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RE: Torn In UK
I'll be in birmingham, fancy meeting up for a beer/coffee/tea (delete as
appropraite) before and possibly after the gig ? (well it is the weekend)
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lawson [mailto:steve@steve-lawson.co.uk]
Sent: Fri 21/11/2003 10:31
To: Loop List
Cc:
Subject: Torn In UK
been to two of these gigs now (with a third one coming up on
Saturday) -
blimey, what an amazing band! The first half of the set is pretty
hard going
(5 saxes often playing very very densely written polytonal/atonal
stuff),
but it's a really really powerful sound, and the second half is
mindblowing - first up the Arte Saxophone Quartet playing one of
Tim's
pieces, then Tim's quintet with Torn, Ducret, Taborn and Rainey
(Tom, not
Chuck).... incredible band. Ducret has an unbelieveable sense of
rhythm, and
Craig Taborn's left hand is now one of my fave bass players... :o)
On the loopage front, Torn's doing a few bits of guitar
atmospherics, and
also looping and repeaterizing the saxes to great effect (and
obviously,
thanks to the live mics, is getting the rest of the band as well).
Tuesday's
and Wednesday's gig sounded very different - probably the switch
from
concert hall to rock club...
see you in Birmingham, if you're going
Steve
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