Name: Siwula/ Chorlton/ Reid/ Tumilty + Horn/ Hussey/ Wilson
Start: 2024-10-31T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-31T23:00:00+01:00
Location: Whitespace

$Siwula\/ Chorlton\/ Reid\/ Tumilty + Horn\/ Hussey\/ Wilson$

Improvised music night to celebrate Blaise Siwula being over from New York with Blaise Siwula, Leigh Chorlton, Jer Reid, Emer Tumilty + Angela Horn, Caroline Hussey, Graeme Wilson
Tickets £0-£15 pay what you can afford
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Blaise Siwula
I’m a freeform free jazz free music improvising saxophonist/clarinetist/pianist/percussionist originally from Detroit (1950) then San Francisco (70’s) and NYC from 1989 until now and a semi resident of Merida Mexico (presently). My focus has always been on creativity and celebrating life in adventures with musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Sonny Simmons, Paul Hession, Katsuyuki Itakura, Burton Greene, Marc Ribot and Toshi Makahari. Performing in NYC, London, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, Tokyo and other fine cities. The past few years have been a steady stream of zoom sessions. I also have releases over the past 35 years on CIMP records, Cadence Jazz Records, NoFRillsMusic, Setola Di Maiale, Konnex, Creative Sources Recordings and ALemendra Music. Last but not least an enjoyable 18 years curating the C.O.M.A. improvising music series at ABC No-Rio in NYC from 1998 to 2016
Leigh Chorlton. Drummer for The Shell (instagram: the.shell.band) and member of Peter Russel's emsemble 'Ubu warp cheer' (album release date 5th Nov). Toured UK with Berlin based band 'Raiments' (Third album due). Regular attendee of giodynamics Glasgow And occational participator in Tony Bevan's Saturday afternoon improv jam 'Help me! I'm melting'. Runs Whitespace Gallery in Edinburgh.
Jer Reid is a musician, sound engineer and dramaturge based in Glasgow. He has and does play in bands (dawson, sumshapes, Painted X-Ray, God Is My Co-Pilot etc) and improvising ensembles (he has played a lot with Luke Sutherland, Raymond MacDonald, Rafe Fitzpatrick etc and with Lisa Fannen in their spoken word and guitar/ sounds duo Claquer). He organises gigs and tours, runs Gruff Wit Records and for six years he has done the monthly open improvising sessions on behalf of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra called GIOdynamics. In 2010, with Solène Weinachter, he founded the music/dance group Collective Endeavours who’s performances have included Tectonics Glasgow and Dance International Glasgow as well as lots of places that dance isn't usually seen in. His dramaturgy work has included working with long time dancer collaborator Rosalind Masson and visual artist and writer Corin Sworn. He was thrilled last year to, along with Una MacGlone, make the music for Cloudberry MacLean’s singular film Low Rent. He has toured in thirty countries and has had his music played on BBC Radios 1, 3 and 4. In 2023 he released his first book of writing called Days and Diary Entries.
Emer Tumilty
Emer performs on occasion with saxophonist Tony Bevan at “Help Me, I’m Melting”, and collaborates with an eclectic range of improvisers and experimental players across Scotland.
Angela Horn used to play sax with Archbishop Kebab and Brittlehip and now plays with GIOdynamics. She connects with acts of collective joy and anti-poverty solidarity and is concerned about pandemic trauma and worries about climate change and creatures.
Caroline co-founded and co-ran Soup, Zuppa - a monthly open, inclusive improvisation session in Glasgow. She trained as a music therapist, and is working with Sonic Bothy open sessions to offer accessible music making. She has recorded with Susannah Stark and with E.C.C.O., and has performed with bands including Orkestra del Sol.
Graeme Wilson is an Edinburgh-based improviser who has performed with the likes of Fred Frith, George Lewis and Marilyn Crispell. His saxophone playing features on over 30 albums including releases by Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and his own Quartet (‘a magnetic aura… a firecracker’, London Jazz News) and work with Ushaw Ensemble and Bill Wells. Recent work includes duo release Shoes for Losers with bassist Andy Champion (‘a love letter to daring spontaneity’, Jazzwise). The FMR release of his work with sculptor Cath Keay for GIO, A Bit in the Air, was nominated for Scottish Jazz Album of the Year in 2018. He has written and lectured widely on the psychology of music, including 2020 publication The Art of Becoming with Raymond MacDonald.