free improvisation – David Birchall

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/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazztourist http://www.youtube.com/user/shuffleboil

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.

guitar & trumpet

Nice little recording here from Frakture of a duo with Phil Lucking on Trumpet from last Centrifuge do at Kro Bar.

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.

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 hasContinue reading “Catatumbo Poster”

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 hasContinue reading “Catatumbo in Manchester”

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)