Moss Freed (Guitar)
Ed Barnwell (Keyboards)
Rob Turner (Drums)
Gavin Barras (Bass)
Kenji Fenton (Saxophones)
Joe Jones (Violin)
Myke Wilson (Drums)
Influences
Pat Metheny, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, The Yellowjackets, John Scofield, Gyorgy Ligeti, Kate Rusby, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Wayne Shorter, Gomez, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Allan Holdsworth, Michael McGoldrick, Shooglenifty, Soulive, Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Richard Wagner, J.S. Bach, Bela Fleck, Michael Brecker, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Buckley, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, JPP, Steve Reich, Cinematic Orchestra, Jaga Jazzist, Paco de Lucia, Boulez....
The music that comes out of the new Moss Sextet is testament to its inspirational and eclectic range of influences. Whilst studying composition and performance at Berklee College of Music, Moss formed the first sextet giving a platform for new and exciting music. The outcome was in equal measures Metheny, Stravinsky, Radiohead and Shooglenifty. Combine these with rhythmic intrigue and weaving counterpoint and you have the unique sound of the Moss Sextet. On return to Manchester, Moss formed a new group featuring some of the city's top players, each bringing their own distinctive flavour to the mix. With an instrumental line up of guitar, violin, saxophones, drums, bass and keyboards, the Moss Sextet is an innovative new project well worth listening out for.
Moss studied composition with Nigel Osborne, Marina Adamia and Michael Edwards at Edinburgh University and Jon Damian and Marc Rossi at Berklee. He has had compositions performed all over the world including Washington, NYC, Boston, Malta, Edinburgh and Manchester. His Requiem was recorded and performed by Edinburgh University Chamber Choir. Moss is also an acclaimed songwriter - check out www.myspace/mossfreed for some recordings.
"Moss demonstrated a talent on guitar not often observed.." Garrison Fewell.
"..a wonderful talent." Jon Damian.
"The lad is definitely a stimulating talent” The Times.
"The Moss Sextet always supply a rousing and innovative selection of their own brand of jazz." Matt & Phred's Jazz Club.
"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments. It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
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THE FAMILY ELAN at the Art Of Tea, didsbury,tuesday 10th june. dramatic, sensual, hypnotic & hauntingly beautiful devotional songs of autumn leaves and nights of fire and wine.
Elan derives much inspiration from devotional and folk music traditions. The tanbur playing of the Kurdish Sufi mystic Ostad Elahi and Âshyq songs of the Azerbaijani sâz master Edalat Nasibov spring immediately to mind, alongside the rawer, more percussive sounds of the Yayla musicians of the Eastern Black Sea region – who fashion reed instruments from young pine saplings - like Hasan Yïldïrïm (who plays the violin like a drum) and Hayri Dev. The music of the Rebetes of early twentieth century Greece is an obvious benchmark, alongside more recent European folk revivalists like the Hungarian band Muzsikás. Other signposts might include the bouzouki inventions of Anne Briggs and the musical tapestries of the Incredible String Band. There is also a ‘pop’ sensibility lurking in there somewhere, though it is nigh on impossible to pin down in the conventional sense.
The Family Elan is Chris Hladowski - bouzouki, vocals, guitar, baglamas, fiddle, gimbri, clarinet, thigh slapping, and an unknown Chinese Lute – and Hanna Tuulikki - metal flute, wooden flute, wooden recorder, plastic recorder, voice. Both players have been involved in critical groups such as A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Scatter, Nalle and One Ensemble, they release their debut album on Chicago’s Locust Records in late 2007.
Aidan Smith and his Indulgent Friends play at The Art of Tea in Didsbury. A new album, Allotments, is due out soon and advance copies will be available at the show.
Also playing are Brighton's The Miserable Rich, returning to Manchester just two weeks after their great show at Hedge for a more intimate set in this wonderful cafe. And this time they'll have vinyl copies of their debut single, Pisshead/Boat Song...
The Art of Tea 47 Barlow Moor Road Didsbury M20 6TW
Hedge presents the legendary Peter Walker with support from John Fairhurst and Olivia Moore Friday 25th April, 8pm St Margarets Church, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8AE
Finally touring again after nearly 40 years of quietly working damn hard on his playing, Peter Walker comes to Manchester. Truly a Godfather psyche raga flamenco and folk. He studied with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akhbar Khan, travelled to Franco era Spain to study flamenco and jam with the gypsies and was at the heart of the San Fran acoustic scene.
Don’t for a minute let your mind wander to the watered down come-backs of some of his contemporaries; Peter has just matured and improved, developing his passion for flamenco. A rare opportunity this is, to encounter a player of Peter's influence and excellence.
In support are two local musicians, descendants in a musical family tree.
John Fairhurst has travelled extensively with his guitar, playing everywhere and anywhere with allsorts of people. A heavy Raga influence, with elements of gypsy jazz, a big spoonful of blues and psyche folk.
Olivia Moore, a truly gifted violinist, has herself travelled to India on numerous occasions to study. After many years playing classical violin, she delved into the worlds of jazz, flamenco, Cuban music and improvisation. Awesome!
yo mossy man! How's it going dood? thanks for stoppin by to say hello. of course i remember u from berklee u muppet. so how's manchester treatin u? I'm glad u got somethin out of Damian, he's a must for any guitar player as far as I'm concerned! Can't listen to ur tunes here, my speakers are bustified unfortunately but sure they sound great. Might be over doing some dates in the UK in the new year, almost certainly by the end of 2008 when i get my new album done. Stay in touch, Mark
Hey man, Yeah, I'm actually here for a while. Touring with the Transatlantic Collective. All the dates are here: thetransatlanticcollective.com It'd be great if you could make the Vortex on December 10th in London... It's our live recording and we're hoping to pack it. And Phil Robson's on it. Take care, --Dan
