John Avant
New Member
Some cool gigs happening in Cork next year for improv fans. And maybe in Dublin too. Anyone who saw John Butcher last June at lazybird ( or th Lobby in Cork) will know the score. Anyway, here's the deal...
DotDotDot curates
Strands '04
A 3 concert series featuring some of the most exciting musicians
currently playing on the UK jazz / improvised music scene.
@ TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE, TOBIN ST, CORK PHONE- 4272022
STRAND 1:
JOHN BUTCHER - Saxophone
Sat. 28th Jan.
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
...ranges through free improvisation, various structurings, his own
compositions, multi-tracked pieces, work with pre-recorded tape, and also
live electronics.
“John Butcher is currently the most radical saxophone experimenter on the planet.”
JAZZ-KVADRAT
“Makes his saxophone talk, sing, cry, whisper and laugh. Complicated and accessible. One of the central figures in Europe’s avant-garde music scene.”
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
STRAND 2:
JOHN EDWARDS - Double-bass
Sat. 31st Feb.
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
Since 1995 John Edwards has become a "mainstay" of the London scene, playing with just about everybody, an activity that has seen him clocking up between 150 and 200 gigs a year. He has become regular player with Evan Parker, in many groupings, and with Tony Bevan, Veryan Weston, and Elton Dean, often in collaboration with Mark Sanders on percussion. He has become a more frequent player on the European (and festival) scene, appearing at Taktlos, Ulrichsburg, Nickelsdorf, Budapest, New Zealand and in the USA.
“Riveting... keeps the listener thinking long after the music ends”
THE WIRE
STRAND 3:
CHRIS BURN - Piano/Percussion
Sat. 3rd April
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
Chris Burn has forged a unique style of piano playing by developing a multitude of alternative techniques, both on the keyboard and inside the instrument.
He is also known for his performances of the piano music of Henry Cowell, John Cage and other contemporary composers.
After University, Chris Burn worked as a composer, arranger, conductor and pianist in both contemporary dance and jazz. He gained a number of awards for his work and broadcast on local and national radio and television. In the 1970s he had participated in workshops on ‘intuitive music’ led by Robin Maconie, a one time assistant of Stockhausen but the 1980s saw a transition to free improvisation.
He performed in Derek Bailey’s Company in 1990. In 1993 Chris Burn was shortlisted for a Paul Hamlyn award for composers.
DotDotDot curates
Strands '04
A 3 concert series featuring some of the most exciting musicians
currently playing on the UK jazz / improvised music scene.
@ TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE, TOBIN ST, CORK PHONE- 4272022
STRAND 1:
JOHN BUTCHER - Saxophone
Sat. 28th Jan.
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
...ranges through free improvisation, various structurings, his own
compositions, multi-tracked pieces, work with pre-recorded tape, and also
live electronics.
“John Butcher is currently the most radical saxophone experimenter on the planet.”
JAZZ-KVADRAT
“Makes his saxophone talk, sing, cry, whisper and laugh. Complicated and accessible. One of the central figures in Europe’s avant-garde music scene.”
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
STRAND 2:
JOHN EDWARDS - Double-bass
Sat. 31st Feb.
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
Since 1995 John Edwards has become a "mainstay" of the London scene, playing with just about everybody, an activity that has seen him clocking up between 150 and 200 gigs a year. He has become regular player with Evan Parker, in many groupings, and with Tony Bevan, Veryan Weston, and Elton Dean, often in collaboration with Mark Sanders on percussion. He has become a more frequent player on the European (and festival) scene, appearing at Taktlos, Ulrichsburg, Nickelsdorf, Budapest, New Zealand and in the USA.
“Riveting... keeps the listener thinking long after the music ends”
THE WIRE
STRAND 3:
CHRIS BURN - Piano/Percussion
Sat. 3rd April
Tickets: 10 euro Doors: 9pm
Chris Burn has forged a unique style of piano playing by developing a multitude of alternative techniques, both on the keyboard and inside the instrument.
He is also known for his performances of the piano music of Henry Cowell, John Cage and other contemporary composers.
After University, Chris Burn worked as a composer, arranger, conductor and pianist in both contemporary dance and jazz. He gained a number of awards for his work and broadcast on local and national radio and television. In the 1970s he had participated in workshops on ‘intuitive music’ led by Robin Maconie, a one time assistant of Stockhausen but the 1980s saw a transition to free improvisation.
He performed in Derek Bailey’s Company in 1990. In 1993 Chris Burn was shortlisted for a Paul Hamlyn award for composers.
