:: STUDIO 282 :: international artists' group ::
DOMINIC LASH
Previous Improvised Performances
[for a list of upcoming gigs please click here]
(Dominic Lash on contrabass unless otherwise specified)
by year: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2009
January
16th: Trio with Patrick Farmer and Matt Milton, Broadway Cinema, Radiator Festival, Nottingham
21st: Ricardo Tejero's Ensemble Progressivo, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
22nd: Evan Parker Quartet with Alexander Hawkins and Tony Marsh, The Vortex, London
24th: Quartet with Tony Bevan, Phil Marks and Paul Obermayer, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
27th: Quintet with Tania Chen (piano), Ian Mitchell (clarinets), Dave Ryan (clarinets) and Bruce Coates (reeds), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
February
2nd: Quartet with Peter Evans (trumpet), Okkyung Lee (cello) and Magda Mayas (inside piano), ParisLondonWestNile, Williamsburg, New York
3rd: Steve Reid Ensemble, Joe's Pub, New York City
7th: Company night, performances with Aryeh Kobrinsky (duo) and quartet with Mark Taylor (French horn), Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet) and Frank (guitar), Douglass Street Collective, Brooklyn, New York
8th: Trio with Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet) and Harris Eisenstadt (drums), ABC No-Rio, Manhatten, New York
13th: Teasel, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
16th: World's Unknown, Boat-Ting, London
19th: The Seen (with Mark Wastell, Phil Julian, Phil Durrant, Paul Abbott and Matt Davis), Cafe Oto, London
25th: Monster Club, Slak Bar, Cheltenham
28th: Duo with Tim Hill, Henry Box School, Witney
March
1st: London Improvisers Orchestra, Cafe Oto, London
5th: Duos with David Stent (guitar) and Sean Bonney (poetry), Leather Exchange, London
6th: ARCO Collective, live on Resonance FM, London
14th: Tim Hill Quartet with Alexander Hawkins and Daisy Palmer, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
17th: Quartet with Nicky Heinen (flute), Al Eason (guitar) and Paul May (drums), Jazz Rumours, Cross Kings, London
24th: Quartet with Ricardo Tejero, Mark Sanders and Mike Hurley, Fizzle, Lamp Tavern, Birmingham
26th: Imaginary String Trio, Holy Redeemer Church Hall, Exmouth Market, London
28th: Sound 323 at Cafe Oto launch gig. Jason Brogan text score with Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Samantha Rebello and Matt Milton, and quartet with Seymour Wright, David Papapostolou and Paul Abbott, Cafe Oto, London
April
1st: Gannets, Monto Water Rats, London
2nd: Trio with John Russell and Paul May, Cafe Oto, London
3rd: Oxford Improvisers Sound Words, incl. quartet with Keston Sutherland, THF Drenching and David Stent, as well as conducting Oxford Improvisers Orchestra
For a review click here
5th: Mel, durational staged performance, O2 Gallery, Oxford
6th: Quartet with Will Connor, Dave Tucker and Anthony Donovan, Boat-Ting, London
13th: Ben Watson's Esemplastic Monday, duo with Sonic Pleasure; trio with Lol Coxhill and Evil Dick, and more
21st: Trio with Ricardo Tejero and Mark Sanders, Jazz Rumours, Cross Kings, London
25th: Convergence Quartet, Cube Cinema, Bristol
For a review of this concert click here
26th: Convergence Quartet, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
27th: Convergence Quartet, Vortex, London
For reviews click here (John Fordham, The Guardian), here (John Sharpe, All About Jazz) and here (The Jazz Mann).
29th: Convergence Quartet, Rainbow Jazz Club, Digbeth, Birmingham
For a set of photos, click here
May
1st: Convergence Quartet, Xposed Club, Cheltenham
1st: Convergence Quartet, BBC Radio Three live recording, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
For photos and brief comment, click here
2nd: Convergence Quartet, Churchill College, Cambridge
For a review, click here
3rd: Convergence Quartet, Colchester Arts Centre
14th: solo performance, and trio with Isambard Khroustaliov and Anna Kaluza, Scooterworks, London
For a review, click here
15th: Gannets, George Tavern, London
17th: Cafe Oto 1, world premiere of piece for solo contrabass and sinewaves, Cafe Oto, London
For a review of this performance, click here
18th: Trio with Steve Noble and Ricardo Tejero, Boat-Ting, London
20th: Trio with Steve Noble and Ricardo Tejero, Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
27th: Quintet with Henry Lowther, Tony Marsh, Dave Tucker and Ray Warleigh, Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
28th: Evan Parker Quartet, with Steve Beresford and Javier Carmona, The Vortex, London
30th: Jonathan McHugh's Music for an Improviser, for solo contrabass, live improvisation with 8-channel electroacoustic composition based on recordings of my improvisations, Pure Gold Festival, Great Hall, Goldsmith's College, London
June
9th: Trio with Alexander Hawkins and Javier Carmona with electronics and composition by Federico Reuben, to accompany a segment of the film Zizek, The Sound Source, King's Place, London
10th: Gannets, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
12th: Simon Katan's Rubik Music, Spitalfields Festival, Spitalfields Market, London
15th: Duo with Phil Minton, Museum of English Rural Life, Reading
Recording available at last.fm
18th: Duo with Sean Bonney, Parasol Unit, London
21st: Trio with John Butcher and John Russell, Mopomoso, The Vortex, London
25th: Trios with Tania Chen and David Ryan and with Anna Kaluza and Niko Meinhold, Luna Fringe, Luna Lounge, Leytonstone, London
26th: The Seen (with Mark Wastell, Paul Abbott, John Butcher, Matt Davis, Jane Dickson, Benedict Drew, Phil Durrant, Phil Julian, Jonathan McHugh and Ben Owen), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
29th: Karl da Silva's solo bass piece Sigil, and quartet guesting with Karl da Silva trio, Spectrum, Bishopsgate Institute, London
July
6th: Trio with John Bissett and Chris Cundy, Boat-Ting, London
11th: Trio with Helen Edwards (dance) and David Stent (guitar), Diamond Nights, Oxford Brookes Drama Studio, Oxford
13th: Trio with Theo Joergensmann (clarinet) and Seb Rochford (drums), Leytonstone Festival, Ryan's, Leytonstone, London
14th: Quartet with Pat Thomas, David Stent and Roger Telford, Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
For review click here.
16th: Quartet with Theo Joergensmann, Shabaka Hutchings and Seb Rochford, Cafe Oto, London
17th: Trio with Theo Joergensmann and Noel Taylor, Resonance FM, The Late Late Breakfast Show, The Foundry, London
17th: Various combinations with Roger Turner, Shabaka Hutchings, Benedict Drew, Chino Shuichi and Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Cafe Oto, London
27th: Quartet with Lawrence Williams, Mark Fletcher and Sam Rebello, Cafe Oto, London
August
2nd: London Improvisers Orchestra, Cafe Oto, Dalston
4th: trio with Al Eason and Dave Hayley, Klinker, Tottenham Chances
8th: solo at Music in a Small Space, London
10th: Alexander Hawkins Sextet, The Vortex, London
Review from All About Jazz here.
11th: John Cage's Four6, with Harry Gilonis, Chris Goode and Josh Robinson, The Foundry, London
17th: trio with Will Connors and Dave Q, Boat-Ting, London
19th: with Steve Noble, Marcio Mattos, Ricardo Tejero, Dave Tucker and Katarzyna Kuchincka at Tony Marsh's 70th Birthday Gig, Cafe Oto, London
20th: duo with Karl da Silva, The Klinker, Cross Kings, London
September
3rd: quartet with Alexander Hawkins, Shabaka Hutchings and Mark Sanders, Charlie Wrights International, London
Review from Jazzwise here.
14th: London Improvisers Orchestra, Kings Place, London
19th: Trio with Natalie Charzeau (dance) and Yoann Coste (guitar, etc), Festival Micro, nr. Roanne, France
21st: Trio with Ricardo Tejero and Steve Noble, Boat-Ting, Temple Pier, London
22nd: Dominic Lash Trio (with Alexander Hawkins and Javier Carmona), The Klinker, Tottenham Chances, London
26th: Ensemble Azut and Uusikuu, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University
27th: Gannets, Star and Shadow, Newcastle
29th: Gannets, Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
October
1st: Gannets, Montague Arms, London
4th: London Improvisers Orchestra, Cafe Oto, London
9th: Tongues of Fire, Rising Sun, Reading
27th: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, The Cluny, Newcastle
For a review click here.
28th: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, Vortex, London
For a review click here.
