We are looking into the possibility of doing this session online. Meanwhile – stay safe and well!
Category Archives: Programme
Re-Ghoster with Nate Wooley, plus Mordecoli (Ecka Mordecai and Valerio Tricoli)
Tickets: £10 adv / £12 on the door / £8 for Safehouse members https://www.wegottickets.com/event/522014
22 September, 2021
8pm doors
£10 advance £12 on door
@ The Rose Hill
Re–Ghoster
Nate Wooley (USA): trumpet
Valerio Tricoli (IT): Revox tape recorder & electronics
Nicolas Field (UK/CH): drums & electronics
Thomas Florin (CH): piano
Re–Ghoster are a trio of pianist Thomas Florin, drummer Nicolas Field and Revox tape maestro Valerio Tricoli. The acoustic instruments are fed to tape, magnetised, digested, re-eaten, reworked and regurgitated again by the machine.
For the release tour of their amazing new record ‘Or not all’, they have invited the renowned New York experimental trumpeter Nate Wooley to join them.
Mordecoli
Mordecoli is a new duo of Ecka Mordecai on cello (Takuroku Records) and Valerio Tricoli on Revox and electronics. They had an excellent residency recording at Cafe Oto last year, and we’re very excited to hearing them play together.
Plus
Dj Fiery Biscuits
Safehouse Open Session
6th October 2021
8pm
£3 / £2 members
Our first open session since March 2020! This will be at the Rose Hill.
Safehouse Lewes – Open Session
Sunday 16th November 2025
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3
Ken Vandermark + Paal Nilssen-Love // Neil Metcalfe + Barry Edwards + Colin Somervell
Wednesday November 19th 2025
7.30pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ TheFolklore Rooms, The Quadrant, 12 North St, Brighton
Ken Vandermark + Paal Nilssen-Love
The high impact duo of Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) has been working together at an accelerated rate since 2002, and they have put out seven albums of exceptional and wide ranging improvised music since then. Though they have both worked in many critically acclaimed groups- from the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Lean Left (with Terrie Hessels and Andy Moor of The Ex) to Double Tandem (with Dutch saxophonist, Ab Baars)- they have continued to return to their duo for more than a dozen years because it remains crucial to their creative output.
“one of the most powerful improvisational duos around” – Derek Stone, freejazzblog.
Neil Metcalfe + Barry Edwards + Colin Somervell
Formed in 2024 and having performed and recorded regularly since then, this trio combines lyricism and textural improvisation in a chamber-like setting. Flautist Neil Metcalfe is an esteemed veteran of the improv scene since the 1970s while Barry Edwards (electric guitar) and Colin Somervell (double bass) have been collaborating together since the early 2000s.
+ Wildcard Quartet
+ DJ Mystery Lesson
Safehouse Brighton – Open Session
3rd December 2025
7pm
£3 / £2 members
Safehouse Lewes – Open Session
Sunday 14th December 2025
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3
Hill Collective
Thursday December 18th 2025
7pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Rose Hill
Hill Collective have garnered a reputation as one of the most exciting jazz ensembles in Brighton, combining tight playing and swinging compositions with a willingness to embrace chance and improvisation that takes them to places few others dare to go to!
A high-spirited final Safehouse gig of the year – come and celebrate the Saturnalian period with us, with maybe a few tunes from Saturn thrown in… !
+ support TBA soon
+ Wildcard Quartet
+ DJ Fiery Biscuits
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells – Resonance: Improvisation, Innovation, and the Legacy of Eberhard Weber
Wednesday April 23rd 2026
7.00pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Rose Hill
Resonance is an immersive solo bass performance that explores the legacy of Eberhard Weber through improvisation, innovation, and the use of modern looping and processing technologies. The program bridges the worlds of jazz, experimental, and electro-acoustic music, drawing listeners into evolving soundscapes that balance structure and spontaneity.
Over the course of the performance, audiences experience a dialogue between tradition and innovation—a re-imagining of Weber’s influence alongside Jair-Rohm’s own improvisational voice, honed over five decades of creative music-making. This is music that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a bassist, composer, and sound artist with over fifty years of international experience. A pioneer of electro-acoustic and improvisational bass, he has collaborated with artists such as Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, The Cure), Jonathan Kane (Swans), Eugene Chadbourne, and Elliott Sharp. He is a founding member of the trios Ripplewood, Dead Solstice, FlowSonic, and Gabrels, Kane, Parker Wells, and has released numerous recordings across genres from free improvisation to contemporary composition.
His solo work integrates looping, extended techniques, and electronics to push the boundaries of the bass as a solo instrument.
“A meditative journey that feels both timeless and urgent.” – Gina Renzi, The Rotunda
“Jair-Rohm creates entire worlds with his instrument.” – Mark Forman, audience member
“All of the pieces performed fit the bill for satisfying the audience, and as evidenced by the people who stayed after the show to converse with him—they all wanted more!” – Elizabeth Millar, All About Jazz
“ Jair-Rohm Parker Wells has been one of my bass heroes ever since I saw him play Zappanale #19 in 2008. His range is awesome…” – Ben Watson, The Wire