Monday 20th Feb 8:30pm
Calcine Quartet + Schizophonia + Action Painting
Free entry - donations welcome , The Fringe Cafe, Clifton
Calcine quartet - Matthew Grigg guitar amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon saxes, Dominic Lash double bass, Roger Telford drums
Schizophonia - Odysseas Pappas guitar, Stathis Kampylis modular synth
Thursday 23rd Feb 8:30pm
Temporary Front, Paper Tiger & Model Railway News
£5 on the door, The Greenbank, Easton
Temporary Front - Roger Telford drums, Mark Langford tenor sax & bass clarinet, Dominic Lash double bass
Paper Tiger - Phil Gibbs guitar, Hugh Kirkbride bass, Dominic Lash, Harry Furniss cornet, David Mowat trumpet
Model Railway News - All above plus Dave Mordecal tenor sax
Monday 26th Feb 8:30pm
FringeFreeMusic - Core Fringe
Free entry - donations welcome, The Fringe Cafe, Clifton
Core Fringe Paul Anstey double bass, Phil Gibbs guitar, Bob Helson drums, Mark Langford reeds)
Thursday 9th Feb 8:30 pm
Calcine Trio, Ghost + Flowers 7tet
£5 on the door, The Greenbank Easton
Calcine Trio - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier Rebecca Sneddon saxophones, Roger Telford drums.
Freely improvised sonic heat. Spontaneous compositions of wail and whisper, crashing and floating through synergetic musical expressions.
Ghosts + Flowers 7tet - Calcine trio plus Dave Mordecal sax, Harry Furniss cornet, Hugh Kirkbride & Paul Anstey double basses
Ecstatic collective action. Seven Free Thinkers galvanised by the immediacy and liberation of the free jazz/improvisation continuum
Monday 20th Mar 8:30pm
Halftone + Calcine Trio
Free entry - donations welcome , The Fringe Cafe, Clifton
Halftone - Caitlin Alais Callahan double bass, Tina Hutchins flute, Hannah Marshall cello, Yvonna Madga violin
Calcine trio - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon saxes, Roger Telford drums with guest Mark Langford (reeds)
Monday 27th Mar 8:30pm
FringeFreeMusic - special guest Nick Malcolm
Free entry - donations welcome, The Fringe Cafe, Clifton
Nick Malcolm trumpet, Paul Anstey double bass, Phil Gibbs guitar, Bob Helson drums, Mark Langford reeds
Wednesday 29th Mar 8:30pm
Blazing Flame quintet
£5 on the door, The Greenbank Easton
Julian Dale (double bass, cello), Peter Evans (5 string electric violin), Anton Henley (drums, percussion), Steve Day (voice, words, percussion), Mark Langford (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
See http://www.stevedaywordsandmusic.co.uk/page3.htm for further details
Thursday 9th Mar 8:30 pm
Vostok 5 + Magllochi, Okamoto, Northover & Gibbs
£5 on the door, The Greenbank Easton
Vostok 5 - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier Rebecca Sneddon saxophones, Roger Telford drums, Mark Langford tenor sax & bass clarinet, Dominic Lash double bass.
Magllochi, Okamoto, Northover & Gibbs - Marcello Magllocchi drums, Maresuke Okamoto bass, Adrian Northover sax, Phil Gibbs guitar. Rare chance to see quartet if internation improvisers.
***STOP PRESS** Saturday 25th Mar 2:00pm
The April Theses
Free entry - donations welcome , The Exchange, Old Market BS1 1JQ
Phil Gibbs guitar, Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Roger Telford drums
Wednesday 5th April 8:30pm - Stag & Hounds - free
Noizubito + Foster, Grigg, Sneddon
Noizubito - renegade beats and noises from the jaws of hell
Foster, Grigg, Sneddon - Robin Foster - Electronics, Matthew Grigg - Guitar/Amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon - Alto Saxophone - barbed scree, algorithmic splinters, immolating skronk.
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Thursday 13th April 8:30pm - Greenbank - £5 on the door
Strange Strings + Exchange Band
Strange Strings - Julian Dale ‘cello, Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Mark Langford tenor sax, Roger Skerman drums
Playing tunes by Albert Alyer with spontaneous combustion and composting inclusive.
Exchange Band - Paul Anstey and Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Roger Skerman and Roger Telford drums, Mark Langford reeds.
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Sunday 16th April 2.00pm - Exchange - free
Implosion!
Exploratory guitar/percussion with
Matthew Grigg - Guitar/Amplifier, Roger Skerman - Drums, Percussion
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Monday 17th Apr 8:30pm - Fringe Cafe - free
Calcine Trio with Caitlin Alais Callahan & Mark Langford
Calcine trio - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon saxes, Roger Telford drums with guests Caitlin Alais Callahan double bass and Mark Langford bass clarinet, tenor sax
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Monday 24th Apr 8:30pm - Fringe Cafe - free
FringeFreeMusic - special guest Harry Iceman Furniss
Harry Furniss cornet … boldly making his debut immersion…..
with irregulars Paul Anstey double bass, Phil Gibbs guitar, Bob Helson drums, Mark Langford reeds
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Saturday 29th April 2.00pm - Exchange - free
Calcine Quartet
Matthew Grigg - Guitar/Amplifier, Dominic Lash - Double Bass, Rebecca Sneddon - Alto Saxophone, Roger Telford - Drums, Percussion
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Thursday 11th May 8:30pm - Greenbank - £5 on the door
Howl and Vulpine 2
Howl - Nick Moore voice, Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Roger Skerman drums, Dave Mordecai tenor sax
Performance of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl
Vulpine 2 - Paul Shearsmith trumpet, Keisuke Matsui guitar, Roger Skerman drums
Improvisational experimentalism all the way from London town.
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Monday 15th May 8:30pm - Fringe Cafe - free
Vostok 5
Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon saxes, Dominic Lash double bass, Roger Telford drums, Mark Langford bass clarinet, tenor sax.
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Thursday 25th May 8.30pm - Greenbank - £5 on the door
Halftone + Hannah Marshall duos
Halftone - Caitlin Alais Callahan double bass, Tina Hutchins flute, Hannah Marshall cello, Yvonna Madga violin
Hannah Marshall duos - with Matthew Grigg (guitar, amplifier) + TBA
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Saturday 27th May 2.00pm - Exchange - free
Unity Trio - Paul Anstey double bass, Roger Skerman drums, Mark Langford bass clarinet & tenor sax
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Monday 29th May 8.30pm - Fringe Cafe - free
FringeFreeMusic - Core Four
Paul Anstey double bass, Phil Gibbs guitar, Bob Helson drums, Mark Langford reeds
Thursday 1st - Crofters Rights - 8:30pm, free
Calcine Quartet
Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Rebecca Sneddon saxes, Roger Telford drums, Mark Langford bass clarinet, tenor sax.
Friday 2nd - Cafe Kino - 8:00pm , £5
Blazing Flame quintet
Julian Dale (double bass, cello), Peter Evans (5 string electric violin), Anton Henley (drums, percussion), Steve Day (voice, words, percussion), Mark Langford (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
Thursday 8th - Greenbank - 8:30pm, £5
EP/64 / Helson’s Angels
EP/64 - Dali de Saint Paul vocals, Nick Janaway laptop, Florent Berhaut drums
Helson’s Angels - Caitlin Alais Callahan bass, Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Bob Helson drums, Rebecca Sneddon alto and tenor saxes:
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Saturday 10th - St Stephens - 11am to 11pm, £10
Gateway to Another Dimension - festival of new musics
Ben Williams piano 11am to 11.40am
Oscar’s combo 11.50am to 12.35pm
Flexitone: Richard Leigh Harris piano, Federico Leonori double bass, David Mowat trumpet 12.45pm to 13.30pm
Kayla Painter soundscapes samples and more 13.40pm to 14.20pm
Metaphysical Soundscapes Marco Anderson interactive synth, Dino Christodoulou tenor sax, David Mowat flugel 14.30pm to 15.15pm
Greg Sterland tenor sax trio 15.25pm to 16.05pm
Django Brineheart 16.15pm to 16.55pm
Mariusz Sobanski Ensemble: with Jake McMurchie tenor sax, Paul Anstey double bass, Tony Orrell drums, Mariusz Sobanski guitar, 17.05pm to 17.50pm
Free Tone Collective groups with Paul Anstey double bass, Matt Field trumpet, Harry Furniss cornet, Aaron Hawkins alto sax, Bob Helson drums, Dave Jones tenor sax, Mark Langford reeds / piano, Roger Skerman drums, Al Swainger bass, Roger Telford drums, 18.00pm to 19.10pm
Maggie Nicols voice and Hannah Marshall cello 19.20pm to 20.05pm
Stephen Grew piano and Trevor Watts alto sax 20.15pm to 21.00pm
Keith Tippett piano 21.10pm to 22.00pm
Further details and updates from https://www.facebook.com/ChaiForAll
Tuesday 13th - Old England Pub - free entry 8pm
Free Nelson ManDoomJazz / DSC / A Glancing Blow
Free Nelson ManDoomJazz - Rebecca Sneddon – saxophones, Colin Stewart – electric bass, Paul Archibald – drums, percussion
DSC - electro-acoustic improv ensemble of varying size/personnel
A Glancing Blow - Robin Foster - drums/percussion, Matthew Grigg - gtr/amp, Tim Hill - saxophones, Dominic Lash - double bass
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Monday 19th June - Fringe Cafe - free entry 8:30pm
Grigg-Hill-Lash-Telford / Unity Trio
GHLT - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Tim Hill alto sax, Dominic Lash double bass, Roger Telford drums
Unity Trio - Roger Skerman drums, Hugh Kirkbride bass, Mark Langford reeds
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Thursday 22nd June - Greenbank - £5, 8.30pm
The Darjeeling Council / Totally Fried Up Band
Darjeeling Council - Ashley John Long bass, Phil Gibbs guitar, Matthew Grigg guitar and amplifier, Mark Langford reeds
The Totally Fried Up Band- Paul Dunmall tenor & soprano saxophones, Phill Gibbs, Ashley John Long, Roger Telford drums
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Sat June 24th Sun Ra All Day Event - Cube
See http://www.cubecinema.com/programme/event/sunrise-sun-ra-sunset,9475/ for details
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Monday 26th June - Fringe Cafe - free entry 8.30pm
FringeFreeMusic - guest TBC
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Thursday 13th - Greenbank - 8:30pm, free
Brace - Oli Moore saxophone, Aidan Searle drums
Paper Tiger - Matthew Grigg guitar, amplifier, Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Dave Jones tenor sax, Mark Langford bass clarinet, tenor sax, Roger Telford drums
Summer free improv - sounds / noise / stuff to delight the ears!
August 2017
Thursday 17th August - Greenbank - 8:30pm, free
Konik - Mark Langford reeds, Dominic Lash double bass, Roger Telford drums
Launch of Angel Pavement CD! Special price on the door
Running Dogs - Hugh Kirkbride double bass, Aaron Hawkins alto sax, Rebecca Sneddon alto & tenor saxes, Roger Skerman drums.
September 2017
7th September - Exchange - Anthroprophh + Nols + Matthew Grigg vs SALTINGS more info
14th September - Greenbank - Thinko + Run Logan Run more info
15-17th September - Surrey Vaults - Bristol HUM Festival more info
25th September - The Fringe - Wilkinson/Cheetham Lash/Grigg Duos & Quartet more info
29th September - Cafe Kino - Blazing Flame Quintet more info
October 2017
4th October - Crofter's Rights - John Zorn's Cobra + Abhorrent Trio more info
6th October - Old England - Colin Webster/Graham Dunning Duo + Coims + Winter Ghost more info
7th October - Cafe Kino - Kahn/Wolfarth + Davis/Foster/Grigg/Lash + Flying Down Trio more info
12th October - St Paul’s - Phil Julian + Dominic Lash's Consorts West + Dan Bennett more info
12th October - Greenbank - Fringe Quartet + Free Ice Tone more info
20th October - St Stephen's Church - Miles Cooper Seaton Trio + Black Spring + SALTINGS vs Dan Johnson more info
22nd October - Old England - EP/64, Noizubito, Stone Tongue more info
26th October - Hydra Books - Yoni Silver / Ram Gabai + Viridian + Grigg/Lash/Langford more info
30th October - The Cube - Jessica Moss + Winter Ghost more info
November 2017
2nd November - Cube Cinema - Eugene Chadbourne more info
3rd November - Old England - Mésange + Traumkl + Sat Nav
8th November - Cafe Kino - Jade + Dissolute Society
9th November - Greenbank - Hannah Marshall / Bob Helson / Ashley John Long + The Incongruity Project more info
11th November - Roll for the Soul - Dan Johnson (solo) + Fatigue + Lot Grundy
17th November - Salt Café - SALTINGS + Dominic Lash (solo) + Robin Foster / Matthew Grigg / Helen Papaioannou more info
23rd November - The Exchange - The Thing, Konstrukt, Calcine Quartet
25th November - Cube Cinema - Stereocilia, EP/64
29th November - Victoria Rooms, Dept of Music, Bristol University - Across the Spectrum
December 2017
2nd December - Exchange - Expresso Bongo (matinée) - Grigg, Langford, Lash
6th December - Old England - Calcine Quartet, Hokkett, Invisible Man more info
10th December - Hen & Chicken - Get The Blessing
11th December - Fringe - Helson, Gibbs, Langford, Anstey more info
12th December - Greenbank - Blazing Flame Quintet more info
14th December - Greenbank - Hokkett + Strange Strings more info
21st December - Cafe Kino - 'Self-Decaptitation' (Rouzbeh Rashidi/Maximilian Le Cain) - Seth Guy, Louise's Guidelines, Harry Matthews, Stereocilia, Microdeform, Robin Foster, Anthony Brown