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reminder: Mathilde 253 with Lol Coxhill at Boat-ting

Tomorrow night (Saturday, February 21, 2011), at 8:00pm: Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn)) perform with Lol Coxhill (saxophone) plus Sharon Gal (voice), Alex Ward (guitar) and Steve Noble (drums); Red Start (Noel Taylor (clarinet), Benedict Taylor (viola) and Noura Sanatian (violin)); and Sibylline [...]

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Point of Departure: Mathilde 253

A very nice review of Mathilde 253 (SLAMCD 528) by Brian Morton in the current issue of Point of Departure: Mathilde 253 is one of those ‘name’ groups that sprang fully-formed from a single playing moment… but seems to have been around for much longer…. Ian Smith is a formidable technician and a profoundly intuitive [...]

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reminder: Birmingham, Edinburgh and London*2

Performances coming up this month with Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders; as part of Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith) with Pat Thomas and with Lol Coxhill; plus more, in Birmingham, Edinburgh and London (see the performance diary for up-to-date info). Birmingham, February 15, 2011: Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park [...]

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CD reviews: Mathilde 253

First set of reviews of Mathilde 253 (SLAMCD 528) including a very nice piece from Guillaume Belhomme: La mise en place inquiète (Hayward au mélodica) donnait quelques indices sur la teneur de l’entière improvisation : réfléchie, et dans laquelle les intervenants rivalisent de subtilités (Park érodant les reliefs de plaintes aux volumes variés, Smith au [...]

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performance diary 02-06-11 (Birmingham, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, London)

Feb-07-2011: Cork, Ireland
Feb-15-2011: Birmingham, England
Feb-18-2011: Edinburgh, Scotland
Feb-19-2011: London, England
Feb-21-2011: London, England
Mar-30-2011: Cork, Ireland
Mar-31-2011: Dublin, Ireland

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performances: Birmingham, Edinburgh and London*2

Upcoming performances in Birmingham, Edinburgh and London, February 2011 (see the performance diary for up-to-date info): Birmingham, February 15, 2011: Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Mark Sanders (drums) presented by Fizzle. [Details…] [performance diary entry] [facebook event page] Edinburgh, February 18, 2011: Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar), and Matthew Collings, plus [...]

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performance diary 01-26-11 (Birmingham, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, London)

Feb-07-2011: Cork, Ireland
Feb-15-2011: Birmingham, England
Feb-18-2011: Edinburgh, Scotland
Feb-19-2011: London, England
Feb-21-2011: London, England
Mar-30-2011: Cork, Ireland
Mar-31-2011: Dublin, Ireland

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CD release: Mathilde 253

I’m very excited to announce that Mathilde 253’s eponymous debut CD (SLAMCD 528) is released today by SLAM Productions. [More info…] [Get it from Slam Productions…] [Get it from distributors/shops…] [Downtown Music Gallery…] [Jazzcds…] [Squidco…] [Wayside Music…] Or if you prefer your music compressed (I still recommend the CD)… [iTunes…] [eMusic…] [Amazon…] personnel Mathilde 253: [...]

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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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  • Upcoming Performances

    May-27-2012: New York, NY
    June-07-2012: Brooklyn, NY
    June-22-2012: Brooklyn, NY
    July-24-2012: Brooklyn, NY
    Sep-07-2012: New York, NY

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