Coming up in Manchester with Sylvia & I in June..!

Looking forward to bringing my trio ALATI with vocalist Brigitte Beraha and Dave O’Brien to Anteros Arts:

anterosfoundation.com/event-details/…

Full tour TBA soon - we’re launching a new EP on Paul Jolly’s 33Jazz label - settings of poems by Colin Simms about the #henharrier .

Come along!

Tonight OUTPOST - at the studios at Gildengate House, behind #angliasquare ..

Excited to announce 'The Texture of Perception (Plus)' - a new collaboration between Hard Edges and Laure Van Minden - available now for #BandcampFriday :

hardedges.bandcamp.com/music

There are 6 original drawings, also available digitally, alongside the album (also CD) on bandcamp

Exciting gig happening this Saturday at Outpost Studios in #Norwich with guitarist Ranieri Spina and cellist Hannah Marshall - part of a short recording residency...

Cornet, cello and guitar improvs, toys, music boxes and more - come along!

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Last call (possibly penultimate…) for The Brass Monkeys at PizzaExpress Live tomorrow night in #London :

pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/the-b…

Launch for ‘Lullabite’ released on Paul Jolly’s label and available here on bandcamp:

thebrassmonkeys.bandcamp.com/album/lullabite

Come!

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'Life Around London' was a Sylvia & I release documenting performances on the outskirts of the capital:

sylviaandi.bandcamp.com/album/life-aro…

10 copies left of the SD card which has a bonus track - plus orders now inc. 5 extra small stickers - £8!

Here's extra artwork by Morris English

Two terrific sets at Ambition's Graveyard in Norwich on Saturday night showcasing alternative ways of integrating improv and charts, democratically navigated in real-time by Sloth Racket, guided by drummer Mark Holub in Anthropods.

Tonight..!

New #jazz in #Norwich tomorrow night - Tangential (w. George McKay) playing at The Rosebery, #NR3 - 7-9pm, free entry, very nice beer…

We’ll have a few new additions to our set - some new Monk, and a kind of folky medley, plus some standards and melodic originals…

Come!

Excited to share the return leg of our Eastern Ear exchange with Lost Property from #Brighton , made possible through OUTLANDS.

Takes place OUTPOST in #Norwich next Wednesday…

Come along..!

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Tried to buy some music manuscript paper at WHSmith in #Norwich , but neither of the shops now stocks it, so nowhere to buy manuscript paper in person in Norwich now...

#whateverhappenedtocommunitymusic

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'BEACH' on bandcamp is live now - I have just uploaded the fourth track:

chrisdowding.bandcamp.com/subscribe

This year-long #subscription project explores short intervallic pieces named after beaches and includes photography by John Boursnell.

Check it out..!

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Looking forward to playing PizzaExpress Live with The Brass Monkeys in April:

pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/the-b…

It's an album launch for 'Lullabite', which came out last year on 33jazzRecords and is available via bandcamp here:

thebrassmonkeys.bandcamp.com/album/lullabite

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