23 March 2022
8pm doors
£7 / £5 members
@ The Rose Hill

Alex Ward

We’re very happy to welcome back composer, improviser, performer and creative polymath, Alex Ward. Predominantly a guitar and clarinet player, Ward is regarded as one of the most technically accomplished performers of both free and composed music.  He has played recently as part of Pere Ubu,  and before the pandemic struck he played shows in the UK and US as part of the phenomenal This is Not This Heat.

Having had his debut record put out on Derek Bailey’s Incus label in 1990, Ward has continued to play at an astonishing level ever since. His work ranges from his formidably knotty guitar playing in avant-rock two piece Dead Days Beyond Help to his compositions-for-improvisers including Forebrace and the Alex Ward Quintet/Sextet.

His latest solo album Gated was released on Martin Archer’s Discus label – take a listen to it here: