Unfortunately, due to the latest changes regarding test and isolation policies for all UK arrivals, this event can’t take place anymore. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope that we will be able to welcome back the artists whenever the circumstances become more favourable.
Line-up:
Christoph Irniger – Tenor Saxophone
Ben van Gelder – Alto Saxophone
Raffaele Bossard – Bass
Ziv Ravitz – Drums
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Luca Sisera – Bass
Michael Jaeger – Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Maurus Twerenbold – Trombone
Yves Theiler – Piano
Michi Stulz – Drums
About
Double Bill from two Swiss Projects:
Supported by the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation
Christoph Irniger Trio feat. Ben Van Gelder
The Christoph Irniger Trio celebrates melody without once degenerating into the trivial. They are tone poems which demonstrate that accessible melodies and complex tonal worlds need not be mutually exclusive and can in fact make sense of each other. Irniger is a master of orchestration and rejects the hierarchy of soloist-plus-rhythm. Instead of using the compositions as springboards for solos, he finds interesting ways for the improvisations to underline the compositional characteristics. Melody, arrangement, improvisation: the trio fuse them all into one tightly integrated and alluring package,’ writes American jazz critic Kevin Whitehead.
In the current setting the band plays as quartet with Ben van Gelder – who is regarded internationally as an authority on the alto saxophone and played with David Binney, Mark Turner and Ambrose Akinmusire amongst others – and presents together the album “Open City” which was released in September 2020 on Intakt Records.
Luca Sisera ROOFER
With their new album Starlex Complex, Luca Sisera ROOFER masterfully continue their journey over the hurdles and chasms of contemporary jazz. Starlex Complex follows their critically acclaimed debut album Prospect (Leo Records, 2015) and the live album Moscow Files (Leo Records, 2017). This new work, released on Nils Wogram’s label nWog Records, contains nine compositions, including a three-part mini-suite. These open up a musical spectrum in which the ostensibly opposite poles of structure and freedom ethereally imbue each other and blend as a distinctive band sound.
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Please note the following:
- We ask you not to attend gigs if you have or think you may have any Covid-19 symptoms. If you can’t make a gig because you have to self-isolate then just get in touch by filling out this form and we’ll give you a voucher for another gig.
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- Automatic hand sanitiser stations are provided at various places within the building.
- Full details of the measures that we are taking to prevent transmission of Covid are set out in our risk assessment and management plan which can be found on our website.