Jazz on 3 - John Butcher at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Jez Nelson presents the world premiere of British saxophonist John Butcher's Composition for Eight Musicians. The project has been specially commissioned by the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and features both acoustic and electronic instrumentalists, including Clare Cooper on harp and guzheng, Chris Burn on piano, dieb13 at the turntables, John Edwards and Adam Linson on double bass and electronics, Gino Robair on percussion and energised surfaces, and Thomas Lehn on analogue synthesiser Butcher was born in Brighton and has lived in London since the late 1970s. He began playing the saxophone while studying physics at university. Since leaving academia to focus completely on music, he has developed his own style that embraces free improvisation and electronics, often distorting his sound until it is unrecognisable in the traditional sense. Over the years, Butcher has worked with Phil Minton, Derek Bailey and John Stevens in what was the final version of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. PLAYLIST John Butcher Octet at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Jazz on 3 15/12/08 Presenter: Jez Nelson Producer: Robert Abel SIGNATURE TUNE Artist Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn – trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams – reeds, Andre Heyward – trombone, Chieli Minucci – guitar, James Hurt – keyboards, Rodney Jordan – bass, Woody Williams – drums, Khalil Kwame Bell – percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables) Track Title Seventy Four Miles Away Composer Joe Zawinul Album Title Ethnomusicology Volume 1 EXTRACT FROM JOHN BUTCHER INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY JEZ NELSON CD TRACK: Artist Nostalgia 77 featuring Keith & Julie Tippett (Julie Tippett – vocals, Keith Tippett – piano, Riaan Vosloo – double bass, Adam Sorenson – drums, Gary Boyle – guitars, Mark Hanslip – tenor saxophone, Fulvio Sigurta – trumpet, flugal horn) Title You Don’t Just Dream When You Sleep Composer Benedic Lamdin & Riaan Vosloo Album Title Nostalgia 77 Sessions Label TruThoughts www.myspace.com/nostalgia77 SESSION FROM RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA LINE UP: Rudresh Mahanthappa – saxophone Carlo DeRosa – double bass SET LIST: 1) The Preserver 2) Hope 3) Playing with Stones www.rudreshm.com JEZ NELSON INTERVIEWS JOHN BUTCHER JOHN BUTCHER OCTET RECORDED LIVE IN CONCERT AT HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL Creative Arts Building Recital Hall 22nd November 2008 LINE UP: John Butcher – saxophone Clare Cooper – harp, ghuzeng Chris Burn – piano Dieb13 – turntables John Edwards – double bass Adam Linson – double bass, electronics Gino Robair – percussion, energised surfaces Thomas Lehn – analogue synthesiser SET LIST: 1) somethingtobesaid by John Butcher www.johnbutcher.org.uk