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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
|---|---|
| P | Thursday 5th May, 2011 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Peter Evans is one of the most brilliant figures in the new wave of improvised music, a technical master who has reconfigured the trumpet in the same way Evan Parker did the saxophone, pushing his playing to the limits of physical endurance, and in so doing revealing new sonic possibilities and future directions for the instrument. An inspired inventor rather than a mere technician, Evans' restlessly protean output includes his own complex compositions (and radical recompositions of jazz standards) with his quartet and quintet, the wild outpourings of 'terrorist bebop' band Mostly Other People Do The Killing, various appearances with Evan Parker, including in the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, collaborations with Weasel Walter, Nate Woolley, Mary Halvorsen, Okkyung Lee, and, of course, his staggering solo performances. This two day residency will explore various aspects of Evans' musical personality and will feature some of the UK's finest performers.
On the first night, Evans is joined by jazz pianist Liam Noble for a duo and then by Adam Linson, John Butcher and Steve Beresford for an electro-acoustic quartet.
Liam Noble is one of Britain's most open-minded and imaginative jazz musicians, a consummate pianist whose work ranges from reinterpretations of Dave Brubeck to the free improvisation of Sleepthief (with Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey).
Adam Linson's combination of instrumental and technological inventiveness sets new standards for the intermixture of 'real' and 'processed' sounds. His solo recording 'Cut and Continuum' was released in 2006 on Evan Parker's psi label to much critical acclaim. Groups include a long-standing duo with Lawrence Casserley, Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, the John Butcher Group, and his own Systems quartet with Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall and Paul Lytton.
John Butcher is a saxophonist of rare grace and power, who has expanded the vocabulary of the saxophone far beyond the conventions of jazz and other musics, to encompass a staggering range of harmonics, multiphonics, overtones, percussive sounds, and electronic feedback. But his playing is far more than merely an array of special effects; it's characterised by a drive and intensity that propels music into strange new places that are both incredibly beautiful and deeply exhilarating.
Steve Beresford is one of the giants of British improvised music, a restless multi-instrumentalist whose irreverent and anarchic spirit has been disrupting and galvanising improvised music for forty years. A superb pianist, he also plays an assortment of electronic devices and toy instruments. Always balanced precariously on the edge of chaos, he possesses an energy and verve that can animate any musical situation.
