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SUMMARY:Gloria Yehilevsky's G M?R + Jason Yarde
DESCRIPTION:Doors 6:30 PM\, Music 7:15 PM - 1 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nGloria Yehilevsky - Xylosynth\n\nAram Bahmaie - Bass Guitar\n\nJason Yarde - Saxophone\n\n \nAbout\nGloria Yehilevsky’s G M?R is a trio+ whose identity expands beyond its London-based core of Yehilevsky on vibraphone/percussion\, Aram Bahmaie on basses\, and Sam Norris on alto sax/flute. Navigating an electroacoustic setup as multi-instrumentalists\, the project plays unprescribed + composed improvised music which is both experimental + accessible. With a drumless core\, G M?R frequently morphs by incorporating guest performers.\n\n"Gloria Yehilevsky is an extremely impressive percussionist. She plays with an amazing combination of technical mastery and riveting energy." - Steve Reich\n\nGloria Yehilevsky is a composer and improviser whose music integrates backgrounds in classical percussion and cognitive and contemplative sciences into a fluid cluster of activity. She is a PhD candidate in composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and part of Serious’ Take Five XX cohort. She won the PAS/Armand Zildjian Award and the Italy PAS Vibraphone competition\, co-directed and performed in ‘Dreamerfly\, and other stories\,’ which was praised as ‘ethereal’ by The Guardian\, and has performed with the San Diego Symphony\, the World Percussion Group and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.\n\nHer compositions are collaborative and transdisciplinary\, breaking the fourth wall and transforming traditional artistic hierarchies. She is a polyglot\, was raised in a Soviet immigrant home\, and has experienced trauma\, bliss\, and all the colours in between.\n\nSam Norris is a London-based saxophonist and composer with a forward-thinking outlook. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Julian Siegel and Kit Downes\, graduating with first-class honours and the Craig Ball prize for jazz saxophone.\n\nMoved from an early age by agentic performers and composers\, Sam’s main inspirations included John Coltrane\, Thelonius Monk\, Warne Marsh and György Ligeti. He explores their influences with his quartet\, whose album 'Small Things Evolved Slowly' was recently released to critical acclaim. Sam performs with the UK's and EU's finest improvising musicians including Ronan Guilfoyle\, Darren Beckett\, Tom Challenger and PHEMO Quartet. He was a finalist in the 2022 Musician's Company Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition.\n\nAram Bahmaie is a bassist\, originally from Guildford\, currently living in London. Having studied Jazz at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire he has since gone on to perform in venues around the UK\, playing with artists such as the Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra\, the Matt Hurley Group\, and Stablefolk.\n\nJason Yarde (b. 1970) is an English jazz saxophonist\, composer\, arranger\, producer and music director. He has worked with a wide range of artists and music ensembles\, including Denys Baptiste\, The Blind Boys Of Alabama\, McCoy Tyner\, Andrew Hill\, Jack DeJohnette\, Hugh Masekela and the London Symphony Orchestra.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocRrgktWb1o&t=1884s[/embed]
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/gloria-yehilevskys-g-mr-jason-yarde/
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SUMMARY:Tom Ridout's UFO - First Contact Album Launch
DESCRIPTION:Doors 7:45 PM\, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nTom Ridout - Recorder\n\nFlo Moore - Bass Guitar\n\nRod Oughton - Drums\n\n \nAbout\nTom Ridout is an award-winning saxophonist and recorder player who has quickly risen to prominence on the London jazz scene. A graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music\, Tom has won several accolades\, including the Help Musicians Peter Whittingham Jazz Award and the Lancaster Jazz Festival Youth Jazz Commission. He is a prolific composer who released his debut album “No Excuses” to great critical acclaim. With a unique energy and creativity in his performances\, Tom has performed with some of the biggest names in jazz and has played at some of the most iconic venues in the UK. His dedication to his craft and passion for music make him one of the most exciting young musicians in the industry today.\n\nUFO (Unidentified Folk Outfit)\, led by Tom on the electric recorder\, is a Rock/Folk power trio that reinvents traditional English folk music. The band combines innovative arrangements with a focus on improvisation\, creating a unique and dynamic sound. Expect to hear well-known melodies\, but with intriguing and unexpected twists.\n\nTonight the band is launching their live album "First Contact"\, recorded live downstairs at the Vortex in 2024.\n\n“Tom Ridout on virtuosic recorder” (Mike Collins- London Jazz News)\n\n \n\nhttps://youtu.be/i95CTqPnqBE?si=Kh0dOs13vuZSgvuy
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