Paul Hamlyn award-winning saxophonist Rachel Musson is a saxophonist, composer and improviser with an artistic palette that takes in ferocity and tenderness with impressive sensitivity. Often heard collaborating with Mark Sanders, Pat Thomas, Olie Brice, Hannah Marshall and others, this event will see Musson performing solo as she did on her wonderful 2024 album Ashes and Dust, Earth and Sky, LLudw a Llwch, Daear a Nef.
Musson’s set will be supported by two shorter solo sets courtesy of up-and-coming, Birmingham-based musicians Juliane Deil (piano) and Josh Vadiveloo (bass). Both Deil and Vadiveloo are brilliant bandleaders and in-demand side musicians across a range of musical styles, but this will be an exciting opportunity to hear them venture into the totally free and totally solo.
Fizzle & TDE Promotions are partner organisations that promote freely improvised and experimental music in and around Birmingham. They put on regular gigs in venues around the city which feature a wide variety of local, national, and international improvisers. In addition to running gigs, they provide development opportunities for local bands and musicians at all stages of their careers.