Nick Malcolm: trumpet
Olie Brice: double bass
Alexander Hawkins: keyboard
Mark Whitlam: drums


Four highly individual improvisers who between them have worked with Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Ingrid Laubrock and Louis Moholo-Moholo, among many others. The group are steeped in jazz, yet they are clearly keen to swerve conventional blues, bop and free jazz cliches, preferring instead to take the least expected route when improvising. This approach is personified in Nick Malcolm’s trumpet playing which explores long rhythmic cycles, odd mid-valve timbres, silences and carefully placed notes, and the result is a very thoughtful kind of instant composition.

Plus:

Feast of Fools
Tony Gill: drums and words
Foz Foster: saw, theremin, toys, face

Plus:

The Wildcard Quartet

Daniel Thompson: guitar
Alex Ward: clarinet
Paul May: percussion

Three seasoned improvisers make fine and eerie sounds together.

Plus:

Hamilton Yarns
Featuring Safehouse regulars Iain Paxon, Alistair Strachan and Joceline Colvert, the Yarns usually purvey songs and set pieces, but on this night they will throw that out the window and make things up.
hamiltonyarns.co.uk

Plus:

The Wildcard Quartet