. The chemistry makes for explosive , exhuberant playing, seemingly endless creativity and- shocking though it may seem to some - fun” ! (Phil England ,the Wire)
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.He currently leads the groups ‘4tet’ - ‘Say What’- ‘Shakedown Club’- ‘Harry Love All Stars’ and a trio with Lol Coxhil / Edwards-he also fills the drum seat in the following groups ; SFQ, Badland , Gannets , Aethenor, Freebase and Tim Hills’ group ‘Tongues of Fire’.He has been MD for the Spanish dance company MAL PELO since 1998.Noble also runs the record company PING PONG PRODUCTIONS
John Edwards
John Edwards is one of London's most in-demand, imaginative double bass players, and one of the most significant players of his generation.
Since taking up the double bass in 1987 and playing with the Pointy Birds and the Cholomondeleys dance company he went on to play with B Shops for the Poor, The Honkies and GOD as well as busking in the street and composing and performing music theatre with The Great Explorers. Since the early 1990s he has built a reputation as one of the finest, and most in demand bass players currently active on the British and European improv/ jazz and New music scenes- a first choice for musicians such as Evan Parker, Louis Moholo, Veryan Weston, Charles Hayward and Spring Heel Jack- Other groups include BRUISE and the Obliquity trio with Alan Wilkinson and Noble.
A solo double bass cd ‘VOLUME’ was released in 2008 on the PSI label.