29th: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
30th: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, The Cube, Bristol
31st: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
November
1st: Bevan Buck Morris Lash, Rising Sun, Reading
4th: Somedectet, The Vortex, London
6th: Solo, as part of Chris Goode's LEAN UPSTREAM, Court Room, Toynbee Studios, London
9th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Jazz Cafe, London
13th: Tongues of Fire, St Lawrence's Church, Reading
25th: Worlds Unknown, Taunton
December
10th: Tongues of Fire, Spitalfields Market, London
14th: Gannets, Bristol
15th: Gannets, Calmer, Slak Bar, Cheltenham
16th: Gannets, Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
20th: Mopomoso Christmas Special 2009, The Vortex, London
2008
January
9th: Worlds Unknown, Port Mahon, Oxford
11th: Trio with Pete McPhail and Mark Sanders, Bohman Brothers' New Year Sounds Fest, Battersea Arts Centre, London
23rd: duo with Ricardo Tejero (alto sax & clarinet), Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
24th: Tongues of Fire, South Bank Centre, London
February
10th: In Situ, durational performance with Helen Edwards and Bruno Guastalla, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
13th: Hadaly and other combinations, including duo with David Leahy, Port Mahon, Oxford
14th: Imaginary String Trio, The Klinker, The Ivy House, Nunhead, London
20th: Gannets session for Jazz on 3 (BBC Radio 3), Phoenix Sound, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath
22nd: Barkingside, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
23rd: Barkingside, Over the Top, Nether Edge, Sheffield
March
4th: Resonances with Jill Elliot, Bruno Guastalla, Chris Stubbs, Pat Thomas and Philipp Wachsmann, Port Mahon, Oxford
8th: Performance of Representations Two, composed by DL, by Bruno Guastalla ('cello) and David Stent (electric guitar), St Helen's Church, Abingdon
11th: Trio with Patrick Farmer (percussion) and Matthew Milton (violin), Newcastle University
12th: Trio with Patrick Farmer (percussion) and Matthew Milton (violin), York
15th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Jazz Cafe, Camden, London
16th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool
19th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Review here.
April
13th: Electroacoustic trio with Paul Whitty (effects pedals) and Paul Newland (electric guitar); also electroacoustic duo with Paul Dibley (computer), Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
15th: Nostromo, Port Mahon, Oxford
Oxford Bands review: here.
22nd: duo with Angharad Davies, The Hideaway, Tufnell Park, London
24th: Trio with John Law (piano) and Nick Sorenson (saxophones), The Fat Fowl, Bradford on Avon
25th: The Twittering Machine, 2nd International Hurdy Gurdy Festival, Gregson Centre, Lancaster
30th: Electric Barkingside, The Open House, Brighton
For a video excerpt click here.
May
13th: Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, The Vortex, Dalston, London
14th: Representations Six with Guastalla, Hawkins and Stent; plus sextet with Gail Brand and Mark Sanders, The Port Mahon, Oxford
15th: Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Silk Hall, Radley College, nr. Oxford
17th: Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
18th: Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Churchill College, Cambridge
Review by David Grundy (from Eartrip):
As you'll have seen from the comprehensive interview earlier on the magazine, Alexander Hawkins is a musician very conscious of jazz roots, of antecedents, at the same time as being aware of the necessity to develop his own personal means of
expression without being overwhelmed by the weight of past or present peers. Informed by his awareness of musical history, then, he feels equipped to take risks, and that really
manifests itself with this group - first, in choosing such an unusual combination of instruments (this may be the first piano/guitar/steel pan/cello/bass/drums ensemble in
existence!) and second, in the choice of material - a couple of Anthony Braxton charts, some Sun Ra and Leo Smith mixed in with Duke Ellington and original compositions.
Opening proceedings, though, were local group Assembly Point Three, operating that night as a trio (although they are usually a quartet named Assembly Point Four, with
pianist Tom Wood being the fourth member). Saxophonist Josh Ison's tone was burnished and burly, hard-edged yet not overly steely, progressive yet clearly working
within the vocabulary of jazz. His playing, and that of the group as a whole, struck me as having something of the spirit of a musician like Tim Berne, working within quite strict
parameters. In Berne's case, these parameters would be the knotty, lengthy phrases of his own sprawling, spiraling compositions; in Ison's, they were the traditional vocabulary of
sax and rhythm section interaction. Also praiseworthy were Rick Hudson's un-flashy, head-down drumming and Michael Chilcott's versatile bass work.
In the second half, the Hawkins Ensemble began with the not inconsiderable challenge of putting their own spin on Anthony Braxton's "Composition No. 40 (O)". It
came off well: the somewhat hard-edged sound afforded by the piano/vibes/guitar combination (perhaps counterbalanced by the warmer sound of Marshall's bowed cello
playing) suited Braxton's writing down to a tee, although occasionally I missed the presence of a trumpet or saxophone to add a "hot" element into the mix. Elsewhere,
Hawkins' own compositions showed a Braxton-esque spikiness, with the playful, streetwise feel of "Cowley Road Strut" particularly standing out. There was structural boldness,
too; rather than the usual theme-solos-theme-applause structure that might suit a jazz club atmosphere, things were more suite-like, as pieces smoothly segued together (this was a
classical recital room, after all). The band seemed more concerned with teasing out the nuances of the compositions they were playing (as opposed to using them as an attractive
opening gambit before the serious business of the solos gets underway) and with creating ensemble textures, than with anyone taking a lead - though that's not to imply that they
were directionless, playing with a collective focus, an intensity of purpose that belied their different backgrounds and individual modes of expression. Thus, it was a
particularly selfless performance - for a young band-leader, perhaps it's inevitable that one might want to show off one's chops (especially if they're as well-developed as
Hawkins'), and for a jazz legend like Orphy Robinson, the best-known member of the group, the temptation might also have been to showboat - but neither of these things
happened, which was very pleasant to see.
Moments of repose were a beautiful five-minute solo feature for Otto Fischer, delicately vocalizing what sounded like a love song (he wasn't using a microphone, so
the words were a little hard to hear) while accompanying himself on guitar, and a wonderful Hawkins solo piano feature in which he enthusiastically dived inside the
instrument to pluck the strings and whizzed around the keyboard in between extemporizing on Ellington's "Warm Valley" (a tune whose provenance I couldn't place
when I heard it played live, but which stayed in my head for several days afterward). "Love in Outer Space", always one of the catchiest Sun Ra numbers, exploiting its lilting,
joyous potential to the full, and the band closed on a note of solemn, almost hymnal hush with Leo Smith's minor-key "Nuru Light: The Prince of Peace", dedicated to Martin
Luther King, to which the combined sound of Hannah Marshall's cello and Dom Lash's bass was particularly suited.
Bits of the whole scope of jazz tradition then - it wouldn't have surprised me if they'd burst out into a Jelly Roll Morton number, arranged free-jazz style -
and a truly collective, ego-free group, making a sound that was frequently pleasant, in mainstream terms, but was also not afraid to take things further out when necessary.
A new CD is in the offing (in fact, the recording session came the day after this concert), and, if this particular performance was anything to go by, it should be a really interesting listen. Watch this space.
20th: Kate Richardson's Opus, with Gail Brand, Alexander Hawkins and others, University of Westminster, London
27th: Barkingside, Music Faculty, Oxford University
28th: Trio with Patrick Farmer and Jez Riley French, First Last LMC Festival, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
29th: Evan Parker Quartet with Alexander Hawkins & Tony Marsh, The Vortex, Dalston, London
June
1st: with Rocket Number Nine, The Macbeth, Hoxton Street, London
"Free-wheeling beats, cybernetic grooves and risk-heavy riffs are the order of the day. The magic of their performance is bound two-fold, first by their improvisation and second their intuition. Testament to this was demonstrated by the inclusion of a double-bass musician at their last show. Plucked strings dripped droplets of sound at perfect intervals, inviting all and sundry to partake in their semi-psychic interaction."
Johhny East at Lithe Recordings
2nd: Quartet with Ian Smith, Joe Williamson and Javier Carmona, Boat-Ting, Temple Pier, London
6th: Mel, Science Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford
10th: London Improvisors' Tentet, The Others, Stoke Newington, London
11th: Trio with Camilla Cancantata (trombone, accordeon) and Trish Elphinstone (alto and soprano saxophones), Port Mahon, St Clement's, Oxford
14th: Multimedia performance with Tony Conrad (violin, etc), Angharad Davies (violin) and MV Carbon (cello, etc), Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London
16th: Trio with Mark Sanders (drums) and Ricardo Tejero (reeds), Boat-Ting, Temple Pier, London
17th: Kindness May Lash, The Klinker, Maggie's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
Our fifth anniversary gig!
18th: Trio with Paul May (drums) and Simon Rose (alto saxophone), Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
21st: Quartet with Lol Coxhill (soprano saxophone), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Daisy Palmer (drums), Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
July
4th: ARCO ensemble at Expo Brighton
5th: Trio with Tony Bevan (saxophones) and Chris Corsano (drums), The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Review by David Grundy (from Eartrip): In the small, half-empty upstairs room of an Oxford pub, three musicians were exploring musical possibilities and the possibility of mixing individual assertiveness with collaborative interaction and co-operation. Drummer Chris Corsano, perhaps best known for the power psychadelia of his duo with Mick Flower, and fresh from a tour with Bjork, has shown himself to be equally capable in numerous different contexts, one of them being free improvisation; Tony Bevan has the seal of approval of legendary drummer Sunny Murray (he appears in a trio with Murray and bassist John Edwards on "The Gearbox Explodes!" from 2006), and Dom Lash is one of the busiest and most reliable improv bassists around. The first set begins with Bevan on tenor, playing straight free jazz (if there can be said to be such a thing), as he gradually raises his sound from one level to another, further and further into altissimo ranges. Lash takes a short bass solo, exploiting weird arco harmonics after a short, plucked prelude with a Jimmy Garrison feel; a sad, almost subdued feel, sounds dragged downwards, the suggestion of a motor. Bevan's re-entry seems to force a little more conventionality on things (not necessarily his fault - it's just that the sound of the saxophone has so many connotations) - and there's a free jazz finish. Bevan switches to soprano for the second piece. An edgy, punchy opening sees Corsano sticking cloths over the drums to mute the sound. Soprano skitter, bird flutter, trilled ululations. Lash comes in circling over the strings with his bow, Corsano introduces shakers, bells. Sax becomes more flowing over bowed bass. Soon we're back to free jazz, Bevan walking with an occasional, somewhat Coltraneish reedy tone - as he did when playing tenor, he introduces a few melodic phrases, partly as respite yet still settled in the flow of free sax note-shudders. Corsano delivers pell-mell thunder from drum to drum with cymbal bursts to accentuate, or, as here, to ride while Lash pluckscrapes in a vaguely jazzy manner. The bass is eerie arco again, the soprano back in with a piercing shriek, Corsano places a cymbal on the snare, holds it in place with both feet and vigorously scrapes across it with two bows. All three instruments concentrated into little high sonorities, soprano hissing noises, all creating a kind of intense sustain very hard to maintain at these pitches. Corsano is blowing into some sort of mouthpiece at the end of curved black tube, his head contorted to one side. If the first piece felt like a saxophonist leading a rhythm section, this is a much more integrated experience, and the better for it. Once more, Bevan switches horns, this time to the massive beast that is the bass saxophone, on which he achieves a surprising fluidity (without sacrificing the instrument's gnarly quality). From his fingers and breath emerges an out of breath howl, wind struggling to make itself heard, the gasp of a death rattle, whoops and low growls. Lash grinds the bass strings, then plays behind them, while Corsano bows on what sounds like a deconstructed bass (just one of the accoutrements he adds to the conventional drum kit). There's a great concentration on sounds here, which I would say lends the music more of an improv aesthetic than a free jazz aesthetic (perhaps dictated by the unwieldy nature of Bevan's instrument as much as anything, although there does seem to have been a gradual progression throughout the concert.) It's as if the three players are hovering in the suspenseful anticipation of an event about to happen, but don't want to spoil things by launching in with clunky "moving on" devices; the music is waiting to explode, or just to slip back under the surface, like bubbles in the ice. Bevan spins out solemn, slow melodies - this instrument can't help but sound ominous, yet he introduces a plaintive lyrical quality as well, as he tells the story of some lament. A Ken Vandermark-esque riff releases things; Corsano switches back to the conventional drum kit, keeping up an almost constant cymbal spatter while the sax eases in, becomes more confident, strides out (but of course always with that edge, the memory of the sad/sinister opening). Fragility underlies the ostensible brawniness of this straighter free jazz section, emerging in full cry as despairing high yells are juxtaposed with low-down honks; not so much self-dialogue as self-combat. Things are on the verge of hysteria, an altissimo shrieking figure repeats itself over and over but finds nowhere to go, so things subside for something more serene-sinister, with Corsano on the brushes and Lash playing arco once more. They constantly avoid full-blown balladry, yet constantly hint at it as well - a menacing tenderness, given added colour by the eerie, almost robotic multiphonics that emerge from the bass sax. A long, sustained note leaves just bass and drums, working round an idea that first came in behind that note. Voice-like, Mingus "What Love" wood-snap as Bevan wipes his brow, bell harmonics and Corsano's bowing over his stringed implements. ?Solemn lament introduced on tenor sax, undercut by scittery metallic percussion (Corsano at this point doing anything to avoid conventional beating implements, it seems - using his hands, knives and forks, to make a familiar kit seem strange again). Volume rising, Corsano returning to the sticks, really getting it, loud batteries, surges, Bevan eyes closed, red-faced blowing, momentarily takes out sax mouthpiece and emits a human scream. No let-up, things only stop when the mouthpiece gets fucked up, and, adapting to circumstance, bass and drums abruptly finish.
9th: Mel, plus quartet with Atkins, Doubleday and Guastalla, Port Mahon, Oxford
12th: Imaginary String Trio, Grange White Hall Hotel, Russell Square, London
20th (afternoon): London Improvisers Orchestra, Amadeus Centre, Maida Vale, London
20th (evening): Barkingside, Mopomoso, The Vortex, Dalston, London
21st: Electric Barkingside, Boat-Ting, Yacht Club, Temple Pier, London
29th: Quartet with Ricardo Tejero, Alison Blunt and Adrian Northover, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
August
14th: Trio with David Stent (guitar) and Isambard Khroustaliov (laptop), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
17th: London Improvisers Orchestra, Amadeus Centre, Maida Vale, London
September
10th: Two Plump Daughters (with Chris Cundy, contrbass clarinet) plus quintet with Cundy, Tim Hodgkinson (clarinet), Julian Faultless (French horn) and David Stent (guitar), Port Mahon, St Clement's, Oxford.
21st: Trio with Garry Todd (tenor sax) and Dave Solomon (drums), Mopomoso, The Vortex, London
27th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Bimhuis, Amsterdam
October
5th: London Improvisers Orchestra, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
8th: Trio with Pete McPhail and John Grieve (saxophones); Quintet with Grieve, McPhail, Charles Hayward (drums) and Chris Brown (guitar), Oxford Improvisers, Port Mahon, St Clements, Oxford
12th: Duo with Alex Ward (clarinet) and trio with Ward and Vanessa Mackness (voice), Private Event (Incus Salon), Clapton, London
15th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Akbank Jazz Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
18th: Trio with Seymour Wright and David Papapostolou, Sound 323 closing down party, Sound 323, Highgate, London
Video by David Reid of the entire performance here.
19th: Quartet with Tony Bevan (saxophones), Paul Obermeyer (electronics) and Phil Marks (drums), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
24th: Duo with Tony Conrad, Auditorium of the Louvre Museum, Paris
28th: Nostromo, Jazz Rumours, Cross Kings, King's Cross, London
29th: Trio with Pete McPhail and Mark Sanders, Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
31st: Steve Reid Ensemble, Periferias Festival, Huesca, Spain
November
1st: Steve Reid Ensemble, Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland
4th: Trio with Phil Minton (vocals) and Alexander Hawkins (piano), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
6th: Steve Reid Ensemble, Zaragoza, Spain
9th: Roland Ramanan Tentet, London New Wind Festival, HMS President, London
10th: Trio with Patrick Farmer and Matt Milton, Chelsea College of Art, London
15th: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, Cohesion Festival 2008, Oxford Improvisers, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
Also on the bill: Barry Guy/Mark Sanders/Ken Vandermark trio
16th: Duo with Matt Hutchinson (electronics), Cohesion Festival 2008, Oxford Improvisers, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
17th: ARCO Ensemble, Boat-Ting, Temple Pier, London
18th: Trio with Al Easdon (guitar) and Nicky Heinen (flute), Jazz Rumours, Cross Kings, Kings Cross, London
19th: Roland Ramanan Tentet, Flim Flam, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
21st: Duo with Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics), to Martin Hampton's film Traum, Not Applicable, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
"Khroustaliov then collaborated with the double bass of Dominic Lash for the evening's highlight, a live soundtrack to Martin Hampton's Traum." Mapsadaisical
24th: Representations Nine with Alexander Hawkins, David Stent and Javier Carmona, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield
December
2nd: Trio with Patrick Farmer and Matt Milton, Kammer Klang, Charlie Wright's International, London
7th: London Improvisers Orchestra 10th anniversary gig, HMS President, London
8th: Somedectet (debut gig for new big band featuring Gail Brand, Olie Bryce, Javier Carmona, Mark Hanslip, Shabaka Hutchins, Alexander Hawkins, DL, Nick Malcolm, Hannah Marshall), Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
9th: Trio with Steve Noble (drums) and Ricardo Tejero (reeds), Jazz Rumours, Cross Kings, London
10th: brief large group with Frode Gjerstadt, Paal Nilssen-Love, Nick Stephens, Pete McPhail, John Grieve, Chris Brown, Oxford Improvisers, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Times review: here.
11th: Gannets (supporting Acoustic Ladyland), The Vortex, Dalston, London
Guardian Review here.
16th: Ensemble Progressivo with Ricardo Tejero, Alison Blunt, Adrian Northover, The Klinker, Maggie's Bar, Stoke Newington, London
21st: Mopomoso Xmas Bash, various groupings, including duo with Karl da Silva (alto sax), The Vortex, Dalston, London
2007
February
5th: duo with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry), Boat-Ting, London
A review of this gig can be read here.
6th: duo with Okkyung Lee (cello), KneeKnees, Rose of England, Nottingham
A review can be read here, and another (by Richard Pinnell) here.
7th: solo and in various combinations with Bruce Coates (sax), Mike Hurley (piano), Will Guthrie (amplifed percussion) and others, Fizzle, Lamp Tavern, Birmingham
8th: duo with Patrick Farmer (drums, etc), Islington Mill, Salford
9th: trio with Patrick Farmer (drums, etc) and Will Guthrie (amplified percussion, etc), Frakture, 52 Roscoe Street, Liverpool
10th: duo with Patrick Farmer (drums, etc), No-Fi, Star & Shadow, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (supporting Chris Corsano and Mike Flower)
"Next on the bill was Patrick Farmer and Dominic Lash. Less tight, but equally innovative, Farmer and Lash entertained the crowd with their DIY sound. Armed with dry peas, empty yogurt pots and an endless supply of polystyrene, Farmer creates sanity questioning beats, accompanied by Lash's endless efforts to veer left of every known note or chord."
James Costelloe, Newcastle Journal 12/2/07
Photos from this gig can be seen here.
15th: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash (Mick Beck [tenor sax, bassoon, whistles, balloons, etc], Stephen Grew [piano], Philip Marks [drums, percussion]), Over The Top, Sheffield
(double bill with Matthias Forge, Cyril Epinat and Leo Dumont)
16th: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash, New Music Northwest, URC, Lancaster
18th: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash, Mopomoso, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
20th: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
22nd: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash, Klinker South, Ivy House, Nunhead, London
23rd: Grew Trio plus Dominic Lash, Xposed Club, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
24th: part of large group including members of Oxford Improvisers, Okeanos and Ensemble Isis performing joint collective piece featuring improvisation and composition or structured improvisation from Malcolm Atkins, Pat Thomas, Jill Elliot and Bruno Guastalla
Jaqueline du Pre Concert Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
March
17th: quartet with Bruno Guastalla (cello), Samantha Rebello (flute) and David Stent (guitar); quartet with John Butcher (saxophones), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Roger Telford (drums); & performance with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra (including conducting a Concerto for John Butcher)
Jacqueline du Pre Concert Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
21st: trio with Philipp Wachsmann and Bruno Guastalla, Bohman Brothers Present, Battersea Arts Centre, London
A review of this gig can be read here.
22nd: quartet with Angharad Davies (violin), Benedict Drew (laptop) and Phil Durrant (laptop), The Fleapit, London
27th: duo with Samantha Rebello, Bodrum Cafe, Stoke Newington, London
29th: duo with Pete McPhail (flute & baritone saxophone), Ray's Jazz, Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London
31st: part of Acoustic Images II, presented by Oxford Improvisers, including guided improvisations on double bass, as well as percussion in A Normal Day at the Lab by Bruno Guastalla, with Helen Edwards, Alexander Hawkins and David Stent
St Helen's Church, Abingdon
April
3rd: Bandroom Bethnal Green, curated by Oyvind Torvund. Featuring Plus-Minus, Steve Beresford, Tim Parkinson and many more. See here for more details.
Rational Rec, Bethnal Green Working Mens Club.
6th: duo with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry), Klinker North, Black Horse, Archway, London
16th: Gannets, Boat-Ting, Temple Pier, London
20th: Tongues of Fire, South Hill Park, Bracknell
22nd: Tongues of Fire, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
Launch of 7" single on Nanny Tango records
27th: Non-Stop Tango, Gappy Tooth Productions, The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
May
2nd: trio with Lol Coxhill (soprano saxophone) and Alexander Hawkins (piano), Free Radicals, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
4th: Non-Stop Tango, Klub Kakofanny, The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
6th: with London Improvisers Orchestra (alone and together with Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra), Freedom of the City Festival, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
7th: Barkingside, Freedom of the City, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
9th: Tongues of Fire, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset
21st: trio with Roland Ramanan (trumpet, etc) and Javier Carmona (drums and percussion) [and quintet with Jackie Walduck (vibes) and Alison Blunt (violin)], St Leonards, Clerkenwell, London
28th: Non-Stop Tango, Exeter Hall, Oxford
31st: Paddlock (with Al Easton, Dave Hayley, Paul Moss - plus guest Mick Beck), The Klinker, The Ivy House, Nunhead, London
June
1st: Worlds Unknown (DL with Tim Hill, saxophones & Steve Noble, drums), The Klinker, Salisbury Hotel, Harringey, London
2nd: Worlds Unknown, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
6th: Roland Ramanan Tentet with Roland Ramanan and Ian Smith, trumpets; Robert Jarvis, trombone; Adrian Northover, Mark Browne and Ricardo Tejero, saxophones; Marcio Mattos, cello; DL, double bass; Javier Carmona and Tony Marsh, drums & percussion, Free Radicals, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
13th: Tim Hill solo; duos with DL; trio with DL & Bruno Guastalla (cello); quartet with Cliff Stapleton (hurdy gurdy), Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset
14th: DL with Eddie Prevost (percussion) & David O'Connor (baritone saxophone), Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
July
4th: The Maltsters (DL with David Stent, electric guitar & Paul May, drums), AltSpace, South London Gallery, Peckham Road, London
5th: Barkingside, Battersea Arts Centre, London
6th: Tongues of Fire, opening the Cheltenham Festival, Cheltenham
7th: Worlds Unknown Trio, Taunton
11th: DL guesting with Tim Hill's Albion Horns, including a trio set with Hill and additional guest Steve Harris on drums, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset
12th: DL with Alexander Hawkins (piano), Jake Telford (reeds) and Roger Telford (drums), Back in Your Town, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
28th: DL (on viola) playing Dawn Scarfe's Rounds: Smeaton's Lighthouse with Scarfe (musical glasses), Jem Finer (hurdy-gurdy) and Jonny McHugh (guitar and electronics), Smeaton's Lighthouse, The Hoe, Plymouth
August
11th: Tongues of Fire, Iford Arts, nr. Bath
17th: Tongues of Fire, Manchester Piccadilly Gardens
23rd: DL with Al Eason (guitar), Nicky Heinen (flutes) and Hugh Metcalfe (guitar, percussion, poetry, etc), The Klinker, The Ivy House, Nunhead, London
26th: DL with TRAW, presented by Fourier Transform, Port Mahon, Oxford
"The main reason i came to the gig was to see the Traw trio play in a quartet with Oxford double bassist Dom Lash. For those not aware Traw are laptop trio originating from Cardiff but now spread all over the place that still manage to play together a few times a year despite one of their number now living in Paris. Lash had never before played with Traw, and as the set began this was clear, as the first five minutes or so saw the musicians tentatively seek common ground. An opening made up of an almost featureless ambience from the laptoppers made it hard for Lash to find a way in, settling for textural scrapes over the electronic backdrop, but soon after things opened up nicely. One or more of the Traw players began to use samples of Lash's own playing taken from his myspace site, something he wasn't expecting but this pulled him into the performance, and the last twenty minutes or so was very nice indeed. Dom is a highly skilled improvisor, splitting his time between playing in more traditional improv settings and more recently in more "EAI" settings, bringing a sensitivity and responsive ear to the music. Here his touch was sublime, despite him being troubled by a painful back injury, blending a series of dry textures and softly bowed grainy notes into the swirling collage of sounds springing from the laptops, but also not afraid to add the odd jarring sound as counterpoint to the electronics. Highly enjoyable."
