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September 2006
gig reviews

Oriole
Xantone Blacq
Jerry Haglund Quartet
Veryan Weston - The Quintet of Uncertainty
Rich Core
Tassos Spiliotopolos Quartet
Trioscope with Ingrid Laubrock

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September 2006 gig reviews by Chris Parker

Veryan Weston
The Quintet of Uncertainty

Wednesday 13

Veryan Weston: The Quintet of Uncertainty attracted a gratifyingly large and appreciative crowd to listen to their winsome mix of free jazz and classical music.

Actually, the seamless nature of pianist Weston's music, in which elegant, flowing composed lines (faultlessly interpreted by violinist Satoko Fukado, cellist Hanna Marshall, percussionist Nana Tsiboe and saxophonist Yedo Gibson alongside Weston), alternated with free-sounding passages notable chiefly for their textural variety, makes something of a nonsense of such apparently discrete categories.

The musicians (and the audience, which included the personification of such a category-defying approach, John Harle) clearly do not trouble themselves overmuch about such matters, preferring to concentrate on delivering spirited performances utilising all their musical skills, whether interpretative or improvised.

 

 

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