New gigs
Some new public gigs, including the Fontanelles first venture out of the capital…
12/2/12 — National Theatre foyer with Dave Marchant (gtr): bossa and standards. FREE
14/2/12 — ‘Morricone In Love’ @ Richmix (http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/morricone-in-love/)
9/3/12 — The Fontanelles @ Bossaphonik, Oxford (venue and door TBC)
14/3/12 — The Fontanelles @ Richmix, Bethnal Green (door TBC)
Fontanelles are live at Richmix, 5/11/11 »
Part of the Afri-kokoa night at Richmix, Bethnal Green. £8/£6 in, onstage ca.2200
I’m assisting composer Shaun Davey on this one at Theatre Royal Haymarket. Lovely music and a great looking show from Trevor Nunn et al.
Prithee I fain would recommend, even if thou may’st not look fairly upon the bard!
Morricone In Love: in a fusion of live music and cinema, f’eatre explore the haunting wordless female vocal and the psychedelic lounge trip of Ennio Morricone’s cult Italian film scores of 1968-72.
F’eatre are the extraordinarily talented Fiona Staniland (chanteuse), Nick Ramm (arrangments and keyboards), Alex Keen (basses) Jon Scott (drums), Jon Gingell (guitars) and Gerry Hunt (clarinet, flute, sax, trumpet and more).
After the Spaghetti came the Desert! Expect a triptastic mix of hypnotic jazz rhythms, bossa beats, soaring soprano and avant garde expressionism – all to a stunning backdrop of original film visuals.
Dates: 8pm on 30th July and 6th August at Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN Tel: 020 7357 6845 www.shortwavefilms.co.uk
Hank Mobley
I had the pleasure of seeing in 2011 in Dubai, performing at the Grand Hyatt’s NYE bash with Groovestone… second time in Dubai and it doesn’t get any less gratuitous!
Using a Yamaha subkick for the first time on ‘Fela!’ basically sounds like a detuned 808 through the NT rig: 40Hz in your face/seat….
Only in the National Theatre do 70s existential novellas by John Fowles literally fall at your feet…
A silly little coda, but a showcase for my lovely new axe. Tongue firmly in cheek here…
