Sheffield Saturday
Shot of the gig in Sheffield on Saturday with Phil and Olie by Andy Newcombe.
See more of his picture and films:
http://jazztourist.wordpress.com/
Beck Marks Birchall live from “the living room”
Some splendid shots from Joincey of Saturdays swiftly rearranged gig; church to living room in one quick move: turned out very well in the end.
Birchall/Harrison
Brand new edits from some of the ongoing sessions I’ve been doing recently with Rich Harrison on dishwasher/percussion/drumset. Recorded in The Milkroom @ Hotspur House and edited by Rich.
Mumtaz Power Duo
Just added up to the “sound” page a recording from sessions I did in August with Nick Dobson on percussion. Thought I’d repost up front incase anyone missed it.
Marks/Birchall Duo
Footage from Catatumbo gig earlier in the month. Kindly filmed and edited by Pas as BOLO31.
Catatumbo Poster
A splendid reaction on the streets of Whalley Range to the Catatumbo poster. This one features what I think is a correction of some overspacing and a kiss from pink lipstick.
Saturday 6th November
Catatumbo
Ingrid Laubrock: saxophones
Ingrid Laubrock is a founder member of the F-IRE collective, currently resident in New York she has worked with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler and Polar Bear amongst others. “darkly beautiful and breathtakingly inventive” All About Jazz
Olie Brice: double bass
Javier Carmona: drums
“Olie Brice is nonchalant but consistently inspired; and drummer Javier Carmona is drivingly explorative” The Wire
http://www.myspace.com/catatumbotrio
http://www.myspace.com/ingridlaubrock
http://www.myspace.com/oliebrice
http://www.myspace.com/javiercarmonam
plus support from Duo of Phil Marks (drums) & David Birchall (guitar)
@ St. Margarets Church,
Rufford Road,
Whalley Range,
Manchester,
M16 8AE
(church is on corner of Rufford Road and Whalley Road: off Withington Road. Take 86 from town and get off at “The Whalley” pub. Map here. There will be hot and cold drinks available on the night.)
Preparations for guitar/speaker
Did some interesting exploration this afternoon developing ideas for prepared speaker and guitar music. Hopefully this will result in a longer piece of music to be recorded in the near future.
Catatumbo in Manchester
Saturday 6th November
Catatumbo
Ingrid Laubrock: saxophones
Ingrid Laubrock is a founder member of the F-IRE collective, currently resident in New York she has worked with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler and Polar Bear amongst others.
“darkly beautiful and breathtakingly inventive” All About Jazz
Olie Brice: double bass
A mainstay on the London improvising scene has played with some of the best players around.
Javier Carmona: drums
Javier is from Madrid and currently living in London.
“Olie Brice is nonchalant but consistently inspired; and drummer Javier Carmona is drivingly explorative” The Wire
http://www.myspace.com/catatumbotrio
http://www.myspace.com/ingridlaubrock
http://www.myspace.com/oliebrice
http://www.myspace.com/javiercarmonam
plus support from Duo of Phil Marks (drums) & David Birchall (guitar)
@ St. Margarets Church,
Rufford Road,
Whalley Range,
Manchester,
M16 8AE
(church is on corner of Rufford Road and Whalley Road: off Withington Road. Take 86 from town and get off at “The Whalley” pub. Map here. There will also be a bar on the night.)
£5
Catatumbo:
Phil Mark’s group Bark!
John Tchicai & Tony Marsh 1st October @ Carlton Club, Manchester
THIS FRIDAY!
86 BUS FROM PICCADILLY
MAP HERE
support from trio of :
Rich Harrison: percussion (Spaceheads)
Dave Birchall: guitar (Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra)
Pascal Nichols: percussion (Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides)
new open eye tapes!
Very excited to be handed the new Open Eye Quartet tape on the mighty Ikuisuus label this morning! Its a split with Mick Beck & Herve Perez on the other side. Open Eye side is Dave Birchall: guitar, Pascal Nichols: percussion, Kelly Jones: flute & Ben Knight: voice recorded live @ Cow Lane Studios, Salford August 2008.
Performances of ‘One’
One is the piece for music and dance I’ve been working on over the summer with Rebekka Platt. We have two performances in Manchester at the start of October.
2nd October Emergency @ The Greenroom, Manchester
4th October Akemi Arts present ‘Live Art’ @ Contact Theatre, Manchester
Sketch 23.8.10
Torrential sheets of rain today in Manchester.
This is recorded with framus archtop, vox das amplifier and a chopstick.
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Catatumbo date confirmed!
Excited to be involved with putting on a second gig in a month after years of nothing!
Saturday 6th November
Catatumbo
Phil Marks/Dave Birchall (tbc)
St. Margarets Church
Whalley Range
Manchester
£5
8pm
John Tchicai/Tony Marsh
John Tchicai Tony Marsh Manchester 1st october 2010
This gig should be a great one!
John Tchicai/Tony Marsh
putting on this gig with a few other folk later in the year, promises to be amazing!
Friday 1st October@ Carlton Club, Carlton Road (off Wood Road and Upper Chorlton Road) Whalley Range, M16 Manchester
John Tchicai
John Tchicai is a sax legend having played with some of the most innovative and respected musician in the field of free/jazz including John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Lee Konitz, and Cecil Taylor. He performed on Coltrane’s “Ascension” album and went on to cofound the New York Art Quartet. While in New York he also performed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Since the 60s he has continued to develop his work receiving grants from the Danish government. He currently lives in the US and France.
Tony Marsh
is a long time member of the London Improvising scene; a master drummer playing drum kit and percussion with technique, touch and a compositional sense that allows time and no-time to exist side by side. This year Tony has played with: Evan Parker; Peter Brotzman; John Butcher; Paul Dunmall; Elliot Sharp; The London Improvisers Orchestra and The People’s Band.
