Christmas Brume Feat TOOLSHED + Beats & Pieces Big Band
Doors will be open from 7pm for ticket holders, tickets will be available on the door from 7.30pm -
Beats n Pieces will start at 8pm sharp! TOOLSHED will start at 10pm.
Visuals by @chexvisual + @hippiezilla
TOOLSHED
TOOLSHED started as an electronica club in Manchester’s Northern Quarter of the late 90s, playing host to many of the post rave improvisers such as Autechre, Mathew Herbert, Kieren Hebden & Squarepusher. Graham Massey ran the ‘house‘ band made from a revolving line up of local improvisers invited to jam around his computer and vintage synthesiser collection. Twenty years later the project continues the idea with a line-up of some of the North West’s finest musicians performing a special set to be recorded live."
Beats & Pieces Big Band are one of the most exciting and innovative acts to emerge from the North of England’s fertile jazz and improvised music scene this century. Under the direction of conductor and composer Ben Cottrell, they are at the forefront of a new generation of large jazz and improvising ensembles reimagining and reinventing big band music for the 21st century. As Cottrell says “Beats & Pieces is not your average big band, rather a band that’s big”.
Ben Cottrell : director
Anthony Brown, Emily Burkhardt, Oliver Dover : saxophones - Owen Bryce, Graham South, Nick Walters : trumpet - Simon Lodge, Rich Mcveigh, Phil O’Malley : trombone
Anton Hunter : guitar - Richard Jones : piano/Rhode - Stewart Wilson : bass - Finlay Panter : drums