HTrio plus Nate Wooley (USA) at Blank Canvas

Blank Canvas presents HTrio plus special guest Nate Woolley (USA)


Monday 8th October
8.00pm - £5.00

Northern free jazz trio featuring cutting-edge New York
trumpet star

Htrio plus Nate Wooley

Mark Hanslip - tenor saxophone
Otto Willberg - double bass
Andrew Cheetham - drums
Nate Wooley - trumpet
                                                        

HTrio was formed in Manchester in Autumn of 2014 as a natural evolution from saxophonist Hanslip and drummer Cheetham's regular duo sessions at Sunshine Studios in the city's Northern Quarter.

Comprised of three of the north's most exciting young improvisers, HTrio present a fresh angle on the well-familiar tenor sax/bass/drums format, with a strong group identity formed through many hours of jamming. Together they create long-form improvised pieces that range from abstract sound to dense free jazz whilst retaining a strong sense of structure and melody.


Image of Nate Wooley

 

For this run of gigs they are joined by pioneering NY-based trumpeter Nate Wooley. One of a leading group of trumpeters credited with expanding the boundaries of the instrument, Nate has worked with many leading lights of improvisation including Evan Parker, Joe Morris, Mats Gustafsson, Paul Lytton and many more.

In July 2015 the trio played a successful mini-tour of Manchester (Freedom Principle), Birmingham (Fizzle) and Liverpool (Blank Canvas) to full audiences and highly positive reactions. In 2016 HTrio were selected to be ambassador artists for round 4 of Jazz North's 'Northern Line' scheme, during which they played at Manchester Jazz Festival, Derby's Out Front! festival, and Newcastle's On The Outside series in 2016; in 2017 they played opposite Oxford Improvisers, at Fizzle in Birmingham, Blank Canvas in Liverpool, and at No Bounds! festival in Sheffield.

Htrio on the web: https://www.gigmit.com/htrio

Support act The Blank Canvas Octet.

The Blank Canvas Octet is a project exploring free improvisation in music in a large ensemble context. It uses the ‘system 50:50` - where chess clocks are used to bring cohesion to the sound field which can often become cluttered. The result is a dynamic and shifting canvas of sound that allows small discreet sounds to be heard and deeper layers to be felt and expressed. An exciting project to participate in, to witness and to hear.

On system 50/50 “never experienced so much space in a large ensemble playing improv” - Charlie Collins Sheffield. 

Featuring

ANDREW LESLIE HOOKER, no input mixer
IAN SIMPSON, guitar
MARTIN HACKETT, electronics
PHIL MORTON, accidents and treatments
ROB THORPE, bass guitar
PETER JONES, guitar
ROBIN HARTWELL, sound

 

Venue
81 Renshaw Street, Liverpool L1 2SJ
Venue - 0151 707 1805
Tickets [ online tickets link to follow ]

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