Music from the Leeds Improvising Scene
Jez Nelson presents music from the Leeds improvising scene, including six-piece band Shatner's Bassoon, as well as a visit to the Shed with trombonist Gail Brand.
Jez Nelson presents music from the Leeds improvising scene including a set from Shatner's Bassoon, a sextet led by recent Leeds College of Music graduates, keyboardist Johnny Richards and bass player Mick Bardon.
Recorded in front of an enthusiastic home-town audience at the city centre's Fusebox night, their music veers from math-rock to sounds of the circus, with irreverent humour never far away.
The programme also includes a visit to The Shed in Brawby, north Yorkshire's hub of improvised happenings now celebrating its twentieth season. Trombonist Gail Brand explores how the venue has maintained both a strong audience and a challenging agenda - past exploits have included Lol Coxhill playing in a skip and Mrs Boyes' Bingo (a duet for bingo caller and percussion) - and takes part in a specially-created event, Shed Builder, improvising in a workshop with a welder.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Phil Smith.
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Thelonious Monk
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- The London Collection, Vol. 2.
- Black Lion.
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Home of the Brave recorded at the Fox & Newt, Leeds on 6 September 2012
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Line up: Richard Ormrod (baritone saxophone), Jonny Flockton (guitar), Rus Pearson (bass), Paul Hession (drums)
Home of the Brave
Fresh Horses
Composer: Richard Ormrod
Shatner’s Bassoon recorded at the Fox & Newt, Leeds on 6 September 2012
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Line up: Johnny Richards (keyboards), Mick Bardon (bass & electronics), Ollie Dover (tenor sax and clarinet),
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Craig Scott (fretless guitar and circuit bent tape player), Andrew Lisle (drums), Joost Hendrickx (drums)
Shatner's Bassoon
Breakfast With Boghead
Composer: Mick Bardon / Shatner’s Bassoon
Shatner's Bassoon
Altered Beast
Composer: Johnny Richards / Shatner's Bassoon
The Shed at 20
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Sebastian Rochford
Sebastian Rochford's VAN GIG
Produced and presented by The Shed and recorded in Leeds, York, Malton, Pickering, Kirkbymoorside and Helmlsley on 24 September 2010
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Erika Stucky
The Ballroom Blitz
Composer: Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman
- Stucky Live.
- Traumton Records.
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Bob Cobbing / Paul Hession / Alan Wilkinson / Simon Fell
Bob Cobbing – live at the Shed
Recorded: at The Shed, Brawby, North Yorkshire in 1999
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Mark Sanders / Eileen Boyes
Mrs Boyes' Bingo featuring Mark Sanders
Recorded: at The Shed, Brawby, North Yorkshire in 1999
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Billy Jenkins
I Took A Walk
Composer: Billy Jenkins
- Born Again (And the Religion Is the Blues).
- VOTP.
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Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill in a skip
Produced and presented by The Shed and recorded in Brawby on 2 November 2004
Shed Builder, recorded at Rye Valley Works, Brawby, North Yorkshire on 7 September 2012
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Line-up: Gail Brand (trombone), John Walpole (welding and drilling), Simon Thackray (concept)
Gail Brand / John Walpole
Together Alone
Composer: Gail Brand
Trish Clowes’ Tangent
On/Off
Composer: Trish Clowes Recorded: at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on 1 May 2011 Line-up: Trish Clowes (tenor saxophone), Alex Munk (guitar), Calum Gourlay (bass), James Maddren (drums), Heidi Parsons (cello)
Broadcast
- Mon 8 Oct 2012 23:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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