Jazz breaking news: Jan Bang And Satoko Fujii To Play Improv Fest In Glasgow This Weekend
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
A key festival of improvisation to be held in Glasgow this weekend beginning on Friday is one of the last big UK gatherings of key Scottish, UK and international improv innovators and performers this year, with influential electronics man Jan Bang (left) and high energy improvising pianist Satoko Fujii from Japan among the key artists at Festival IV, hosted by the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, which runs until Sunday at the CCA on Sauchiehall Street.
The fest – which also includes interdisciplinary collaborations, free workshops and discussion events and GIO performances – features pioneering producer/electronicist Jan Bang the co-founder of Norwegian festival Punkt who will be sampling and live mixing on Saturday at 10.15pm. Opening day highlights include Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii (Friday, 9.30pm); and the festival is bookended with composer/poet/violinist Renee’ Baker of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago who will lead two free workshops on Sunday.
Among the many other highlights Andreas Gogol with members of GIO are to take part in an event entitled Interference in Motion – Experimental Short Films & Live Scoring held during the weekend and Festival IV is also notable for the coming together of the fine drum improvising quartet of Stu Brown, Tom Bancroft, Chris Wallace, and Fritz Welch.
– Stephen Graham
For tickets go to www.cca-glasgow.com