Izumi Kimura and Gerry Hemingway + Andy Champion

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in association with Jazz North East and The Lit and Phil presents…

Izumi Kimura and Gerry Hemingway
Andy Champion
Ziv Taubenfeld / Olie Brice / Kresten Osgood


The Literary and Philosophical Society (The Loftus Room)
Friday 4th October 2024
Doors: 7.00pm (Music Starts 7.20pm)
Full Price: £12.00
Concessions: £10.00 (MU / NUS / OAP / Benefits)
Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

7.20pm - 8.00pm
Ziv Taubenfeld / Olie Brice / Kresten Osgood 
Ziv Taubenfeld (Bass Clarinet) / Olie Brice (Double Bass) / Kresten Osgood (Drums)

8.20pm - 8.50pm
Andy Champion
Andy Champion (Solo Bass and Electronics) 

9.10pm - 10.00pm
Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway 
Izumi Kimura (Piano) / Gerry Hemingway (Drums and Percussion)  

 
Part of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

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The Literary and Philosophical Society
The Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, NE1 1SE
0191 232 0192 / library@litandphil.org.uk
www.litandphil.org.uk


The Literary and Philosophical Society

Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

Accessibility: The Loftus Room at The Lit and Phil is partly accessible. There is a lift at the venue entrance for wheelchair users to access the building and performance space, no wheelchair accessible toilets are available in the building. 

The festival has permissions for visiting wheelchair users to access toilets located on the ground floor in Sleeperz Hotel which is just a few doors down (16 ft) to the right of the Lit and Phil as you exit the building. 

Accessible toilets are also available at 5 Quarter Cafe Bar to the left as you exit the building. 

The Private Members Library is not a wheelchair accessible space and is preceded by a small number of stairs. 

Travel: Any Bus and Metro to Central Station which is located less than 300 ft from the venue (approximately 2 minutes walk).

There is limited street parking, the closest car park is at Central Station
(Charges may apply).


Artist Biographies 

ZIV TAUBENFELD / OLIE BRICE / KRESTEN OSGOOD

Ziv Taubenfeld (Bass Clarinet)
Olie Brice (Double Bass)
Kresten Osgood (Drums)

Ziv Taubenfeld, Olie Brice and Kresten Osgood come together in a new international collaboration – a trio of bass claintet, double bass and drums.

Taubenfeld and Brice first met when they were both part of the Bimhuis October Meeting 2017, and have played in various formats ever since while discussing plans for a more ongoing project – for which they agreed Osgood would be a perfect addition. 

All three musicians have rich and varied backgrounds in free improvisation, the jazz tradition and as composers, and the trio will draw on all of that in an unpredictable and exciting collage. 

Lisbon-based Ziv Taubenfeld leads the band Full Sun, who’s album ‘Out of the Beast Came Honey’ was recently released on Cleanfeed. He has also collaborated with Han Bennink, Tobias Delius and Marta Warelis, among many others.

Olie Brice will be familiar to Jazz North East audiences from numerous appearances, leading his own bands as well as playing with the likes of Mark Sanders, Tobias Delius, Luis Vicente, Rachel Musson & Dee Byrne.

Multi instrumentalist Kresten Osgood is one of Denmark’s leading jazz and improv musicians. He has worked with an astonishing range of world class improvisers including Sam Rivers, Paul Bley, John Tchicai, Joe Lovano, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell and Tim Berne. Osgood also leads his own bands and is a central force of energy on the Copenhagen scene.

www.zivtaubenfeld.com
www.oliebrice.com
www.krestenosgood.com


ANDY CHAMPION

Andy Champion (Solo Bass)

Andy Champion’s career spans 30 years, working extensively in the UK and Europe. 
An in demand bassist, Andy is equally at home performing straight ahead, contemporary jazz or free improv. 

For this festival solo set Andy will be delivering a set of improvisations and compositions; utilising extended techniques, loops and effects.

www.andychampion.bandcamp.com


IZUMI KIMURA AND GERRY HEMINGWAY

Izumi Kimura (Piano)
Gerry Hemingway (Drums and Percussion)

This duo began in 2016 as a series of residencies, rehearsals and performances in Ireland, and further evolved in 2018 in the context of a trio with bassist Barry Guy with the release of the recording “Illuminated Silence”. Both the duo and trio have since co-existed but it is the duo that has become a central platform for both players.

There is by now a shared and well understood language between them that moves seamlessly between formal structures, spontaneous invention, as well as their unique interpretations of song.

The release of “Kairos” in 2023 debuts this array of possibilities which continue to grow as a rich and varied performance platform for both musicians. 

Writing for the WIRE about this release Bill Meyer summarizes.. "Dublin based Japanese pianist lzumi Kimura and Connecticut born, Switzerland based percussionist/vocalist Gerry Hemingway have recorded previously with Barry Guy, but Kairos is their first duo effort. While each brought a piece to this session, most of it is jointly credited, but it does not sound like a product of free improvisation so much as an investigation in how each can support the other's strengths.

Even in free moments, the pianist is inexorably drawn to melodies, which Hemingway abets with complementary tonal lines on his vibes and drum kit. And Kimura, who combines preparations with conventional keyboard sounds, uses a staccato attack to reinforce the drummer's intricate constructions. lt's a complementary partnership." Bill Meyer / Jazz & Improv - The Wire October 2023 

"Kairos, a duet with Hemingway, takes as its title an ancient Greek word meaning the “right time”, the “critical moment” or “opportunity”. It’s a motto for improvisers, and a defining idea on this very recording, along with possible corollaries, like the apt space or a notion of resonance. The duets are also dramatic and abstract, yet conversational, with Hemingway adding marimba, vibraphone and voice to his drumming. The concluding minute-long “Circadian Twilight” provides a moment of fleeting, evanescent beauty and makes for an apt conclusion to a remarkable program." by Stuart Broomer - New York City Jazz Record February 2024 

www.izumikimura.com/portfolio/izumi-kimura-gerry-hemingway-duo/
www.sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/kairos