Noel Taylor clarinet.  Julie Kjaer  flute. Noura Sanatian violin.

Taylor, Sanatian, Beck, Kjaer at OTT, Sheffield Nov 2011

Noel Taylor has been establishing himself as a new voice on the London scene over the last few years. He presents this new trio of ostensibly classical instruments which will be given an original twist befitting Notes and Sounds alternative takes. Noura Sanatian on violin and Noel Taylor on clarinet are both members of the group Redstart, and the London Improvisers orchestra, joined this time by Danish flautist Julie Kjaer who is leader of the band Cardboard Whale. They will be joined for part of their performance by Mick Beck on bassoon, helping them to lurch from sumptuous harmonies and awful dissonances to dangerously madcap barrages of sound.

Halsey and Beck playing More Than Just Ball

Alan Halsey & Mick Beck will perform their arrangements of sound poems, some by Halsey himself, and some of those Hugo Ball wrote for the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916. In all his work Halsey looks ‘to subvert our expectations

of poetry, to make us look at the moon from the dark side’ (Ian Seed). Beck’s uninhibited versatile tenor sax and his pioneering work with the under-used bassoon (his solo album Life Echoes on the Discus label gives

both instruments a run for their money) add a startling emotional dimension to these ‘verses without words’

Friday 18th November 2011

Over The Top, 78 Kingfield Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield  Doors open 8pm for 8:30 Start     £5 waged, £3 unwaged
For further information, contact Mick Beck on 0114 258 4999, or emailmick.beck1@btinternet.com

Paul Hession with Mick Beck

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Next gig – Nov 6th – this Sunday!!

KLAUS JANEK (doublebass and electronics
SCOTT R. LOONEY (electronics and prepared piano)
TONY BEVAN (bass saxophone)

Klaus Janek and Scott R. Looney have been working as a duo since 2009. They create a wealth of sonic textural landscapes in their interactions, with an emphasis on logic and contrasting concepts guiding the overall shape of the work. They released their duo album 1510 on Edgetone Records, and subsequently toured the EU playing duo and with other improvisers such as Wilbert DeJoode, Christof Irmer, Martin Blume, Sue Schlotte and many others.

For this 2011 UK tour they will be joined by the always creative and engaging bass saxophone of Tony Bevan, who has been a stalwart figure in the UK improv scene, playing with many notables including a long running trio with Sunny Murray and John Edwards.

Plus

JOHN JASNOCH (12 string guitar)
JOHNNY HUNTER(percussion)
MICK BECK(tenor sax and bassoon)

Jasnoch, Hunter and Beck, based in Sheffield, come together for the first
time in an exciting trio which will create a unique new storm!

Sunday 6 November 2011
OVER THE TOP, 78 Kingfield Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield
Doors open 7:45 for 8pm Start
£5 waged, £3 unwaged
For further information, contact Mick Beck on 0114 258 4999, or email
mick.beck1@btinternet.com

See the calendar for more details