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Alex Ward Sextet at Cafe OTO
Courtesy of Oliver Barrett | Posted on April 4, 2014
When
Thu, September 4, 2014
20:00
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Musicians
Alex Ward
multi-instrumentalistOlie Brice
bass, acousticHannah Marshall
celloRachel Musson
saxophone, tenorSteve Noble
drumsAbout
The Alex Ward Sextet features several of the most exciting London-based musicians currently working in the fields of composed and improvised music. Growing out of an ensemble originally convened to perform Alex's extended composition "Glass Shelves And Floor", the sextet's repertoire encompasses full-throttle ensemble improvisation plus a varied set of compositions by Ward, drawing on contemporary chamber complexity, avant-rock power and dynamics, and an askew-but-fond relationship to the "jazz" tradition.