FluxImprov gig of the month

Sunday 19th October
Mopomoso present another evening guaranteed to delight the aural senses with three class acts from the world of free improvisation:-

Ensemble Progresivo
Featuring Ricardo Tejero (saxes,clarinet), Alison Blunt (violin), Adrian Northover (saxes), Marcio Mattos (bass, electronics) and Javier Carmona (drums, percussion)

Leader Ricardo Tejero started playing improvised music in Madrid with the ensemble "Soplathat" and is a board member of "Musicalibre", the Spanish Association of Improvised Music and  a member of orquesta FOCO
Since 2005 he has become a valued contributor to London’s musical life playing with many of the key figures on the improvisation scene.

His own group ‘Ensemble Progresivo’ is an intelligent and feiry combination full of surprises, who have recently released a new CD ‘PROGRESSIONS’.

Chris Burn (solo piano and electronics)

A multi instrumentalist - primarily piano and trumpet - ensemble leader, composer and arranger. For many years Chris has led his own group ‘Ensemble’. Recent concerts have included Vienna, Berlin and Fete Quaqua 2008. For this concert Chris concentrates on his recent work, amplifying and electronically treating the resonances of the piano, to produce an intriguingly delicate aural kaleidoscope of shifting sounds.

Keune / Russell duo

Saxophonist Keune has been playing improvised music since 1985, establishing his own trio in 1991, currently comprising Hans Schneider and Achim Kraemer, and has worked with guitarist John Russell since meeting up with him in the ‘Beware of Art’ quartet with Schneider and Paul Lovens.

The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
London
N16 8JH

Doors open: 8.00pm
Admission: £7 / £8 concessions
Telephone: 020 7993 3645
www.vortexjazz.co.uk

1 October – 7.00PM
Stephen Grew (piano), Graham Clake (electronics), Eddie Prévost (percussion).

The Cross Kings
126 York Way
London
N1 0AX

info@thecrosskings.co.uk

3rd October
Alberto Braida Quartet with John Edwards & Fabrizio Spera.

LOFT
Wissmannstraße 30
Köln
Germany

4 October - 1.30pm
A Remarkably Short History of the Universe

For more details contact Camilla on 077915 16275
www.oxfordimprovisers.com

4 October
Alberto Braida Quartet with John Edwards & Fabrizio Spera.

Wuppertal
Germany

4 October – 7.00pm
Space Fulfilling Prophecy

Ausstellungseröffnung Markus Hofer and KAUFMANN – GRATKOWSKI – DE JOODE

JAZZATELIER ULRICHSBERG
Fischer Alois
Badergasse 2
4161 Ulrichsberg
Austria

Tel & Fax: ++43 (0) 7288 6301
http://www.jazzatelier.at/va/
81004.htm http://www.jazzatelier.at/va/
81207.htm

4 October
Alberto Braida Quartet with John Edwards and Fabrizio Spera.

Munster
Germany

5 October
John Butcher and Mark Sanders

Birmingham

Café Oto
18 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8

£6/£4 concessions
www.cafeoto.co.uk

7 October
Harrison Smith (tenor/soprano saxophone), Jim Dvorak (trumpet), Marcio Mattos (double bass) and Eddie Prévost (drums)

The Cross Kings
126 York Way
London
N1 0AX

info@thecrosskings.co.uk

Switch Bar
77-81 George Lane
South Woodford
London
E18 1JJ.

Tube: South Woodford
www.improvizone.com
www.woodfordfestival.org.uk

8 October - 8.30pm
Charles Hayward

Extraordinary drummer Charles Hayward (formerly of This Heat; collaborator with Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Hugh Hopper etc) plays solo and with Pete McPhail, John Grieve, Dominic Lash & Chris Brown.

Port Mahon
St Clements
Oxford 

£6 (£ concessions)
E-mail: domlash@hotmail.com
or phone  07713 056202
www.oxfordimprovisors.com

9 October – 8.45pm
A Series of Fortunate Events presents three piano solos. Tania Chen may well perform some music scores by Earle Brown. Chris Burn will pick from his extended contemporary music repertoire (Lachenmann, Cowell and Cage have been mentioned) and sprinkle some improvisation on it. Pat Thomas will improvise on some transcriptions of Derek Bailey's pieces.

Café Oto
18 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8

£6/£4 concessions
www.cafeoto.co.uk

13 to 15 October (inc)
The Accumulator

Steve Blake's band (Steve Beresford on electronics) with the dance groups The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs performing 'Russian Roulette'.