Richard Pinnell, Learning to Listen, 27/8/2007
"Welsh laptop improvisers Traw put on a rather more novel and entertaining performance. Dominic Lash of Oxford Improvisers is at the forefront with his double bass, scratching and rattling away while the three Welshmen get to work live-sampling him. The upshot is a succulent radiation from the Port's PA, disorientating and feeding the imagination, which flies off in all directions when one's eyes remain closed. Brilliant."
Pascal Ansell, Nightshift, October 2007
27th: Gannets, The Big Chill House, Pentonville Road, London
"Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield shows a different and far more interesting musical incarnation with the Gannets, who whip up a rumbling cacophony, something like a noisier, freer Acoustic Ladyland."
Tom Hughes, The Guardian, 29/8/2007
September
2nd: London Improvisers Orchestra, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
5th: Kindness May Lash, Free Radicals, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
12th: Oxford Improvisers Sinfonietta (Malcolm Atkins, Chris Brown, Camilla Cancantata, Miles Doubleday, Trish Elphinstone, Jill Elliot, Julian Faultless, Julie Hamilton, Dominic Lash, Pete McPhail, Paul Medley, Nick Sorenson, David Stent, Pat Thomas),
and trio with Mick Beck (saxophone & bassoon) and Pete McPhail (saxophones) [concert also featured Mick Beck solo], Port Mahon, Oxford
17th: DL with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry) and Alex Ward (clarinet), Boat-Ting, The Yacht Club, Temple Pier, London
25th: DL with Nicky Heinen (flute and alto flute), The Klinker, Stage B, Stoke Newington, London
October
4th: Quintet with Patrick Farmer (percussion), Ryan Jewell (percussion), Matt Milton (violin), David Thomas (viola), Permanent Vacation house show, Oxford
5th: Gannets, Xposed Club, Cheltenham
9th: Trio with Pete McPhail and Mark Sanders, plus quintet with Viv Corringham (voice) and Pat Thomas (electronics), Port Mahon, Oxford
"Tonight's first set brings [Mark Sanders] together with Pete McPhail on sax and flute and Dominic Lash on double bass. The result is assured yet gentle, the three seeming to share a telepathic sense
of where the others are going. Sanders uses an assortment of bells to augment his standard kit, with fine results."
Art Lagun, Nightshift, November 2007
15th: Trio with Pete McPhail and Mark Sanders, Boat-Ting, The Yacht Club, London
19th: Imaginary String Trio, Xposed Club, Cheltenham
21st: Imaginary String Trio, Mopomoso, Red Rose, London
24th: with London Improvisers Orchestra plus guests (including Ken Vandermark and Kenny Wheeler), Paul Rutherford Memorial Concert, Red Rose, London
26th: Imaginary String Trio and quintet with Stephen Grew (piano) and Evan Parker (soprano saxophone), Cohesion 2007, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
27th: Alexander Hawkins Quintet with Carmona, Fischer and Marshall, and Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, Cohesion 2007, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
28th: Imaginary String Trio, Frakture Festival, Cornerstone, Hope University at Everton, Liverpool
29th: Alexander Hawkins Sextet with Carmona, Fischer, Marshall and Robinson, The Vortex, Dalston, London
30th: Imaginary String Trio, Fizzle, Lamp Tavern, Birmingham
November
3rd: Imaginary String Trio, The Rising Sun, Reading
8th: Gannets, Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London
Photos from this gig here.
9th: Trio with Pat Thomas and Malcolm Atkins (and solos from each musician), 2:30pm, Harcourt Hill Chapel, Oxford Brookes University
9th: Roland Ramanan Tentet, 9pm, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
10th: Tongues of Fire Quartet (with Tim Hill, Geoff Hawkins and Mark Sanders), The Rising Sun, Reading
15th: The Seen with Ashley John Long, Matthew Lovett, Mark Wastell, Joe Williamson (contrabasses) and Matt Davis, Benedict Drew, Phil Durrant, Louisa Martin, David Toop (laptops), The Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
20th: Gannets, The Vortex, Dalston, London
"It's not often that you get a chance to see three of the most exciting new bands in British jazz on one bill, so it came as no surprise two nights ago when an exuberant audience packed into the sold out Vortex jazz club in London. Opening the night were the explorative free-jazz group Gannets.
A definite emphasis on humour prevented their riotous sound from taking itself too seriously, a lot like the Art Ensemble of Chicago after a hefty shot of adrenalin. Their extended collective improvisations were high in energy but were also able to maintain focus through an intelligent use of dynamic shifts.
By juxtaposing dense periods of free creativeness with subtler instrumental tinkering, the texture of the performance was both eclectic and refreshing."
Jazzwise
A small and not terribly representative excerpt from the gig can be seen here:
26th: Representations One with Javier Carmona, Bruno Guastalla, Pete McPhail and David Stent (composition by DL), The Hub, Brunel University, Uxbridge
December
5th: Alexander Hawkins Ensemble with Javier Carmona, Hannah Marshall and Orphy Robinson, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
8th: Trio with Pat Thomas (electronics) and Julian Faultless (French horn); duo with David Stackenas (guitar, etc); and sextet with Faultless, Stackenas, Thomas, Camilla Cancantata (trombone) and David Stent (guitar), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University
9th: Trio with Steve Beresford (electronics) and Gail Brand (trombone), Holy Redeemer Church Hall, Exmouth Market, London
"First set had Gail Brand on trombone and mouthpiece, Steve Beresford on electronics and other stuff to hand, and Dominic Lash on double bass. Nice genial communication in a 20-minute or so improv piece. Remarkable mainly for the 5 minute concluding segment in which Beresford seemed to re-present Brand & Lash with themselves, leading to a fine, dense jam. Another brief piece followed; very lyrical!"
rrot., I Hate Music
13th: Trio with Al Eason (guitar) and Nicky Heinen (flutes), The Klinker, The Ivy House, Dalston, London
16th: Mopomoso Xmas Bash. Sets included duo with Dave Tucker (guitar); quintet with Tucker, Chris Cundy (bass clarinet), Dave Fowler (drums) and Adrian Northover (saxophone); and quartet with Alison Blunt (violin), Ivor Kallin (viola) and Hannah Marshall (cello), The Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
17th: Gannets, and duo with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry), Boat-Ting, The Yacht Club, Temple Pier, London
2006
January
11th: Nostromo, Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
28th: Mel [trio with David Stent (acoustic guitar) and Chris Stubbs (percussion); graphic score ("First Piece for Mel") by DL, in response to Metron, artwork by Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel Ralphs], Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton on Thames
February
1st: various combinations of Oxford Improvisers plus Neil Davidson (guitar) and Raymond MacDonald (sax), Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
18th: with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra as part of Reflections, Refractions, Distortions, Magdalen College School, Oxford
A recording of Malcolm Atkins' piece Do Geese See God, which was the centrepiece of this concert, is available here.
March
1st: Intents and Purposes, Red Rose, London
5th: with London Improvisers Orchestra, Red Rose, London
7th: will Jill Elliott (octave violin), Malcolm Atkins (violin) and Cafe Reason dance group, devised piece to accompany statue unveiling, Oxford Castle, Oxford
15th: trio with Simon Rose (alto sax) and Paul May (drums), Ryans, Stoke Newington, London
16th: Barkingside, The Klinker, Nunhead, London
25th: Acoustic Images, Oxford Improvisers with Visuals [including DL duo with Bruno Guastalla (cello)], St. Helen's Church, Abingdon (part of Abingdon Festival 2006)
28th: SILA, Schmazz at the Cluny, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
April
8th (afternoon): Tongues of Fire, Oxford Folk Festival, Oxford Castle
8th (evening): Tongues of Fire, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
12th: trio with Alan Wilkinson (sax) and Roger Telford (drums), & quintet with AW, RT, Pete McPhail (reeds) and Pat Thomas (electronics), Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
14th: SILA, The Klinker, Dalston, London
19th: trio with Steve Noble (drums) and Yedo Gibson (reeds), Ryans, Stoke Newington, London
22nd: Nostromo, St. John's College Auditorium, Oxford
A photo from this concert is available here.
24th: Nostromo with Orphy Robinson (steel pan, trumpet), Vortex Jazz Club, London
27th: SILA, Hibernian, Birmingham
May
1st: trio with Steve Noble and Yedo Gibson, Boat-Ting, London
2nd: Nostromo, Fizzle, Lamp Tavern, Birmingham
4th: SILA, St. John's College Auditorium, Oxford
"Each piece started with the statement of a standard . . . and moved from there further and further into the flood plains of inventive, original and often highly entertaining anarchy. . . . Dominic Lash on bass was, in effect, the only player at times to hold down the beat . . ."
