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| London Welcomes a New Improv Festival: As Alike As Trees On the weekend of March 5th and 6th, London will host a new addition to its ever-growing roster of festivals of improvised music—the intriguingly titled As Alike As Trees. Organised by saxophonist David O'Connor and violinist Jennifer Alum, both regulars at Eddie Prévost's Friday evening workshop sessions, the festival features many musicians from the workshop alongside guests from across Europe, including the groupings Hubbub and AMM. Saturday 5th March Afternoon 2pm: David O'Connor Matthew Olczak Pascal Battus from France Grundik Kasyansky Guillaume Viltard Marjolaine Charbin from France Evening 7pm: Tim Yates Russell Callow Carole Finer Anat Ben-David Chris Hyde-Harrison Ute Kanngiesser Jennifer Allum Matt Davis Hubbub (Frédéric Blondy from France; Bertrand Denzler from Switzerland; Jean-Luc Guionnet from France; Jean-Sébastien Mariage from France; Edward Perraud from France) Sunday 6th March Afternoon 2pm: Walter Cardew Jerry Wigens Romauld Wadych David Papapostolou Seymour Wright Klaus Filip from Austria AMM (John Tilbury, Eddie Prévost) Evening 7pm: Jamie Coleman Ross Lambert Paul Abbott Philip Somervell Gabriel Humberstone Matt Hammond Christoph Schiller from Germany, Sebastian Lexer Location: Hume Studio The Rag Factory 16 Heneage St London E1 5LJ This festival is made possible through the goodwill of the musicians involved with support from Matchless Recordings (a musician run label). Aside from the Austrian Cultural Forum's funding towards Klaus Filip's attendance, there is no public, academic or commercial involvement. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |