About this Event
We’re looking forward to welcoming two new trios to Fizzle this month!
Caroline Kraabel is a London-based improviser, mostly on saxophone and voice. Between 1998-2022 Kraabel conducted and played with the London Improvisers Orchestra (LIO).and in 2022 Kraabel founded a large improvising group, ONe_Orchestra New, made up of trans-masc, trans-fem, non binary, and women improvisers.
Richard Harrison is a key member of the Manchester free improvisation community. Best known for playing in Spaceheads and Cheshire's avant-farm punks The Mudhutters he is one of the few musicians to have played with both Derek Bailey and Nico.
David Birchall is a guitarist and organiser living in Manchester, UK. He has performed improvised music in the UK, Europe, Russia, Palestine, USA & Japan. He organises the Curious Ear series for improvised music in Manchester.
Birmingham-based percussionist and composer Jonno Gaze brings together two of his favourite musicians to play as a group for the first time, featuring Rebecka Edlund (vocals) and Steve Saunders (guitar).
Rebecka Edlund is a Swedish vocalist and songwriter who weaves Scandinavian folkmusic with improvisation and contemporary jazz across the UK and Europe. Since moving to London in 2019, she has emerged as one of the UK’s most compelling vocalists and regularly plays with the likes of Laura Jurd, Ruth Goller’s Skylla and duo partner Rob Luft. In 2024 she released ‘Något Om En Björk’ with her quartet Oknytt and is soon to release her debut album ‘Virgin Forest’.
Steve Saunders is a Birmingham-based composer, improviser and guitarist working in contemporary music, jazz/improvised music and the space in-between. He has performed as a band leader throughout the UK and Europe, as well as a regular band member with leading British jazz figures including Xhosa Cole, with whom he completed a 40-date tour, and Paul Dunmall. Highlights as a composer include premieres on Birmingham Symphony Hall Stage, commissions from various UK/US ensembles and mentorship from composer Robert Saxton. Steve is a Music scholar on the Composition MA at University of Birmingham under Michael Zev Gordon, for whichhe is supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation and Countess of Munster Musical Trust.
Jonno Gaze is a percussionist and composer living in Birmingham. He plays with artists such as Deepa Shakthi, Georgia Morgan-Turner and Didier Kisala while composing his own electronic pieces and exploring cross-art collaborations. Drawing from folk, electronic and improvised music, Jonno is an emerging voice in the experimental and fusion scenes in the UK. He currently has two releases under his own name – ‘Umbra’ for solo drums and ‘The Birds Still Sing.
Expect a rich blend of storytelling and unexpected sound-worlds.
Event venue & nearby stays
Centrala, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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