Paul Medley, Oxford Times 12/5/06
7th: Mothership Riga [Oxford Improvisers fuse P-Funk with the Balkans, including DL on electric bass], downstairs at the Zodiac, Oxford
10th: Intents and Purposes [with Bruno Guastalla (cello) depping for Joe Williamson]. Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
12th: Mark Wastell (tam-tam, convenor), Burkhard Beins (percussion), Angharad Davies (violin), Bertrand Denzler (tenor sax), Ben Drew (laptop), Wolfgang Fuchs (turntables), Graham Halliwell (feedback, elec.), Tomas Korber (gtr/elec) and DL, Teaterhuset Avant Garden, Trondheim, Norway
A photo from this concert can be seen here, and a video clip here, if your computer unlike mine can load it without crashing!
13th: Twittering Machine, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
14th: Twittering Machine, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
June
14th: quintet with Adam Bohman (amplified objects), Chris Stubbs (percussion), Julian Faultless (French horn) and Pete McPhail (baritone saxophone), plus other combinations including Patrizia Paoli, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
19th: duo with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry), Boat-Ting, London
20th: Snuffle for the Truffle [trio with Sandy Kindness (reeds) and Armin Sturm (double bass)], The Klinker, Dalston, London
21st: duo with Jeremy Arden (laptop) [composition by Jeremy Arden], Morley College, London
July
12th: quartet with Tony Bevan (saxes), Alexander Hawkins (elec. organ) and Roger Telford (drums), Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
14th: The Locals, Konfrontationen Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria
"The band was likeable, rich in hues, firmly established in the rhythm section (for my personal taste slightly too harsh and slow); it had moments when it ascended. However it all stayed at a respectable level; I failed to detect any amazing communication between the musicians nor joy of playing."
Piotr Tkacz, www.diapason.pl
18th: duo with Bruno Guastalla (cello, bandoneon) and trio with BG and Philipp Wachsmann (violin/elec.), Jacueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
21st: Tongues of Fire, Bracknell Town Centre
28th: SPARC in the Park: duo between DL (mixing board feedback and VCS3) and Alexander Hawkins (little instruments) - a photo of this performance is available here;
also Non-Stop Tango [DL (electric bass) with Miles Doubleday (vocals etc), Pat Thomas (piano, electronics, melodica), Malcolm Atkins (electric violin, piano, melodica, etc) and Chris Hills (drums, tablas, etc.)], The Dairy, Headington Hill Park, Oxford
29th: SPARC in the Park, including duo of DL (contrabass) and Helen Edwards (dance), The Dairy, Headington Hill Park, Oxford
30th: SPARC in the Park, The Dairy, Headington Hill Park, Oxford
August
5th: Tongues of Fire, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
September
1st: Non-stop Tango, Klub Kakofanney, The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
4th: Gannets, (Fyfe Dangerfield, Chris Cundy, Alex Ward, Steve Noble & DL), Boat-Ting, London
A video excerpt from this concert can be seen here.
12th: trio with Steve Noble and Yedo Gibson, The Klinker, Dalston, London
13th: trio with Mark Sanders (drums) and Chris Brown (electric guitar), & quartet with Pat Thomas (electronics), Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
"Meanwhile, Dominic Lash, eschewing the traditional role of the bass, fed in a rich variety of lines and approaches that also moved forward and back in response to the tapestry of sound from Sanders."
Paul Medley, Oxford Times 22/9/06
20th: duo with Bruno Guastalla (cello), Battersea Arts Centre, London
23rd: various combinations with Philipp Wachsmann (violin/elec.), Bruno Guastalla (cello, bandoneon), John Russell (acoustic guitar), Martin Blume (drums and percussion), Lawrence Casserley (electronics and signal processing) and Michael Bunce (electronics and signal processing), Colourscape, Clapham Common, London
Two photos from this concert can be seen here.
24th: trio with Pete McPhail (reeds) and Alexander Hawkins (piano) [compositions included three pages from Christian Wolff's For One, Two or Three People and a medley of tunes by Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman], United Reform Church, Cambridge
26th: Barkingside [evening included two quartet sets and a collaboration with Michael Horowitz (poetry & voice)], part of Urban Underworld happening, Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Two photos from this concert can be seen here, and there is a review by Anne L Ryan here.
October
2nd: Oxford Improvising Orchestra, Accession CD launch, Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
14th: duo with Angharad Davies, Interlace, Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, London
You can hear an MP3 of this performance here.
16th: Intents and Purposes, and DL duo with Sibyl Madrigal, Boat-Ting, London
18th: Kindness May Lash, Bohman Brothers Present, Battersea Arts Centre, London
22nd: trio with Pete McPhail and Alexander Hawkins [including compositions by The Art Ensemble of Chicago and William Parker], United Reform Church, Cambridge
24th: Fluence, special recording session, downloadable in its entirety along with video excerpts, scores, photos and text at dispatx, with David Stent, Ray Lee (theramin), Paul Whitty (piano & electronics), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Miles Doubleday (pre-recorded and contact miked sound), Radley School, nr. Abingdon, Oxfordshire
26th: trio with Steve Noble and Alexander Hawkins [event co-promoted by DL, Gerard Tierney and Alexander Hawkins; also on the bill: John Butcher and Corey Fogel solo & Cranc] Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
November
1st: Mel (David Stent, Chris Stubbs & DL), perform DL's compositions Second Piece for Mel (for DL & DS) and First Piece for Mel (for trio) in response to Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel Ralph's exhibition Metron, Ovada Gallery, Gloucester Green, Oxford
3rd: Convergence Quartet (Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn & G trumpet; Harris Eisenstadt - drums & percussion; Alexander Hawkins - piano; DL - contrabass), Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds
5th: with London Improvisers Orchestra, Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London
6th: Convergence Quartet, Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
A review of this concert by John Sharpe (with photos) can be read here.
7th: Convergence Quartet, Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London
"The Convergence Quartet, American cornettist/flugelhorn player Taylor Ho Bynum, Canadian drummer Harris Eisenstadt, UK pianist Alex Hawkins and Oxford Improvisers' bassist Dominic Lash (7),
operate in the fertile hinterland between structure (they hint at rhythmically regular playing via the use of sketchy 'heads', and concluded their first set with a Monk tune) and free improvisation. Eisenstadt, like, say, Jim Black or Tom Rainey, proved as adept at
providing relatively heavy, almost rock-type beats as in skittering and shuffling behind free playing. Hawkins (who provided stage commentary as well as compositions) operated inside the piano as tellingly as on the keyboard (where he exploits the percussive potential
of the instrument to great effect as well as playing dazzlingly fleet runs punctuated by high-note splashes and bass-note rumbles). Lash held the band sound together with his steadiness, occasionally erupting into blistering solo statements. Ho Bynum ran through the entire
range of his instruments' tonal possibilities, using smears, lip-smacks, high-note squeals, plus the odd run to spearhead a band approach that clearly riveted the attention of a decent-sized audience."
Chris Parker, from the Vortex website.
9th: Convergence Quartet, Corner House, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
10th: Convergence Quartet, Radley School, nr. Radley, Oxfordshire
11th: Convergence Quaret and trio of Veryan Weston - piano; Paul May - drums & percussion; DL - contrabass, Jaqueline du Pre Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
A review of this concert by Paul Medley, from the Oxford Times, can be seen here.
16th - 19th: Mie (six performances), 90 minute music theatre piece by Catherine Kontz, featuring Alastair Malloy (glass harmonica), Jamie Coleman, Angharad Davies, John Lely, Tim Parkinson and many more, The Space, Isle of Dogs, London
20th - Private playing/recording session with Angharad Davies, Steve Beresford, Benedict Drew, Phil Durrant, Ivan Palacky and Seymour Wright.
Photos from the session can be seen here.
December
7th: duo with Samantha Rebello (flute), Chapel, Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London
10th: trio with Pete McPhail (reeds) and Alexander Hawkins (piano), United Reform Church, Cambridge
13th: Non-Stop Tango (with Miles Doubleday, Malcolm Atkins, Pete McPhail, Paul Medley, and support from assorted others), Port Mahon, Oxford
17th: Mopomoso end of year concert. Short performances with three groups:
*Quartet chosen by Dave Tucker, with DT (electric guitar), Dave Fowler (drums) and Yedo Gibson (reeds).
