On The Edge

A few weeks ago I travelled down to Brighton with my trio (Webster/Holub/McLaren) to play at On The Edge - the night run by Brighton's Safehouse collective. It was the first time our trio had played outside London, and we had a great gig to a very enthusiastic listening audience. I mainly played Baritone for this gig, and Toby just brought his synth and effects instead of the usual Rhodes. This slight change to the usual format worked really well, with the synth bringing out more 'sounds' and the baritone sometime playing more of a support/rhythm section role.

Here's a clip of the first track from our set:
Webster/Holub/McLaren live in Brighton by colinwebster

Many thanks to Gus Garside and everyone at Safehouse for bringing us down there.
http://www.safehousebrighton.co.uk/

Koi Bombs Album Launched!

The new album by my trio with Mark Holub and Toby McLaren was released at the end of January. We had the launch party at Stoke Newington International Airport. It was a great night, great bands, and a large and receptive crowd!

The trio also played the legendary Boat-Ting (improv club on a boat on the Thames) earlier in the week. The intimate dimensions of the venue really suited us, and the set was very powerful. We hadn't played together for over a month, so things were fresh and firing! We also played a set the following week at Rays Jazz Cafe in central London. The polite coffee shop atmosphere was slightly at-odds with our outlandish improvisations, but after a bit of an apologetic start we got into it.

The album is now available from Gaffer Records http://www.gafferrecords.com/ and at gigs.

Here's a clip of the trio from the album launch:



More clips and sounds from the trio gigs coming soon.

Also in January I played a show as a guest with Loup - the duo of Sheik Anorak and Clement Edouard. We played an intense set at Indo in Whitechapel with Sheik Anorak on drums, Clement on alto and electronics and myself on baritone.. Hopefully some clips from this show coming soon as well.

Koi Bombs Artwork

'Koi Bombs' is the first release from my trio Webster/Holub/McLaren.

It's being released by Gaffer Records on CD-R this month.
http://www.gafferrecords.com/

We're playing a few London gigs to support the release:

17th January - Boat-Ting, on a boat, Temple Pier, Embankment
22nd January - ALBUM LAUNCH @ Stoke Newington International Airport, Stoke Newington
27th January - Ray's Jazz @ Foyle's Bookstore Cafe, Soho

JAZZ SNOB: EAT SHIT

I'm putting on another show at Jamboree in Limehouse, and this time I have managed to book the legendary trio of Wilkinson/Edwards/Noble for the headline slot. My trio with Mark Holub and Toby McLaren will be starting the evening off.

It's easy to see with the Wilkinson/Edwards/Noble line-up that what you're dealing with is the very best of British 'free jazz' and improvised music. Not much more to say about it than that! More about this fantastic trio, plus audio and video clips on their myspace:

www.myspace.com/wilkinsonedwardsnoble

This will be the first performance by my trio in several months. Since the recording session in March we've been rehearsing and the music is starting to shape itself into a dark, brooding and raucous beast. Looking forward to playing live!