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ROT
Saturday March 26, 2011
Bondhouse
20-32 Goodwood Road
ASC Projects entrance 2
London
SE14 6BL
8-11pm
£5/£4 concessions
I'll be playing with ROT with Olly and Rachel Howard as part of Pullit's new show Transmission. The show is on from Friday March 25th to Saturay April 9th and the private view is on Friday 25th March. All at the above address.
More information here
and here
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Duets night onboard the good ship Adelheid
Sunday March 20, 2011
Badalona marina
Mooring L2, next to the bars
Badalona
08918
Nearest stations are Badalona station (Renfe) from where you head for the sea and turn right or Pep Ventura (L2). From Pep Ventura take C/ Maria Auxiliadora towards the sea, go through the plaça, take the footbridge over the railway and turn right to get to the marina
5pm
The duos are:
Tom Chant (soprano saxophone) and
Marc Egea (hurdy-gurdy)
Free Brothers: Tino Regueira (electric guitar) and
John Williams (tenor saxophone)
Drinks and tapas will be available on board. Entrance is 4 euros which gets you a drink. All proceeds go to the musicians.
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Sin Anestesia
Sunday February 20, 2011
Heliogabal
C/ Ramón y Cajal, 80
Barcelona
08012
21.30
7€
Sin Anestesia is 10 saxophonists in various combinations (including all ten at once) playing improvised music.
Conceived and organised by German Lazaro AKA Jack Torrance, it's part of the Heiogabal venue's Músiques Disperses series for February.
Here's the line up:
Agustí Martínez
Albert Cirera
Tom Chant
El Pricto
Ferran Besalduch
Pep Pascual
Liba Villavecchia
Lluís Vallès
Xavier Díaz Herrera
Don Malfon
More information here:
Jack Torrance's Overlook Hotel blog
Heliogabal
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IED8 at the Hurta Cordel Festival
Saturday February 12, 2011
Hurta Cordel 2011
XV Festival Internacional de Improvisación
Espai Cultural
Pl. de Catalunya, 9
Obra Social Caja Madrid
Barcelona
21.30
€2.50
The rest of the festival looks like this:
Miércoles 9 de febrero:
21.30 HASTE (Veryan Weston, Ingrid Laubrock, Hannah Marshall)
Jueves 10 de febrero:
21.30 Chefa Alonso/Barbara Meyer/Albert Kaul
Viernes 11 de febrero:
21:30 Christoph Irmer /Mark Charig
All concerts are €2.50
Click below for more information:
IED8
Espai Cultural
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IED8 on Audition Records
Release date: 25/11/2010
Netlabel Audition Records have just released IED8: Live at 23 Robadors. 25.03.10
This is a free, Internet only release. Download it here now.
Click below for more information:
IED8
Audition Records
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Three in London
Sunday November 14, 2010
Cinematic Orchestra
The Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AP
7.30pm
I'll also be playing with Dorian Concept at the RAH before Cinematic Orchestra play.
Tuesday November 16, 2010
Eddie Prévost Trio
Network Theatre
246a Lower Road
Waterloo
London SE1
(a wee bit difficult to find, check the map)
Underneath Waterloo Station Jubilee Line entrance (or exit 2), and opposite Sainsbury's in Waterloo Road.
map: www.networktheatre.org/Pages/map.aspx
music starts at 7.30pm
£6
The Eddie Prévost Trio is:
Tom Chant, tenor and soprano saxophones
John Edwards, double bass
Eddie Prévost, drums
More info here.
Saturday November 20, 2010
Marseille Figs play the legendary Gypsy Hotel at its new location The Woodstore on Saturday 20 November, with the Big Band: Andrew Ranken, Jem Finer and John Edwards
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The Woodstore (below Pleasance Theatre)
1 Carpenters Mews
North Rd, N7 9EF
(2 min walk from Caledonian Rd Tube – bus 393 stops outside)
Tel. 020 7700 1858
Doors @ 8pm.
Show @ 9pm.
Figs @ 11pm.
£7 before 10, £10 after
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IED8 x2
26 October
TePeKaLe Sound
Centre Santa Tecla
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Barcelona
Metro: L1 Torrassa
20h
Entrada gratuïta / free entrance
29 October
Centro Galego de Barcelona
La Rambla 35
Barcelona
Metro: L3 Liceu
21h
Entrada ?
IED8 is
Olga Àbalos - saxo alt i flauta travessera
Tom Chant - saxo soprano i tenor, i clarinet baix
Albert Cirera - saxo tenor i soprano
Alfonso Muñoz - saxo barítono
Pope - trompeta
Pablo Rega - guitarra elèctrica
Javier García - contrabaix
Dani Domínguez - bateria
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The Man with a Hyena
play the LEM festival, Barcelona
Thursday 14th October 2010
La Fontana
Gran de Gràcia, 190 – 192
Barcelona
Tickets are €6 for 3 concerts
21 h. Les Aus
22 h. The Man with a Hyena
23 h. Narwhal
The Man with a Hyena is:
Tom Chant, saxophones
Dani Dominguez, drums
Javier Garcia, double bass
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Dorian Concept and Tom Chant
at the RUN VIE festival, Vienna
07.10.2010
21:00
at WUK
Address: Währingerstrasse 59, 1090 Wien
Entrance: VVK 10.00 | AK 12.00
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BIB sandwich featuring Clayton Thomas and Agustí Fernández
Berlin-based Australian double-bassist Clayton Thomas is in town and I'll be playing two concerts with him; the first a duo and the second a trio with pianist Agustí Fernández. Sandwiched between these is a Banda d'Improvisadors de Barcelona concert featuring poet Anna Maluquer.
22nd April, 21.00
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Tom Chant, saxophones
Robadors 23,
C/Robadors 23,
Barcelona
€4
23rd April, 19.00
BIB with Anna Maluquer
Plaça d’Allada Vermell,
Barcelona
free entry
24th April, 20.30
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Agustí Fernández, piano
Tom Chant, saxophones
Centre Civic Can Deu
Plaça de la Concòrdia, 13,
Les Corts,
Barcelona, 08014
free entry
April 5, 2010
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The Man with a Hyena
Friday 9th April, 21.00
Heliogabal
Calle Ramon y Cajal 80
Barcelona
€4.50
The Man with a Hyena is:
Tom Chant, saxophones
Dani Dominguez, drums
Javier Garcia, double bass
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IED8
IED8 at Robadors 23
C/Robadors 23, Barcelona, 08001
Monday 22nd March
20.30
Price: I couldn't tell you. Sorry.
IED8 is:
Pope, trompeta
Tom Chant, soprano saxophone
Olga Ábalos, alto saxophone
Albert Cirera, tenor saxophone
Alfons Muñoz, barítono saxophone
Pablo Rega, guitarra
Javier García, contrabajo
Dani Domínguez, batería
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Pocketbook of Lightning
I'll be playing two concerts as the guest of Pocketbook of Lightning, the Portuguese duo of Marco Franco (drums) and Nuno Rebelo (guitar) in Portalegre and Faro, Portugal.
19 February
23.30
Portalegre Jazz Festival
Centro de Artes do Espectáculo de Portalegre
Praça da República nº39
7300-109 Portalegre
20 February
21.30
Teatro das Figuras
Horta das Figuras, Estrada Nacional 125,
8005-518 Faro
January 27, 2010
3 in Barcelona
26 January
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Tom Chant (reeds)/Javier Garcia (contrabajo)
20:00
TePeKaLeSOUND
Av Josep Tarradellas 44
08901
L’Hospitalet
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IED8
(Pope, trompeta; Tom Chant, soprano saxophone; Olga Ábalos, alto saxophone; Albert Cirera, tenor saxophone; Alfons Muñoz, barítono saxophone; Pablo Rega, guitarra; Javier García, contrabajo; Dani Domínguez, batería)
28 February
Fran Bartlett (cello)/Tom Chant (reeds)/ Marc Egea (hurdy gurdy)/ Javier Garcia (contrabajo)
Both the above February concerts take place at:
Heliogabal
C/ Ramón y Cajal, 80
Barcelona
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JUMBO!
Marseille Figs have released Jumbo and the Long Goodbye EP. 5 new songs featuring special guests John Edwards, Jem Finer, Andrew Rankin, Paul Seacroft, Darryl Hunt and the Jumbo Chorale.
Available in 12" Vinyl, CD and MP3.
Listen here.
Buy it here:
iTunes
Rough Trade
or Cargo
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Decentred
Decentred is the new record by myself, Angharad Davies, Benedict Drew and John Edwards on the Another Timbre record label. On it are improvisations and realisations of scores by John Cage and Michael Pisaro.
The launch is at the unnamed music festival run by Another Timbre label boss Simon Reynell on Thursday 11th June.