*Trio with Lol Coxhill (soprano saxophone) and Alexander Hawkins (piano)
*Large group chosen by John Russell with JR (acoustic guitar), AH (piano), Stefan Keune (alto saxophone), Matt Hutchinson (electronics), Hannah Marshall (cello), Kay Grant (voice/electronics), Chefa Alonso (soprano saxophone) & Harry Gilonis (objects)
18th: Trio with Sibyl Madrigal (poetry) and Alex Ward (clarinet), Boat-Ting, Yacht Club, Temple Pier, London
2005
January
3rd: Tongues of Fire, Boat-Ting, London
5th & 6th: Tongues of Fire, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
". . . Dom Lash's dextrous bass playing teems with energy, corraling the rest of the players into coherence."
Stuart Fowkes, Nightshift Feb 06
16th: quartet with Chris Redgate (oboe), Julian Faultless (French horn) and Roger Telford (drums), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
18th: Kindness May Lash, The Klinker, Dalston, London
February
4th: quartet with Pat Thomas (piano), Malcolm Atkins (violin) and Helen Edwards (flute and dance), Harcourt Hill Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
March
5th: Open Score with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, COMA, Oxford Philomusica and Oxford Brookes Music Department [including improvisations and compositions by Finissy, Harvey, Nyman and others], Harcourt Hill Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
The Theremin Concerto conducted by Pat Thomas from this concert can be heard here.
6th: The Incident devised and improvised pieceswith Bruno Guastalla, Pete McPhail, Sarah Verney Caird, Helen Edwards and Joseph Butler, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
[16th: The Sixteen perform Von Hagen's Voicebox, for nine voices, by DL, Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford
"The most extraordinary piece of the evening was Dom Lash's Von Hagen's Voicebox, which explored the multitude of different sounds that can be produced by the mouth and voicebox. Not beautiful, perhaps, but certainly fascinating."
Nicola Lisle, Oxford Times, 25/3/05]
19th: duo with Sandy Kindness (reeds), Greenwich, London
20th: trio with Pat Thomas (electronics) and Roger Telford (drums), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
24th: with Tim Hill (saxophones), Matt Cowe (electric guitar), Dan Fox (trombone and percussion) & Ali Rigg (vocals) [compositions by Tim Hill], Lanternhouse, Ulverston
28th: trio with Fyfe Hutchins (piano etc) and Steve Noble, Bonnington Centre, London
April
9th: Framed Light, Free Sound [Oxford Improvisers with Visuals, including DL duo with Helen Edwards (dance)], All Saints Methodist Church, Abingdon (part of the Abingdon Festival 2005)
11th: duo with Nathaniel Catchpole (tenor saxophone), Bonnington Centre, London
14th: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, OVADA Gallery, Oxford
21st: duo with Pete McPhail (alto sax and flute), Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
"McPhail introduced flavours of jazz . . . while Lash wove webs of sound across the bass."
Paul Medley, Oxford Times, 29/4/05
A photo from this concert can be seen here.
26th and 30th: Rounds, collaborative sound art improvisation by Dawn Scarfe, with Malcolm Atkins, Radcliffe Observatory, Green College, Oxford
May
2nd: Kindness May Lash, Boat-Ting, London
10th: quartet with Pete McPhail (reeds), Harry Dawes (trombone) and Roger Telford (drums), The Klinker, Dalston, London
June
11th: Tongues of Fire, St. Barnabus Church, Jericho, Oxford
12th: Tongues of Fire and Relay [15 musicians, 4 dancers & 3 venues in 2 hours, including John Bisset (acoustic guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet)], Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
19th: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra perform Accession by Malcolm Atkins, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
22nd: trio with Pete McPhail (reeds) and Paul May (drums), Ryans, Stoke Newington, London
27th: trio with Fyfe Hutchins (piano etc) and Corey Fogel (drums), Bonnington Centre, London
July
2nd: Tongues of Fire, South Hill Park, Berkshire
11th: duo with Paul May (drums), Bonnington Centre, London
24th: duo with Paul May plus various combinations with Bruno Guastalla (cello), Chris Stubbs (percussion) and Ana Barbour (dance), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
31st: Kindness May Lash, Red Hedgehog, Highgate, London
August
6th: Tongues of Fire, Bracknell Town Centre
7th: with London Improvisers Orchestra, Red Rose, London
8th: duo with Pete McPhail, Bonnington Centre, London
12th: duos with Paul May (drums) and Mick Beck (tenor sax, bassoon) and trio, Over The Top, Nether Edge, Sheffield
20th: solo with Crossover dance group [led by Cecilia Macfalan], Botanical Gardens, Oxford
September
7th: trio and other combinations with Philipp Wachsmann (violin/electronics) and Bruno Guastalla (cello), Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
10th (lunchtime): Hadaly, OVADA Gallery, Oxford
10th (evening): duo with Paul May (drums), Club Sporadic, Swan In The Rushes, Loughborough
23rd: Hadaly with Helen Edwards (flute and dance) in rotating sculpture, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
25th: devised pieces by Clair Aldington [supporting Badland (Simon Rose, Simon H. Fell & Steve Noble)], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
29th: with Steve Reid Ensemble, Cargo, London
October
7th: with Oxford Improvisers [supporting Pat Thomas solo and Julian Faultless playing Stockhausen's In Freundschaft], Holywell Music Room, Oxford
10th: trio with Phil Wachsmann (violin) and Bruno Guastalla (cello), Bonnington Centre, London
12th: various combinations with Stephen Grew (keyboard), Philip Marks (drums), Richard Scott (electronics), Pat Thomas (electronics) and others, The Gregson Centre, Lancaster
21st: Kindness May Lash, The Klinker, Dalston, London
25th: trio with Veryan Weston (piano) and Paul May (drums), The Klinker, Dalston, London
November
2nd: solo and in quartet with Roland Ramanan (trumpet), Marcio Mattos (cello) and Tony Marsh (drums), Red Rose, London
3rd: duo with Paul May (drums), Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
"May creates almost vertiginous contrasts of percussion to complement the forceful and unexpected sounds from the bass. Lash is a master of the extreme, from high delicate harmonics to sudden growls and snaps from an open string."
Paul Medley, Oxford Times, 11/11/05
6th: quintet led by Roger Telford (drums) [supporting Roger Turner/Pat Thomas/Alex Ward], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
17th: Accession, Oxford Improvisers Orchestra led by Malcolm Atkins, Jaqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford.
Part of this performance is now available on CD as NMR 003. Short video extracts can be seen here.
December
3rd: trio with Nathaniel Catchpole (tenor sax) and David Stent (guitar), Jacksons Lane, Highgate, London
7th: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
11th: quintet with Pete McPhail (reeds), Harry Dawes (trombone), Julian Faultless (French horn) and Roger Telford (drums), Moving Tone Session, Cambridge Arms Hotel, Cambridge
18th: trio with Veryan Weston (piano) and Paul May (drums), Mopomoso Christmas Bash, Red Rose, London
2004
January
5th: Hadaly [trio with Malcolm Atkins (violin) and David Stent (acoustic guitar)], Bonnington Centre, London
7th: Hadaly, Red Rose, London
11th: Hadaly, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
17th: with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra playing Earle Brown's December 1952 as part of the Musicircus for John Cage Uncaged, Barbican Centre, London
19th: Kindness May Lash [trio with Sandy Kindness (reeds) and Paul May (drums)], Bonnington Centre, London
February
5th - 8th: Hadaly, plus Ana Barbour (dance), [one performance each day], Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
21st: with Pat Thomas, D'Orowing, Sandy Kindness, Joel Cooper & Malcolm Atkins, Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
March
7th: The Locals [Pat Thomas (piano), Alex Ward (clarinet), Evan Thomas (electric guitar), Dominic Lash (electric bass), Darren Hasson-Davis (drums), music by Anthony Braxton, arranged Pat Thomas] plus Chris Redgate Sextet [Chris Redgate (oboe), Malcolm Atkins (violin), Joel Cooper (trumpet), Sandy Kindness (bass clarinet), DL (contrabass), Julian Faultless (French horn)] + Ewan Bleach (sax), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
13th: Oxford Improvisers with Visuals, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
20th: Oxford Improvisers with Visuals as part of Abingdon Festival 2004, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
April
3rd: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra let by Simon H. Fell [compositions included Oxford Trio (for orchestra), Improvisation Panels (1), Too Busy, Morton's Mobile, Conduction 17 and free improvisations], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
13th: Kindness May Lash [trio with Sandy Kindess (reeds) and Paul May (drums)] and Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
14th: Kindness May Lash, Red Rose, London
15th: Kindness May Lash, The Klinker, Dalston, London
20th: Kindness May Lash, Fizzle, Old Moseley Arms, Birmingham
24th: Kindness May Lash, Yorkshire House, Lancaster
May
9th: Quartet with Ray Lee (theramin), Fyfe Hutchins (piano, electronics, goblets) and Greig Stewart (drums) [supporting Ronit Kirchmann (violin) and Pat Thomas], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
15th: Large ensemble performance with Howard Skempton, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
21st: Framed Light, Free Sound (Oxford Improvisers with visuals), Ark-T Centre, Oxford
22nd: with Bruno Guastalla (cello), music for Cafe Reason Butoh dance group, Botanical Gardens, Oxford
24th: duo with Simon H. Fell (double bass), Bonnington Centre, London
June
13th: with Malcolm Atkins (violin), Bruno Guastalla (cello) and Cafe Reason Butoh Dance Group, Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
23rd: Kindness May Lash, Ryans, Stoke Newington, London
27th: trio with Tim Hill (saxophones) and Paul May (drums) [compositions by Tim Hill], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
July
2nd: Tim Hill's Tongues of Fire [Tim Hill, Pete McPhail, Geoff Hawkins, Simon Prince (saxes and flutes), Julian Faultless (French horn), Harry Dawes (trombone), DL (contrabass), Steve Noble (drums and percussion)], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
3rd: Tongues of Fire, The Shed, Charlbury
5th: trio with Ian Smith (trumpet) and Noah Phillips (electric guitar), Bonnington Centre, London
25th: DL (contrabass/electronics) duo with Joel Cooper (trumpet, guitar), Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
September
1st: quartet with Fyfe Hutchins (piano, goblets), Steve Noble (drums) and Pat Thomas (electronics), Red Rose, London
13th: Kindness May Lash, Bonnington Centre, London
20th: Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, X-Change Gallery, Oxford
22nd: duo with Pete McPhail (alto sax, flute), X-Change Gallery, Oxford
26th: trio with Malcolm Atkins (violin) and Bruno Guastalla (cello) [supporting The Bohman Family], X-Change Gallery, Oxford
October
1st: Oxford Improvisers with Visuals, X-Change Gallery, Oxford
22nd: duo with Sandy Kindness (reeds) [part of accompanying concert to study day Improvisation in Musical Performance where DL delivered the paper Improvisation: Before, During and After], SOAS, London
24th: Kindness May Lash, Red Rose, London
29th: Kindness May Lash, April Cottage, Cheltenham
30th: Kindness May Lash, [alongside Bark!, part of the Frakture Festival 2004], Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool
31st: Kindness May Lash, [alongside Steve Harris' ZAUM], X-Change Gallery, Oxford
November
1st: Kindness May Lash, Boat-Ting, London
2nd: Kindness May Lash, Fizzle, Old Moseley Arms, Birmingham
23rd: Kindness May Lash [alongside ZAUM, Lighthouse Studio, Poole
26th: Gannets [Fyfe Hutchins (piano), Alex Ward (clarinet), Chris Cundy (bass clarinet), DL (contrabass), Steve Noble (drums)], The Klinker, Dalston, London
27th: with Julian Faultless (French horn), Malcolm Atkins (violin), David Stent (acoustic guitar) in various combinations accompanying the pictures of Martha Lewis, and with Hadaly plus Ana Babour (dance), OVADA Gallery, Oxford
28th: quartet with Pete McPhail (reeds), Harry Dawes (trombone) and Roger Telford (drums) [supporting Jasnoch/Collins/Grew], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
30th: Hadaly, Fizzle, Old Moseley Arms, Balsall Heath, Birmingham
"The door creaks open, and it's like sneaking into a seance. The last time we covered the upstairs scene of this hardcore improvising hang-out, Fizzle's atmosphere was far more outgoing. Tonight, it's near silent in here. Candles are fluttering on the few inhabited tables. Some of the shadowy figures in the select gathering are just about recognisable. Oh, and there's a band playing, though you might not have noticed that at first.
This is minimalism to the maximum. The night's opening act is Hadaly (what does that mean, anyone?), a trio from Oxford. Maybe they should have been headliners, as this date was launching their six-part Jazz Services tour. Maybe they did expect to be headliners . . .
It's a long time since I've heard (just about) an outfit that are so beautifully, lovingly quiet, so acoustically pure. I was ready for this near-silence after the previous evening's bass-whumping onslaught of Groove Armada at the Birmingham Academy. All three players are busy stroking their instruments very lightly. Malcolm Atkins bows his violin like he's slicing limes, Dominic Lash feints fingers against barely-taut double bass strings, and David Stent scrabbles guitar in muted John Russell fashion, with a touch of Derek Bailey. Yes, it's hard to avoid citing these two names when you're in the world of improvised acoustic guitar. The trio have a subtle sense of space and texture, a marvellous ability to impose self-restraint. Even when Atkins blows into his harmonium-melodica thing, his throaty wheezes are still transparent.
When the threesome start heightening their activity, it almost spoils the effect, breaking the spell. In a way, I bet they're glad the audience was so small. They could never have captured this stillness in a crowded, glass-clinking room."
Martin Longley, Jazz Review, January 2005
December
4th: Oxford Improvisers and others play Cornelius Cardew's Treatise (DL on contrabass and radio/electronics), Harcourt Hill Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
5th: Hadaly, The Playhouse, Cheltenham
6th: Hadaly, Bonnington Centre, London
9th: Hadaly, The Klinker, Nunhead, London
12th: Hadaly, and with the Oxford Improvisers Orchestra [plus Steve Beresford/Otto Fischer duo], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
2003
February
25th: trio with Tim Hill (sax) & Bruno Guastalla (cello) [supporting Eddie Prevost's Conditions], Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
March
19th: with Viv Corringham (voice/elec.), Pat Thomas (piano/elec.), Francesco Serpetti (piano), Tim Hill (alto and baritone saxophones), Chris Brown, David Stent and Evan Thomas (acoustic and electric guitars), Malcolm Atkins (violin) & Bruno Guastalla (cello) in various combinations, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
29th: trio with Pat Thomas (electronics) and Chris Brown (guitar/elec.), Electric Cinema, Birmingham
April
29th: Hadaly [trio with Malcolm Atkins (violin) and David Stent (acoustic guitar)], Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
May
10th: Hadaly, St. John's College Chapel, Oxford
14th: The Locals [Pat Thomas (piano), Alex Ward (clarinet), Evan Thomas (el. gtr.), DL (electric bass), John Callaghan (drums); compositions by Anthony Braxton, arranged Pat Thomas], Headington Hill Hall, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
June
5th: Kindness May Lash (first performance - then called Maxwell House!), Headington Hill Hall, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
July
8th: Kindness May Lash [trio with Sandy Kindness (reeds) and Paul May (drums)], The Klinker, Dalston, London
11th: with the Oxford Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Pat Thomas and DL and featuring Ray Lee (theramin), Ana Babour (dance) and Pat Thomas (piano), plus quartet with Julian Faultless (French horn), Otto Fischer (acoustic guitar) and Fyfe Hutchins (piano, elec., goblets) Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
September
4th: with Harris Eisenstadt (drums), Pat Thomas, Otto Fischer, Malcolm Atkins & David Stent in various combinations, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
October
2nd - 4th: Hadaly play Seamless/Palindrome by DL each night, as part of MA degree show 36 Hours, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
16th: Kindness May Lash, The Klinker, Dalston, London
[30th: Ensemble Isis perform Stringscape #2 for cello and bass, by DL, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford]
November
9th: with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra, Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
29th: trio with Tim Hill (sax) and Harry Dawes (trombone), plus with Oxford Improvisers Orchestra and in vocal ensemble led by Phil Minton, Ark-T Centre, Oxford
2002
January
24th: with Tim Hill (alto sax), Francesco Serpetti (piano), Evan Thomas (electric guitar) & Alex Ward (clarinet) in various combinations, St. John's College Chapel, Oxford
February
26th: duo with Sandy Kindness (bass clarinet) and trio with Romuald Wadych (elec. bass), Sound 323, London
April
26th: duo with Pat Thomas (electronics) & quartet with PT, Stephen Grew (piano) and Philip Marks (drums), St. John's College Chapel, Oxford
May
2nd: with Charlotte Hug (viola/elec.), Pat Thomas (piano/elec.), Tim Hill (alto sax), Alex Ward (clarinet), Evan Thomas (electric and acoustic guitars) & Otto Fischer (acoustic soprano guitar) in various combinations, St. John's College Auditorium, Oxford
A one-minute excerpt from this concert can be heard here.
2001
May
15th: with Pat Thomas (piano) and Alex Ward (clarinet), St. John's College Chapel, Oxford (part of St. John's Arts Festival 2001)
August
1st: trio with Paul and Tim from the Delta Family, part of LEAPS Summer Soiree, Portland Arms, Cambridge
November
2nd: with Pat Thomas (piano) and Alex Ward (clarinet), St. John's College Auditorium, Oxford
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