Tag Archives: Cafe OTO

RIP, Lol Coxhill

Thanks for your generosity, encouragement, sense of fun and play, and the music (which encompassed all of these elements).

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thanks: London*2 and Scarborough

Thanks to Trevor Brent and everyone at Freedom of the City for a fantastic and welcoming festival; to Rob Mackay of the University of Hull-Scarborough Campus for being a wonderful, generous host—organizing the performance, housing and feeding the musicians; and to Jazz @ The Oxford for their open mindedness and enthusiasm. Special thanks to John [...]

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site update: Mathilde 253 image gallery

Press/publicity photos and images of Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith) are now collated at: picasaweb.google.com/hanearlpark/mathilde253 Photographs copyright the photographers. If you use any of the images, please credit the corresponding photographer. [Additional images…].

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CD store closed (for the moment…)

I’ve shut the CD store because of the move back to the United States. I plan to reinstate the purchase option, but I can’t say when at the moment. Some of these CDs are available from other sources, and these are indicated below. Mathilde 253 [details…] Performers: Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park [...]

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CD available: Mathilde 253

Released as part of SLAM Productions’s January 2011 CD catalog: Mathilde 253’s eponymous debut CD (SLAMCD 528). [Get the CD via the discography entry…] [Slam Productions catalog page…] [Read the reviews…] teaser (photomontage by Jenny Gallego) description Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar), Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn), Lol Coxhill (saxophone) tracks [...]

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CD preview: Mathilde 253

Available soon: Mathilde 253’s eponymous CD (SLAMCD 528) with Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith plus Lol Coxhill. More info to follow…

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site update: Mathilde 253

The (provisional) page for Mathilde 253 is now live. More to come including audio recordings and news about future performances. Here’s an excerpt: Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica) Han-earl Park (guitar) Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) A lip-reed, six strings, numerous membranes and metal discs. Three valves; one potentiometer plus twenty-two frets; chains, sticks [...]

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thanks: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Market Harborough and London

Special thanks to Ian Smith for the scheming and pre-performance guidance, and to Charles Hayward, Lol Coxhill and Ian who reminded me how much I’ve got to learn—I was performing in the presence of giants. Thanks to Fritz Welch, Lin Zhang of Grind Sight Open Eye, and Jamie Smith of Owlhouse Recordings for organizing the [...]

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reminder: Hayward-Park-Smith + Coxhill

Today (Sunday, April 18, 2010), at 8:00 pm: Charles Hayward (drums), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) plus special guest Lol Coxhill (saxophone) perform at Cafe OTO (18–22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL, England). [Details…] Tickets: £5 advance / £6 on the door. [Get tickets…] You are warmly invited to come [...]

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reminder: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Market Harborough and London

A quick reminder (and update) of the performances in the UK coming up this week (see the performance diary for up-to-date info): Glasgow, April 14, 2010: Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) / Heddy Boubaker (saxophone) and Fritz Welch (percussion) / Cr:acc Ensemble. [info: performance diary entry] [facebook event page] Edinburgh, April 15, 2010: Performance by [...]

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update: Hayward-Park-Smith + Lol Coxhill

I’m very excited to announce that the incomparable and inimitable saxophonist Lol Coxhill will be joining Charles Hayward (drums), Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) and me (Han-earl Park (guitar)) on Sunday, April 18, 2010, 8:00 pm at Cafe OTO (18–22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL, England). [Details…] w00t!

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performance diary 03-31-10 (Cork, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Husbands Bosworth, London)

Apr–12–2010: Cork, Ireland
Apr–14–2010: Glasgow, Scotland
Apr–15–2010: Edinburgh, Scotland
Apr–17–2010: Husbands Bosworth, England
Apr–18–2010: London, England
May–10–2010: Cork, Ireland
May–26–2010: Cork, Ireland

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