Chris Cutler sarà protagonista di un eccezionale concerto con la BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra il prossimo 4 novembre a Glasgow. Interverranno anche John Oswald, Jon Rose e Zeena Parkins. In programma p45 (III), scritto da Cutler ed eseguito dalla BBC Scottish Orchestra con solisti Zeena Parkins, Jon Rose, John Oswald e lo stesso Cutler. Seguirà l'esecuzione di Pieces for Orchestra, scritti da John Oswald. Condice Ilan Volkov.

Si spera che la BBC faccia buona opera di diffusione almeno della notiza, e che trasmetta il concerto (magari in diretta, per esempio, in Here & Now). Un commento di Cutler parrebbe sgomberare il campo da troppe illusioni: "BBC have done practically zero promotion outside the classical music public in Glasgow, so please pass this around if you know people in the area; thanks".

Dettagli in http://tinyurl.com/yx4tcz

Si tiene il 29 ottobre prossimo al Vortex Jazz Club la serata londinese da tempo annunciata in onore di Elton Dean. Ci sarà ampio spazio anche per un ricordo di Pip Pyle.

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Sunday 29 October - 5pm

Elton Dean Night
The Vortex Jazz Club,11 Gillett Street,London N16 8JH
Dalston Kingsland (Silverlink) - 1 minute walk from the venue.Connect from Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line)

An unmissable gig to celebrate the life, music and friendships of the much-loved saxophonist Elton Dean, (a long-standing Vortex supporter), who died in February 2006. There will also be a special set to celebrate the music & memory of Pip Pyle.

Featuring : Fred Baker, Gail Brand, Paul Dunmall, Jim Dvorak, Mark Fletcher, Tony Levin, Alex Maguire, Phil Miller, Evan Parker, Simon Picard, Howard Riley, Paul Rogers and Mark Sanders.

Program:

Set 1 (5:45-6:30pm)

1. Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Tony Levin

2. Simon Picard/Jim Dvorak/Howard Riley/Mark Sanders

Set 2 (6:40-7:20pm)

IN CAHOOTS

Phil Miller (guitar), Peter Lemer (keyboards), Fred Baker (bass), Mark Fletcher (drums), Simon Picard (tenor sax), Gail Brand (trombone), Simon Finch (trumpet)

Set 3 (7:30 - 8:15pm)

1. Mark Hewins - solo

2. Evan Parker/Tony Levin - duo

3. Evan Parker/Simon Picard/Alex Maguire/Paul Rogers/Tony Levin

Set 4 (8:30 - 9:15pm)

1. Jim Dvorak/Mark Hewins - duo

2. Gail Brand/Mark Sanders - duo

3. Evan Parker/Howard Riley/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders

Set 5 (9:30-10:10pm)

Hatfield/Pip Pyle dedication

Phil Miller (guitar), Fred Baker (bass), Alex Maguire (keyboards), Mark Fletcher (drums)

Set 6 (10:20-10:40pm)

Paul Rogers (double bass) - solo

Paul Dunmall (sax) - solo

Set 7 - (time willing)

10:45 - exhaustion sets in/audience leave/police are called

Musicians' choice

Dettagli e prenotazioni online a: http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/this-months-programme.html#elton

In occasione del 'Pip & Pierre Tribute' (Pip Pyle e Pierre Moerlen, naturalmente) in programma al 'Gong UnConventional Gathering' di Amsterdam a inizio novembre, ecco un invito diffuso via e-mail da Daevid Allen:

"Hey everybody! For Pip's tribute we would like all who want to be there (in the Old Hall, on the Saturday, time To Be Announced...) to bring a percussion instrument large or small with them to the UnCon and join in a giant percussion jam with hopefully three drum kits and numerous drummers and other instrumentalists indispersed with hilarious road stories starring Monsieur Pyle, and featuring several tunes composed by Pip and played by Didier and others. Let's make it a right royal blast-off for the much loved wild man of Gong!

See y there! Cheers!!

Daevid Allen"

http://www.planetgong.co.uk/octave/special/schedule.shtml