Barking Legs again has the privilege of presenting Trevor Watts and Veryan Watts, and it behooves fans of jazz, improvised music, contemporary classical, saxophone and piano to get here at all costs. Visits from the UK by this esteemed duo are becoming more rare, so please take advantage of this opportunity to experience their extraordinary musical rapport.
Trevor Watts is the only remaining founder member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble that began in 1965 with John Stevens & Paul Rutherford. This group subsequently included Evan Parker/Derek Bailey/Dave Holland & Kenny Wheeler amongst others. The group innovated and developed a new musical language that is now used all around the World in improvised music. His own groups included Amalgam/Moire Music/Moire Music Drum Orchestra/Celebration Band. Other musicians Trevor has played with include Archie Shepp/Don Cherry/Steve Swallow/Bobby Bradford/Steve Lacy/Louis Moholo/Stan Tracey.
Veryan Weston is an absolutely astounding pianist who has been active in European jazz and improvised music since the early 1970s. An inveterate musical explorer, Veryan has participated in a mind-boggling array of projects involved both superb musicians and artists in other media, as well as beautiful solo keyboard performance and theoretical explorations. He is a revelation for anyone with an interest in advanced pianistics.
