JULIE KJÆR – Saxophone
JOHN EDWARDS – Bass
STEVE NOBLE – Drums
Danish saxophonist, Julie Kjær joins forces with the English powerhouse rhythm section of Steve Noble and John Edwards. The trio explores the improvised world in all its aspects with drive and invention, moving from wild and intense passages, odd and peculiar moods to sections of subtlety and beauty. Experimenting with rhythms and sounds the trio pushes their instruments to the limits. This concert is a part of a mini tour celebrating the release of their debut album “Dobbeltgænger” on Clean Feed.
Julie Kjær‘s edgy and thoughtful playing and ‘dark, otherworldly imagery’ (Jazzwise) has become incerasingly evident around Europe, inhabiting ground between composition and free improv. She tours internationally with Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and his Large Unit. She has toured internationally and recorded with Django Bates and StoRMChaser. She also plays with London Improvisers Orchestra and is a leader and side woman of several other English and Danish ensembles. Julie has recently been a Sound and Music “New Voice” Artist and was chosen as a featured composer by the British Music Collection.
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, Joe McPhee, Lol Coxhill, Peter Brötzmann, Mulatu Astatke and many others.
“I think John Edwards is absolutely remarkable: there’s never been anything like him before, anywhere in jazz.” – Richard Williams, The Blue Moment
Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Stephen O’Malley, Joe McPhee, Alex Ward, Rhodri Davies and many more.
In the early eighties, Noble played with the Nigerian master drummer Elkan Ogunde, Rip Rig and Panic, Brion Gysin and the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, before going on to work with the pianist Alex Maguire and with Derek Bailey (including Company Weeks 1987, 89 and 90). He was featured in the Bailey’s excellent TV series on Improvisation for Channel 4 based on his book ‘Improvisation; its nature and practise’. He has toured and performed throughout Europe, Africa and America and currently leads the groups N.E.W (with John Edwards and Alex Ward) and DECOY (with John Edwards and Alexander Hawkins).
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BERESFORD | MUSSON
STEVE BERESFORD – Piano
RACHEL MUSSON – Saxophone
Steve Beresford (Derek Bailey, David Toop, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Han Beninnk) has played and composed a wide range of music on both pianos and electronics, from free improvisation to more commercial styles, and is a stalwart of the European improvised music scene. Rachel Musson (Mark Sanders, John Edwards, Liam Noble, Olie Brice) is a saxophonist and improviser active on the London scene. They’ve met before in the London Improvisers Orchestra and Fete Quaqua, and this is the second time they will play duo. They’re expecting the unexpected, but imagining that their improvisation will, like the last time, be a playful exchange touching on their individual and shared musical histories with a touch of something new, and possibly older, thrown into the mix.