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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
|---|---|
| P | Friday 12th February, 2010 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Matthew Shipp is one of the most distinctive and inventive jazz pianists working today, a player whose compositional and improvisational brilliance have established him as perhaps the most original pianist since Cecil Taylor.
He has been a leading figure in the New York jazz scene since he moved there in 1984, playing with such figures as David S. Ware, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker, Joe and Mat Maneri, Susie Ibarra, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey and Other Dimensions in Music. He also has long standing connections with the British free improvisation scene, having collaborated numerous times with Spring Heel Jack, and forming a richly productive association with saxophonist Evan Parker. Shipp's eclectic approach and restless musical curiosity have led to a number of notable collaborations with musicians from beyond the realm of jazz, such as the Anti Pop Consortium, El P and J Spaceman.
This three day residency will allow Shipp to explore the multiple dimensions of his musical world with a hand picked selection of British musicians, some he knows well, some he has never before had the opportunity to work with.
For the first night of his residency, Matthew Shipp is joined by three leading figures of the British free improvisation scene for an acoustic quartet that promises to be
Paul Dunmall has been called “one of the most accomplished reedists on the planet” (Ken Waxman, Jazz Weekly) and he is certainly one of the most fluent and powerful saxophonists playing in Britain today. Over his forty year career he has played with Alice Coltrane, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Keith Tippett, and Evan Parker amongst many others. Recently he has amazed audiences world wide with his performances in The Profound Sound Trio, with free jazz legends Andrew Cyrille and Henry Grimes.
John 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, John Wall, Joe McPhee, Lol Coxhill, and many others.
Mark Sanders has been acclaimed as “the most exciting, original and overwhelmingly powerful drummer alive” (Steve Reynolds, Jazz Corner) and his precise and propulsive drumming has graced projects with, to name but a few, Evan Parker, Jah Wobble, Broadcast, Agusti Fernandez, John Butcher, Roswell Rudd, and Otomo Yoshihde.
