Wednesday 3 February 2010, 8pm
The Heights - TRIO
Roger Turner – drums/ percussion
Pat Thomas – piano
Shabaka Hutchings - reeds
David Toop - guitar, flutes, laptop - SOLO
Plus duos, trios, and a quartet with the above players.
The Heights is a new trio with Roger Turner, Pat Thomas & Shabaka Hutchings.
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, Keith Rowe...and many more.
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.
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.
www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mthomas.html
David Toop
David Toop is a musician/composer (guitar, flutes, laptop), writer, and curator. David has worked with musicians including Brian Eno, John Zorn, Prince Far I, Jon Hassell, Derek Bailey, Talvin Singh, Evan Parker, Scanner, Ivor Cutler, Akio Suzuki and Jin Hi Kim.
