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SUMMARY:John Edwards/Mike Gennaro/Alex Ward
DESCRIPTION:Doors 6:45 PM\, Music 7:30 PM - 1 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nAlex Ward - Clarinet\nJohn Edwards - Double bass\nMike Gennaro - Drum kit\n\n \nAbout\nFirst public performance in the UK for this collaborative trio which first played together in 2023\, in a meeting subsequently released as their debut CD "ACTIVITY".\n\n"Joy of playing\, intensity\, authenticity - that’s what it’s all about... A very recommended album." (Martin Schray\, Free Jazz Blog.)\n\nJohn Edwards is a true virtuoso whose staggering range of techniques and boundless musical imagination have redefined the possibility of the double bass and dramatically expanded its role\, whether playing solo or with others. Perpetually in demand\, he has played with Evan Parker\, Sunny Murray\, Derek Bailey\, Joe McPhee\, Lol Coxhill\, Peter Brötzmann\, Mulatu Astatke and many others.\n\nDrummer Mike Gennaro burst into improvised music circles in 1999 with the release Port Huron Picnic (Spool)\, a disc with lauded Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Then still in his early twenties\, Gennaro also made two appearances at the Toronto Jazz Festival\, duetting with another trailblazing saxophonist — the inimitable John Butcher. Subsequent concert collaborations have included internationally acclaimed improvisers such as Juini Booth\, Wilbert de Joode\, Veryan Weston\, Trevor Watts and Tobi Delius.\n\nIn 2022 a short German tour saw him performing in duo settings with Eric Boeren\, Frank Gratkowski\, and Matthias Schubert. Later that year\, a week of recording sessions in Berlin produced the newly released INITIALS with Brad Henkel on trumpet and a trio recording with bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall and bassist Ben Lehmann entitled SECOND TAKE.\n\nAlex Ward's diverse musical activities since the early '90s have straddled the worlds of free improvisation\, contemporary composition and avant rock\, and have seen him collaborate with such significant musical figures as Derek Bailey\, Duck Baker\, Lol Coxhill\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Thurston Moore\, Joe Morris\, Steve Noble\, Evan Parker\, Pat Thomas and Weasel Walter\, amongst a host of others. He was an integral part of Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward's acclaimed This Is Not This Heat project\, and in 2021 he became a member of the legendary band Pere Ubu.\n\nHis work as a composer/bandleader has encompassed his own ensembles such as Predicate\, Forebrace\, the Alex Ward Quintet and Items 4\, 6\, 7 & 10\, alongside collaborative projects such as his duos with Dominic Lash\, Jem Doulton (as Dead Days Beyond Help) and Sean Noonan (as Noonward); while his solo releases have ranged from unaccompanied performances on clarinet and guitar to the layered studio creations found on 2021's Gated.\n\n[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ip5uvF1Q0[/embed]
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/john-edwardsmike-gennaroalex-ward/
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SUMMARY:David Preston Mu feat. Tom Cawley\, Robin Mullarkey & Jeremy Stacey
DESCRIPTION:Doors 7:45 PM\, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nDavid Preston - Guitar\nTom Cawley - Synthesizer\nJeremy Stacey - Drum kit\nRobin Mullarkey - Bass\n\n \nAbout\nBased between London & Berlin\, guitarist and composer David Preston has been described by the Guardian as “Virtuosic” and TimeOut as “A superb modern jazz guitarist”.\n\nHe released his debut album ‘Purple / Black’ vol.1 & 2 on Whirlwind Recordings in 2023/2024 featuring ECM recording artists\, Kit Downes\, Sebastian Rochford and bassist Kevin Glasgow.The album received editors choice in Jazzwise Magazine.\n\nA finalist at the Montreux International Guitar competition\, David is composer and co-leader for the acclaimed UK modern-jazz trio ‘Preston Glasgow Lowe’ releasing two albums (’16 & ’18) on UK/US label\, Whirlwind Recordings. The trio has performed internationally in Japan and Europe as well as playing over 150 concerts throughout the UK.\n\nDavid has worked with a variety of musicians such as Jeremy Stacey\, Lianne La Havas\, Empirical\, Nathaniel Facey\, Asaf Sirkis\, Peter Ind\, Emma Rawicz\, Eska\, Goldie & the Heritage Orchestra\, Jamie Murray\, and the internationally celebrated piano and drum virtuoso Gary Husband.\n\nHe has performed/toured/recorded with many US artists such as Grammy-Winning US jazz vocalists Melody Gardot\, Curtis Stigers\, Jesse Harris\, and notable US based musicians Sy Smith\, David Binney\, Ingrid Jensen\, Charnett Moffett\, Patrick Cornelius and Tim Armacost.\n\nTom Cawley is one of the UK’s leading jazz pianists. He has performed worldwide - in major clubs\, venues and festivals – with some of the country’s leading artists\, most notably Peter Gabriel\, with whom he has also recorded two albums and a live DVD. As an artist in his own right he has performed\, recorded and broadcast extensively over the last ten years.\n\nAs well as an award-winning pianist\, Cawley is also a composer\, bandleader and educator. His group\, Curios\, won Best Band the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards\, and their three albums have been hugely critically acclaimed – described as “extraordianary” in MOJO\, “spellbinding” in The Independent\, “fantastic” in Time Out and “a shining light for British jazz” in Musician magazine. They have performed at the Barbican\, the Royal Festival Hall\, Ronnie Scott’s and at all of the UK’s major jazz festivals\, as well as in Europe (most notably at North Sea Jazz).\n\nRobin is known for his involvement with the UK broken beat movement\, producing two ground-breaking LPs fusing his academic jazz background with the contemporary dance aesthetic in the band Brotherly. The music appealed to “muso’s” and soul loving crate diggers alike and has won him international accolades for his challenging yet approachable arrangements\, incorporating woozy tempo shifts and cheeky harmonic devices. Robin is currently on tour with Jacob Collier.\n\nJeremy has worked with many greats including: Wayne Krantz\, Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Jason Rebello\, King Crimson\, Ian Ballamy\, Noel Gallagher\, Pedro Martins\, David Cross and the ex Take That singer Robbie Williams.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYNf1ItOc30 [/embed]
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