Presented by Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in association with The Globe and Jazz North East.
Richard Scott – ‘Ayler in Sweden’
Richard Scott (Fiddle)
Faye MacCalman (Saxophone)
Graham Hardy (Trumpet)
John Pope (Double Bass)
Emil Karlsen (Drums)
A brand new project, Ayler in Sweden, imagines a world in which free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler, after beginning his recording career in Sweden in 1962, remained in Scandinavia instead of moving back to the US and incorporated its traditional music into his playing, fusing the ecstatic melodies and asymmetrical rhythms of Swedish folk music with visceral and explosive free jazz.
Newcastle-based violinist Richard Scott has spent the last 10 years immersed in the rarely-overlapping worlds of free improvisation and Scandinavian folk music. He has performed and recorded with Eddie Prévost, Angharad Davies, Hannah Marshall, Mark Sanders, Rachel Musson, Xhosa Cole and many others, and has played and run workshops at folk festivals and events across the UK, Denmark and Sweden.
Joining him for this project’s debut performance (mirroring the instrumentation of the Albert Ayler Quintet of 1965 – 1966) are three of Newcastle’s most versatile and sought-after improvising musicians: Faye MacCalman (tenor sax), Graham Hardy (trumpet) and John Pope (bass), and the brilliant Leeds-based Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen.
Hannah Marshall (solo cello)
Hannah’s playing carves pathways into noise and micro-tonality, as well as standard melodic aspects of the ‘cello, where texture, rhythm & tonality blur. She plays at times with traditional sensibility, and at others times treats the instrument as a collection of parts to be manipulated and re-analysed, often combining the two. Her practice is informed by studies in physicality, natural law & sound healing.
“…one wonders just how she can leave so strong an impression without either grandstanding or ostentation. Her performance here runs threadlike through the music, weaving it together like a tapestry. Music for the shaman in us all” – Duncan Heining (Jazzwise Magazine)
AGE RESTRICTIONS Children and young people under 16 years old may attend events accompanied by an adult (age over 18). They are not allowed to enter the premises after 9pm and they must leave the premises by midnight. Under 16s are not allowed to purchase soft drinks, but they may consume soft drinks bought for them by their accompanying adult. 16 and 17 year olds are allowed to attend events unaccompanied by an adult and they may purchase soft drinks. They must leave the premises by midnight.
Sep 28 – Richard Scott ‘Ayler In Sweden’ + Hannah Marshall
Sunday 28 September, 8pm (7pm doors)
Tickets £12 + booking fee (advance booking
recommended due to limited capacity) HERE
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Richard Scott – ‘Ayler in Sweden’
Richard Scott (Fiddle)
Faye MacCalman (Saxophone)
Graham Hardy (Trumpet)
John Pope (Double Bass)
Emil Karlsen (Drums)
A brand new project, Ayler in Sweden, imagines a world in which free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler, after beginning his recording career in Sweden in 1962, remained in Scandinavia instead of moving back to the US and incorporated its traditional music into his playing, fusing the ecstatic melodies and asymmetrical rhythms of Swedish folk music with visceral and explosive free jazz.
Newcastle-based violinist Richard Scott has spent the last 10 years immersed in the rarely-overlapping worlds of free improvisation and Scandinavian folk music. He has performed and recorded with Eddie Prévost, Angharad Davies, Hannah Marshall, Mark Sanders, Rachel Musson, Xhosa Cole and many others, and has played and run workshops at folk festivals and events across the UK, Denmark and Sweden.
Joining him for this project’s debut performance (mirroring the instrumentation of the Albert Ayler Quintet of 1965 – 1966) are three of Newcastle’s most versatile and sought-after improvising musicians: Faye MacCalman (tenor sax), Graham Hardy (trumpet) and John Pope (bass), and the brilliant Leeds-based Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen.
Hannah Marshall (solo cello)
Hannah’s playing carves pathways into noise and micro-tonality, as well as standard melodic aspects of the ‘cello, where texture, rhythm & tonality blur. She plays at times with traditional sensibility, and at others times treats the instrument as a collection of parts to be manipulated and re-analysed, often combining the two. Her practice is informed by studies in physicality, natural law & sound healing.
“…one wonders just how she can leave so strong an impression without either grandstanding or ostentation. Her performance here runs threadlike through the music, weaving it together like a tapestry. Music for the shaman in us all” – Duncan Heining (Jazzwise Magazine)
AGE RESTRICTIONS
Children and young people under 16 years old may attend events accompanied by an adult (age over 18). They are not allowed to enter the premises after 9pm and they must leave the premises by midnight. Under 16s are not allowed to purchase soft drinks, but they may consume soft drinks bought for them by their accompanying adult.
16 and 17 year olds are allowed to attend events unaccompanied by an adult and they may purchase soft drinks. They must leave the premises by midnight.
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