Tolbooth Auditorium, 7pm This is a really special duo and will be a one off performance especially for Le Weekend. Gerry Hemingway has never played in Scotland, which is quite unbelievable considering the work that he has been involved in from the early eighties to the present day. Braxtonís seminal quartet from the eighties is often compared to Miles Davisí quintet from the sixties in the way that they laid down the gauntlet to the free jazz and improv scenes for the possibilities in extending the remit of the music contained two of this year's Le Weekend players, Hemingway and Crispell. But his own work as a composer and leader is pretty substantial with work like the Whimbler and Waltzes, Two-Steps And Other matters of The Heart. His own music sits somewhere between Charles Ives and European abstraction but his endless exploration of musical styles does not allow for any type of pigeon holing. John Butcher is one of the most prolific performers and creators in the music scene today. His work and developments for saxophone have extended the instrumentís voicings and range. Most recently Butcher has been involved with experiments in place and space, considering the environment in which any one performance takes place as a partner in his improvising discipline. Interestingly his work, although quite different from, considers many of the areas that the music of Alvin Lucier explores. John Butcher - saxGerry Hemingway - drums |
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1:00 pm Notes From the Underground |
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