"I think John Butcher is the most exciting saxophone player
in Europe today. Bent to his will, a saxophone can sound like
almost anything. I’d swear that in his playing I’ve
heard unbelievable sounds, far beyond any notion of traditional
technique: the reverberation of dub like echo, gulps of breath
and animal yelps, the clatter and noise of farm machinery or of
skittering daisy wheel printers, that internal rush you hear when
breathing in cold winter air, trilling gasps of birdcall or moaning
train whistles, the far off call of steeple bells.
The fact that this teeming and apparently limitless palette is
balanced in a way that produces performances of both structure
and unpredictability, and that they’re constantly so approachable
and engaging is, to be honest, quite staggering."
Taken from: Resonant
spaces
This is John Butcher's sixth visit to Frakture which we can only
look forward to as much as the first. The location of St Brides
Church with the classic church-room-as-amplifyer setting will
provide and added interest.
Review
of a Frakture concert?
Previous visits to Frakture by John Butcher:
01/01/1998 Butcher/Marshall/Hutchinson/Davies
18/03/1998 Phil Minton Quartet
02/03/2000 Robair & Butcher : Listening
back here : Review
of concert?
06/10/2001 John Butcher & Ian Birse : Listen
back to John and Ian: here
03/10/2002 John Butcher, Rhodri Davies Duo
25/08/2006 John Butcher Solo
