Alex Merritt – Tenor
Saxophone
John Turville – Piano
Sam Lasserson – Bass
Jeff Williams – Drums
The
Amersham Arms enjoyed yet another cracking double bill this week with new music
from Andre Canniere's Freeway following on from Alam Nathoo
and Tom Hewson – who presented music from the new duo EP Aubade. For those of you who missed it, the EP is available to
download and comes highly recommended:
Next Tuesday the
SECollective are very pleased to be welcoming back Alex Merritt’s terrific
quartet; featuring three of London’s finest young improvisers alongside US
drumming icon Jeff Williams.
The Alex Merritt Quartet
play all original compositions by Alex drawing upon diverse influences. Prominent in the mix
is the influence of contemporary classical music – composers such as
Bartok, Messiaen and Ligeti. Another big influence on the music is the
carnatic music of southern India as well as jazz influences from the
Tristano school, Jimmy Giuffre and many others. It’s an interesting
hybrid music which leads to a very exciting band dynamic and a fresh
springboard for improvisation.
You can check out some live
recordings of Alex via his website:
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