Hession & Beck PAUL HESSION: drums MICK BECK: tenor sax, bassoon & whistles Paul Hession is one of the country’s finest drummers, based in Leeds and visiting Sheffield for the first time in more than a year. Featured in a long standing duo which has toured in Toronto and Germany as well as extensively in

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Gated Community – Mick Beck’s Splendid “Big Band” Plus Alan Halsey and Mick Beck, Sound poems An amazing start to the 2012 Notes and Sounds calendar at the delightful Lantern Theatre The band explores the boundaries between musical structures and free improvisation.  All members are based in or near Sheffield, some very experienced improvisers, some

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Inclusion Principle Martin Archer – laptop, sopranino saxophone Herve Perez – laptop, soprano saxophone With Steve Chase – strings and miscellaneous instruments. This long standing duo covers minimal laptop improvisation, nu jazz with beats, and points between.  Carefully evolving soundscapes transform gradually into drivingly intense beats.  The addition of chase to the evening’s line up

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