A gig held at Bristol Beacon on Thursday 9th May. The event starts at 20:00.
At once both dark and detailed, colourful and chaotic, this Quintet is the new project from UK pianist and composer Kit Downes.
It features Calum Gourlay (bass), James Maddren (drums), Lucy Railton (cello) and James Allsopp (bass clarinet). Musically placed between an abandoned pirate ship and an unmanned pet-shop (lopsided blues and speedy corners), the band have enjoyed many trips to Europe and beyond (such as Jazz Festivals in London, Coutances, Glasgow, Trondheim, Tel Aviv and Bremen Jazzahead amongst others), are the recipients of 2 BBC Jazz Awards, a Parliamentary Jazz Award and 2 British Jazz Awards, and are set to release an album in May 2013 on the Basho label.
"A hot ticket for the jazz landmarks of 2011"
- John Fordham **** 2012
"One of the finest pianists of his generation"
- Timeout Magazine **** 2011
Lund Quartet are an instrumental band from Bristol. Five years in the making, their unique approach to music blends the space of the Scandinavian Jazz scene with the creative opportunities of subtle turntablism. These highly skilled players seek a careful balance between precision and improvisation, combining the power of a jazz piano trio with the solo recordings of specially recorded performances of local musicians, both straight and scratched.
Already making radio waves from Gilles Peterson on Radio 1 to Radio 3's Late Junction, Lund Quartet are taking their sound to a wider world of jazz, hip hop and electronica. In a dark corner of your soul it might even provoke a feeling of resentment that here is a band that's just making it look all too easy.
"If this is jazz, it's de-cluttered, minimal and atmospheric, with an Enoesque approach to melody. "
- Clive Bell, The Wire
"Brilliant. It's got something quintisentially Bristol about it, and yet something so different. It's jazz, it's turntablism, it's great! "
- Richard Pitt, BBC Introducing
FFI: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/event3435
Entry requirements:
It features Calum Gourlay (bass), James Maddren (drums), Lucy Railton (cello) and James Allsopp (bass clarinet). Musically placed between an abandoned pirate ship and an unmanned pet-shop (lopsided blues and speedy corners), the band have enjoyed many trips to Europe and beyond (such as Jazz Festivals in London, Coutances, Glasgow, Trondheim, Tel Aviv and Bremen Jazzahead amongst others), are the recipients of 2 BBC Jazz Awards, a Parliamentary Jazz Award and 2 British Jazz Awards, and are set to release an album in May 2013 on the Basho label.
"A hot ticket for the jazz landmarks of 2011"
- John Fordham **** 2012
"One of the finest pianists of his generation"
- Timeout Magazine **** 2011
Lund Quartet are an instrumental band from Bristol. Five years in the making, their unique approach to music blends the space of the Scandinavian Jazz scene with the creative opportunities of subtle turntablism. These highly skilled players seek a careful balance between precision and improvisation, combining the power of a jazz piano trio with the solo recordings of specially recorded performances of local musicians, both straight and scratched.
Already making radio waves from Gilles Peterson on Radio 1 to Radio 3's Late Junction, Lund Quartet are taking their sound to a wider world of jazz, hip hop and electronica. In a dark corner of your soul it might even provoke a feeling of resentment that here is a band that's just making it look all too easy.
"If this is jazz, it's de-cluttered, minimal and atmospheric, with an Enoesque approach to melody. "
- Clive Bell, The Wire
"Brilliant. It's got something quintisentially Bristol about it, and yet something so different. It's jazz, it's turntablism, it's great! "
- Richard Pitt, BBC Introducing
FFI: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/event3435
Entry requirements: