Thursday 19th October | 7pm | £10 / £8 conc / PWYC
A full power Jazz outfit from Leeds whose latest album ¡Blamo! merges Spaghetti Western theme soundtracks with rad improvisation and Jazz compositions. All Exceptional players !
The Fergus Quill Trio are Fergus on double bass/acoustic piano/vocals, Nico Widdowson on acoustic piano/fender rhodes/percussion/vocals and Theo Goss on drums/percussion/vocals.
They will be playing music from their album 'Zoop Zoop' and their new album' ¡Blamo! An album that pays homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular, the soundtrack music written by Italian composer maestro Ennio Morricone. The tracks merge film theme/soundtrack-style music with jazz improvisation.
Fergus is an in-demand Composer, Bandleader, and Bassist. Founder of large avant garde ensemble 'Ferg's Imaginary Big Band' and has recently played with the likes of Hermeto Pascoal and Orphy Robinson. He was selected to join the only British ensemble commissioned to perform new work by John Zorn as part of his Bagatelles series led by Sam Eastmond.
A band who’s obsession lies in 20th, 21st, and 22nd century improvised music, from Jelly Roll Morton and Sun Ra to Derek Bailey and the Boredoms.