Oval

New cassette release on the Tombed Visions label, 'Oval' is taken from an improvised studio session with Graham Dunning on turntable, dubplates, and effects. 

"Punctuated by space-echo swirls and throbbing with heaving drones, Oval is a far spacier record than Dunning and Webster’s previous collaborations. Where, for instance, Estigate, their first joint on Linear Obsessional Recordings, stuttered and started in spasmodic convulsions, this one heaves and swells.
Oval has a kind of cinematic grandeur, an impressionistic rapture in broad brushstrokes and dappled light to contrast with the pointillism of its predecessor. Even if the second side is more sparse and kinetic, it still feels windswept and expansive in it’s bruised intimacy.”

Robert Barry – The Wire. July 2016

Line-up: Colin Webster - Baritone Saxophone, Graham Dunning - Turntable, Dubplates, Spring Reverbs

Gravity Lacks

New release on the brand-new Manchester based label Vernacular Recordings. Gravity Lacks is a set of solos and duos with guitarist David Birchall, recorded at Long White Cloud in London last year.

The CD comes with a cover image based on a sound drawing on the audio by David Birchall, and the packaging is handprinted and letterpressed by the Cleeve Press in Leicester.

Line-up: Colin Webster - Tenor Saxophone, David Birchall - Electric Guitar

Spain Is The Place Tour

Ricardo Tejero - Alto Sax

Colin Webster - Alto Sax

Marco Serrato - Bass

Borja Diaz - Drums

KTHXBYE - details

details is the new album by my trio with Stian Larsen (guitar) and Brage Tørmænen (drums) - KTHXBYE. The album was recorded last year in London following a short tour, and is available on CD and download from Raw Tonk Records.

Line-up: Stian Larsen - guitar, Brage Tørmænen - drums, Colin Webster - tenor saxophone

Kodian Trio UK Tour

Apparitions

New release on New Wave of Jazz - Apparitions is a double studio LP by the quartet of John Dikeman (tenor sax), Dirk Serries (guitar), Andrew Lisle (drums), and myself on baritone sax. The album was recorded on the day after the quartet played a blistering show at Cafe Oto, which was released by Raw Tonk Records last year.

Kodian Trio

Kodian Trio is a new project with Dirk Serries on electric guitar and Andrew Lisle on drums. Kodian Trio's debut album 'I' will be released on LP by the New Wave Of Jazz imprint on 19th March. The trio are also playing a series of dates in Holland, Belgium and Germany, including a two day residency at De Singer in Rijkevorsel:

19/3 - Pletterij (Haarlem, NL)
20/3 - De Nieuwe Ruimte (Rotterdam, NL)
21/3 - Volt (Sittard, NL)
22/3 - Djaezz Keller (Duisburg, D)
23/3 - De Ruimte (Amsterdam, NL)
24/3 - De Singer (Rijkevorsel, B) Two day residency - special guest : Martina Verhoeven
25/3 - De Singer (Rijkevorsel, B) Two day residency - special guests : Martina Verhoeven, John Dikeman, Thijs Troch

The album is available from New Wave of Jazz: