The Small Departs, The Great Approaches

New release on Raw Tonk Records, 'The Small Departs, The Great Approaches' is a trio studio session with Andrew Cheetham on drums and Otto Willberg on bass. The session was recorded at the Islington Mill in Salford by Sam Weaver.

Line-up: Andrew Cheetham - drums, Colin Webster - tenor and baritone saxophones, Otto Willberg - double bass.

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

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

Spain Is The Place

New release on Raw Tonk Records - 'Spain Is The Place' is a new collaboration with an incredibly heavy quartet featuring Ricardo Tejero on alto sax, Marco Serrato on bass, and Borja Diaz on drums.

The album is available on CD and download.

Line-up: Ricardo Tejero - Alto Sax, Colin Webster - Tenor and Baritone Sax, Marco Serrato - Bass, Borja Diaz - Drums.

Firehouse Tapes

Firehouse Tapes is a new duo release with Andrew Lisle on drums. The album was recorded directly to cassette, during three improvised sessions in the basement of an old fire station in North London.

Firehouse Tapes is available as a limited edition cassette and download from Raw Tonk Records.

Line-up: Colin Webster - Tenor and Baritone Saxophone, Andrew Lisle - Drums.

CINEPALACE

New release on the New Wave of Jazz label - CINEPALACE. Named after the venue in Kortrijk, Belgium, where this set was recorded, the album captures the first meeting of this trio with Dirk Serries on guitar and Martina Verhoeven on double bass.

The album is available as a limited edition LP on heavyweight vinyl from here.



Line-up: Dirk Serries - Guitar, Martina Verhoeven - Double Bass, Colin Webster - Tenor Saxophone.

"Think of it as abstract sound painting writ large, with the participants sensitive to the creative entity forming via their pointillist interactions." - Textura

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg

Audio / photo-collage from a recent gig by an exciting new quartet formation with Manchester-based players: David Birchall (guitar), Andrew Cheetham (drums), and Otto Willberg (double bass).

Thanks to Hundred Years Gallery for the photos and Graham Dunning for the recording.

The debut album by this quartet will be released later in the year by the excellent Tombed Visions record label.

White Noise Session

Short solo set filmed at the White Noise Studio in Winterswijk, NL. Huge thanks to Marlon Wolterink for recording it.

http://www.whitenoisestudio.com

it's on like boiled corn

'it's on like boiled corn' is my new solo album released on Norwegianism Records. The album is a series of short improvisations and explores similar territory to my previous solo album 'Antennae', using a strict palette of minimal saxophone sounds, with an emphasis on breath and mechanical noises over "pure/natural" notes.

The album is currently available only as a limited edition CD (50 copies), and a download option will be available soon.

Buy / stream here:

Webster / Lisle / Ward - Red Kite

'Red Kite' is the debut album by my new trio with Alex Ward (guitar) and Andrew Lisle (drums). The album is available now to download from Raw Tonk Records, and a CD version will be available soon.

The trio was formed especially for the recording session, prompted by the offer of studio time from Sam Thredder at The Cro's Nest. The album was improvised in the studio, recorded directly to reel-to-reel tape, and mastered by the excellent Marlon Wolterink.

Colin Webster / Graham Dunning - Live in Zurich Video

Footage of the full set with Graham Dunning recorded at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, during our tour earlier this year.


Colin Webster and Graham Dunning - Live from Ornament Collective on Vimeo.

Graham Dunning: turntable, mixer, dubplates
Colin Webster: tenor saxophone, clarinet

Estigate - Available Now

New release on Linear Obsessional Recordings: Estigate is a saxophone/turntables duo album with Graham Dunning. Minimal and textured improvisations using tenor and baritone saxophones, specially recorded dubplates, and prepared turntables.

The download version is pay-what-you-want. The physical version is a limited edition CDr (50 copies), which comes in a carry-case containing shellac disc fragments, and a map.

www.linearobsessional.org
www.grahamdunning.com

Gutty Mutter - Available Now

'Gutty Mutter' is the new limited edition album by my duo with Mark Holub, recorded live at The Vortex Jazz Club in London earlier this year. The album is limited to 50 copies, with individual woodblock print artwork by Peter and Edward Simpson.

The album is available to stream / download / buy from Raw Tonk Records.

Live Portrait

Great live portrait courtesy of Mirabel White.

www.mirabelwhite.com

Transient Constellations All-Dayer

On 7th September I'll be performing my first solo improv set at the excellent Transient Constellations all-dayer at The Windmill in Brixton.

http://transientconstellations.tumblr.com

Albatre + Colin Webster - Live in Rotterdam Video

Videos of the collaboration I did with Albatre at Roodkapje, Rotterdam. The material here is mainly from their 'Nagual' EP.





Hugo Costa: Alto Sax
Goncalo Almeida: Bass
Philipp Ernsting: Drums
Colin Webster: Tenor Sax

http://albatre.bandcamp.com

Duo with Mike Hurley

In May I performed an improv duo set with pianist Mike Hurley at The Lamp Tavern in Birmingham. This was the first time we had met and played together, and I've posted some of the set below for streaming. It was a great experience, full of deep listening and exploration of sounds.
 

Mike curates the excellent 'Fizzle' nights in Birmingham every month:
http://www.blambirmingham.co.uk/the-lamp-tavern/

Nematodes 3" CDr

First release of 2013, and also probably the smallest format and shortest-run release - 3" CDr by Nematodes: 'An Outside With An Inside In It'. 20 minutes of noisy improv by Max Leonard Hitchings on drums, Jussi Brightmore on processed harmonica and voice, and myself on tenor sax. It's a live recording of a gig at Power Lunches in Dalston last year. Only 50 copies have been pressed, and currently only available at gigs. 

Gaffer Fest Recording

In October my duo with Mark Holub played at Gaffer Fest in Lyon. I've posted my recordings of our whole set here for streaming and download. The recordings are just from the stage, so aren't high quality, but you get the feeling of what was a great night and a really excellent festival programmed by Frank from Gaffer Records. At the time I had mixed feelings about the set as we had both had very early flights to Lyon and the energy levels were quite low. But in retrospect I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Webster/Holub/Anorak - Languages..

'Languages..' is the new live album recorded by the trio of Mark Holub, Sheik Anorak and myself at The Vortex jazz club in London earlier this year. It's out now on Gaffer Records on CD and all formats download.

Stream it or download it from here: