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Matt Davis
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Matt Davis will play music/create soundscapes at the jam. Matt uses field recordings to create a perception of space, continuity and stillness - an environment to facilitate movement. He also plays the trumpet which was once described as "the difference here is not the vocabulary itself but how Davis puts it together to create organic and intricate pieces of music that richly reward repeated listening."
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James Hesford
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James Hesford will play cello at the jam. James began performing in his early teens as a blues and soul guitarist, touring the UK and Europe. At the age of 19 he moved from South Yorkshire to London where he established himself as a leading jazz musician. In 1980 he won the Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award with his own Quartet Channel 9 (Pete Jacobson - piano, Steve Shone ? bass, Colin Wilkinson ? drums) and soon after moved to New York. In the two years that followed he performed all styles of jazz from bebop to free atonal improvisation as well as becoming involved in the loft scene and playing in punk bands. After a period of experimenting with new ideas for the cello James formed Cellorhythmics (cello quartet and percussion - http://www.cellorhythmics.com/ ) with the leading classical cellist Alfia Nakipbekova (Bekova). His vision for the Instrument as a jazz/ non-classical/ improvising medium is fully explored in this context.
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David Leahy
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David (of the London Improvisors Orchestra) plays double bass and works with electronic samples and acoustic trumpet to create remarkable textural soundscapes. A professional bass player originally from New Zealand, David is an experienced improviser and dance accompanist. He directs his own company, Daf Promotions, which has been responsible for numerous tours around NZ and the First International Jazz Festival 1997.
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Barnaby O'Roorke
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Barnaby O'Roorke, performer and musician, will play cello, piano, voice (and anything else at hand) at the jam this coming Saturday 12 November. An experienced improviser and composer for performance, Barnaby has worked with Charlie Morrissey, Scott Smith, Lisa Nelson, Steve Paxton, Derevo, Miriam King and Vera Montera. He performs solo world-wide and is co-founder of performance band Treekle Omnivor.
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Maren Boehme
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Plays bass flute/flute
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Rhodri Davies
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Rhodri is a versatile harpist. His experience spans solo, concerto, orchestral, chamber, session, pop, background music and West End musicals. He is one of the few harpists working in the field of free improvisation and is widely acclaimed for developing a new and exciting voice for the harp. He frequently performs in festivals across Europe, America and Canada.
"It's as if he's determined to set the harp free from any of the usual preconceptions we civilians might have about that instrument... Rhodri Davies throws the rule book out of the window, and I can only guess from this receording what violence he's doing to conventional playing techniques. The harp has never sounded so bizarre, so impolite, or capable of a dirty sound - as near as acoustic improv gets to heavy metal!"
- The Sound Projector
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Jamie McCarthy
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Jamie, head of music at London Contemporary Dance School, majored in music, studying composition with Gavin Bryars and was for a while a regular member of Gavin Bryars' performing ensemble. He has collaborated with dance artists Fin walker, Paula Hampson, Sue MacLennan, Gregory Nash and Peter Badejo amongst others. Jamie will compose music/soundscapes in real time with the dancing at the jam.
"I've worked for quite a few years now as a performer, composer and improviser. Sometimes I work in purely musical situations, but I spend a lot of my time doing interdisciplinary work and have done some work for film, TV and radio as well. I am head of Music at London Contemporary Dance School and in 2004 year I've collaborated with Rick Nodine, Nic Sandiland and Smallpetitklein as well as touring quite a bit with the Canadian band The Hidden Cameras."
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Guillermo Torres and Sue Ferrar
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Guillermo plays brass:
"Colombian born Guillermo Torres relocated to London from Paris on the strength of the music he heard during a visit last year. Since his arrival his warm, architectural investigations with the flugel horn have impressed all who have seen him. Using an array of mouthpieces of his own devising he has developed an incredible brass palette which he continues to mix and smear across spaces in ever new ways."
www.ongakusound.com
Sue plays violin:
Coming back to London in 1977, I was thinking I might teach my violin how to play jazz. A bit later I met Tony Wren who said he played kind-of jazz and gave me Chamberpot's 'Sparks of the Desire Magneto' to listen to. When I heard it, I knew I'd found my home. People I've played with? I'm tired of the kiss-and-tell' form of explaining who I am. I'm on a few records that other people have put together, and I've made one cd called "A Boy Leaves Home". Playing with Guillermo is very demanding and very inspiring. I hope I'm up to it. You hope I'm up to it too, and we'll all have an interesting afternoon!?
Sue Ferrar
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Julie Walkington and Laurie Lixenberg
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Julie Walkington plays jazz double bass and Laurie Lixenberg sings operatic voice.
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