SAMUEL HALLKVIST+NOEL TAYLOR+RUTH GOLLER – CHARLES HAYWARD + CHARLEY STACEY
Doors 8pm – starts 8.30pm – £8 / £5 – BUY TICKETS ( fees apply )
The Swedish musician Samuel Hällkvist was given the ‘Jazz in Sweden’ award in 2010. It caused some controversy at the time because Samuel is a guitarist who doesn’t fit comfortably into the template of Scandinavian jazz. Nordic brooding is not his style at all. Instead Samuel brings unsurpassed wizardry to the use of effects pedals, which he deploys with great discretion and aplomb. He has toured extensively in Scandinavia, other parts of Europe and Japan, as well as touring the UK in 2012, where he performed with Yazz Ahmed, Denys Baptiste and Gary Crosby.
Samuel is joined on this occasion by a carefully selected cast, featuring the bass guitarist of Acoustic Ladyland, Ruth Goller; the wonderful Charles Hayward on drums (This Heat etc.) and the free improviser, Noel Taylor on bass clarinet. The ensemble is a combustible blend of elements which promises high energy rhythmic patterns, awash with thunderous beats of drum and bass and surmounted with the languorous, rich tones of bass clarinet.
Charlie Stacey first popped into the jazz scene when he was featured on UK television as a child prodigy. In 2012, still a teenager, he reached the semi-finals of the Montreux Jazz Piano Competition. Since then he has performed at festivals around the world. Stacey’s tastes range from Keith Jarrett to Sun Ra and Albert Ayler – stir these ingredients together into a swirl of mood and pianistic virtuosity: that’s the unique sound of Charlie Stacey.