Royal Vauxhall Tavern
372 Kennington Lane
London SE19

15 October

Kay Grant (voice), Caroline Kraabel (tenor saxophone) and Eddie Prévost (percussion).

Café Oto
18 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8

£6/£4 concessions
www.cafeoto.co.uk

19 October – 9.00pm

Café Oto
18 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8

£6/£4 concessions
www.cafeoto.co.uk

20 to 21 October (inc)
The Accumulator

Steve Blake's band (Steve Beresford on electronics) with the dance groups The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs performing 'Russian Roulette'.

Royal Vauxhall Tavern
372 Kennington Lane
London SE19

23 October – 8.45pm
Bruise Quintet

Bruise was an integral part of the ‘Back in your town’ concerts at The Red Rose and developed distinctive group improvisations of minimalist delicacy and intense passionate roar. This concerts features the original line-up of saxophonist Tony Bevan, John Edwards (bass), Ashley Wales (electronics) and Orphy Robinson (multi-instrumentalist).

The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
London
N16 8JH

Doors open: 8.00pm
Admission: £7
Telephone: 020 7993 3645
www.vortexjazz.co.uk

29 October – 8.30pm

Safehouse Brighton presents: ON THE EDGE
Improvised and experimental music

CHALK AND CHEESE
Sybil Madrigal (poet)
Kay Grant (voice and electronics)
Veryan Weston (keyboards)
Alex Ward (clarinet)
“Better than sex!”

plus

JOHN THE SAVAGE
Richard Brincklow (piano, keyboards)
Marcus O'Dair: (upright bass)
Alon Cohen: (drums)
Andrew Phillips (guitar, laptop)
Annie Kerr (violin)

plus

The Wildcard Quartet

Open House Pub
Springfield Road
Brighton
BN1 (next to London Road train station)

£6/£5 concessions
Tel: 0844 999 6335 for ticket info
www.myspace.com/safehouse
brighton
Gusgarside@ntlworld.com

The Safehouse collective welcomes adventurous improvisers - acoustic or electronic - to its OPEN EVENINGS on the first Wednesday of every month.

The Safehouse continues its ON THE EDGE performances on the last Wednesday of every month.

30 October – 8.45pm
Evan Parker

Monthly free improv night with saxophonist Evan Parker, Steve Beresford (piano), John Edwards (bass) and Mark Sanders (drums). Parker has been a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, pioneering extended playing techniques on the instrument. 'The techniques he's developed have been inspirational summits for many saxophonists' (Richard Cook).

The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
London
N16 8JH

Doors open: 8.00pm
Admission: £8
Telephone: 020 7993 3645
www.vortexjazz.co.uk

klang: a tribute to karlheinz stockhausen

Klang (which means 'sound') is the title for Southbank Centre's festival in honour of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Under the curatorship of Southbank Centre Associate Artist Oliver Knussen, the festival presents the world premiere of Urantia, a work commissioned from Stockhausen by Southbank Centre for the festival and the UK premiere of Zodiac. 

Also featured are some of the Klang works, the UK premiere of the gigantic Lucifer's Dance for wind ensemble, and some older Stockhausen classics. Performers include the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen, the Asko Ensemble from Holland, a range of soloists who worked closely with Stockhausen and young musicians from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Discounts:-
10% - 2-3 concerts
15% - 4-5 concerts
20% - 6+ concerts
Please note: if you are booking online for more than one series, you will need to book each series in separate transactions in order to receive the appropriate series discount. Alternatively, call the Ticket Office on 0871 663 2500.

Saturday 1 November 2008
MICHAEL'S GREETING
The opening performance in the festival KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Saturday 1 November 2008
TRANS AND HARMONIEN

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 2 November 2008
ASKO ENSEMBLE

The UK Premiere of Glanz (Brilliance), the tenth hour in the Klang Cycle, is performed by the musicians for whom it was written, Holland's brilliant Asko Ensemble.

Purcell Room

Wednesday 5 November 2008
HIMMELS-TUR (HEAVEN'S DOOR)

Himmels-Tur (Heaven's Door) is fourth hour of the Klang cycle, another piece that Stockhausen imagined in a dream.

Purcell Room

Friday 7 November 2008
FREUDE & COSMIC PULSES

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 8 November 2008
LONDON SINFONIETTA

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) remained creatively active throughout his life.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 8 November 2008
STIMMUNG

Stimmung, meaning both tuning and atmosphere or mood, was written in the landmark year of 1968 and is perhaps Stockhausen's most well known work.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 9 November 2008
LUCIFER'S DANCE

The festival finale, Lucifers Tanz (Lucifer's Dance), was written for an enormous wind band, which Stockhausen imagined in the form of a demonic face, groups of instruments representing the mouth, the eyes and the nose.

Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 9 November 2008
MICHAELS-ABSCHIED

Royal Festival Hall
Balcony Terrace Level 5

Admission free

Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey/Liam Noble – Sleepthief
Originally from Germany, Ingrid settled in London in 1989 taking up alto and soprano saxophone. In 2004 Ingrid was the deserved recipient of the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation as part of the F-ire Collective and was a 2005 nomineefor the BBC Award as “Rising Star.” January 2006 saw Ingrid awarded with the prestigious Fellowship for Jazz Composition by the Arts Foundation.
With the Sleepthief album (released on the Intakt label and with liner notes by Steve Beresford) Ingrid has joined forces with British pianist Liam Noble and American drummer Tom Rainey to produce an album that should rightfully lead to the recognition of Ingrid of one the most exciting saxophonists on the scene today. The improvised work which makes up the whole of the album material is a sonic delight. As ‘All About Jazz’ recently said “If you haven't heard Laubrock live during the last couple of years, you're in for a revelation. Here, on tenor and soprano, she is writing what amount to new dialects, if not full-blown languages, for her instruments. The visceral low-register phrases evoking bar-walking tenor players from an earlier age, and the precisely articulated high harmonics, are present as before, as are more conventionally played passages. But they're joined by a raft of new sounds and textures, some caressing, others disturbing, lyrical dream weavings and rude awakenings, which turn the saxophone inside out. To play like this requires wild imagination and extreme technical virtuosity, qualities Laubrock has in abundance”.

Following the album launch at the Vortex on 17 October, Sleepthief take to the road, details of which are below.

Tour details with links:

And do not forget to have a look at the details for regular club nights:

Boat-Ting – www.boat-ting.com
Bohman Brothers at BAC - www.bac.org.uk
Freenoise – www.freenoise.co.uk
Frimp – www,frimp.co.uk
Immersion – www.immersionclub.tk
Improvizone – www.improvizone.com
Klinker – www.kilinkerclub.info
On the Edge – www.myspace.com/safehousebrighton
Spirit of Gravity – www.spiritofgravity.com
Xposed Club – www.myspace.com/theexposedclub

From ‘Another Timbre’

'...de las piedras' Prepared improvisations by Esteban Algora (accordion), Alessandra Rombola (flutes & tiles) and Ingar Zach (percussion) – at09

'for hugh davies' A unique celebration of Hugh Davies' music. Archive solo recordings by Hugh Davies (invented instruments) are accompanied by a trio of current improvisers: Adam Bohman (prepared balalaika & amplified objects), Lee Patterson (amplified objects) & Mark Wastell (cello) – at11

'performances 1969-1977' Hugh Davies (invented instruments). A cdr release of the original archive recordings used as the basis for the 'for hugh davies' disc above – at-r01

A Continuous Line - Ben Nicholson in England
11 October 2008 - 4 January 2009
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the most radical British artists of the twentieth century and the leader of the modern movement in Britain between the wars. Most famous for his abstract paintings and reliefs of the 1930s, Nicholson began as a figurative painter and had a deep and enduring relationship with the English landscape. This is the first major tour of the work of Nicholson in the UK for over fourteen years, focusing on his career from the 1920 to when he left Britain to live in Switzerland in 1958. The exhibition reconsiders his position in British art history offering a new understanding of the modern in art, particularly in relation to national and local identities. It concentrates on three periods and groups of work that have been neglected for many years: landscapes made in Cumberland and Cornwall in the late 1920s; landscapes, abstract paintings and reliefs made alongside each other in St. Ives during the World War II; and the Cubist still-lifes made between 1945 – 58 that secured Nicholson’s international reputation. The selection of key works included in the exhibition demonstrate his continuity of vision and approach and highlights those periods that earlier exhibitions have marginalised and reveals a view of Ben Nicholson quite different from the established one.

This major touring exhibition has been organized by Abbot Hall, Kendal; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill; and Tate St Ives. Each of the three venues has a particular relevance to Ben Nicholson: Kendal is close to the home he shared with his first wife; the De La Warr Pavilion was the product of the international modern movement to which he was central; St Ives was seminal to Nicholson's art and his home for nineteen years.

It is curated by Chris Stephens, Head of Displays at Tate Britain and a leading expert on the art of St Ives from the 1940s-60s.

Admission
Adult £5.50 Concession for OAP, registered disabled, part time students £3 Free to full time students, under 18s and friends of DLWP

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