"Xero Slingsby is better than Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington and Count Basie put together.....'cause he's still alive!" Orang Utango
"Boser-Buben-Jazz-Mix, Frisch, Eklektisch, Live, Zitierand, Weiss, Rhythmisch" SPEX Up Down
Add to My Profile | More Videos "To me, the eccentricity of Xero Slingsby seems closer to the true spirit of jazz music than a bunch of muesli-munching, polo-jumpered hip middle-aged cats sitting in a concert hall grooving to Oscar Petersons Greatest Hits." Don Watson Rendezvous
Add to My Profile | More Videos "Xero's scorched alto sound, his booting lines and clamorous compositions as well as his understanding of music as event and spectacle, could well become the crucial lesson." Ben Watson Wire Magazine
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Hi. Historical footnote: Xero's first band have reformed after more than 30 years and are currently recording and writing material for a brand new album, based largely on the original set from 1975. Come join in the fun.
Matthew was wholly unique - a great artist in the broadest sense & impressively oblique. Had the pleasure of sharing a billing with him once at the Trades and Labour club leeds '84. Penny black shades, titchy sax. He liked changing his hair a lot too.
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first time I 'properly' met Mathew, I was a lorry driver and a mutual friend arranged that I would give him a lift to London. I said yes but he had to be down the Calls (Leeds)at 5am, I therefore assumed he would not make it (too early for a jazz man)!! At one minute past 5 Mathew cruises round the corner on his unicycle, sax strapped to his back, big smile on his face, a memory I will always cherish.
