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KALLIN/BECK
Ivor Kallin ? viola, voice
Mick Beck ? tenor sax, bassoon

Ivor Kallin exploits his heritage through by deploying Scots and Yiddish as the basis for improvised poetry, with occasional English. He plays in numerous London-based ensembles including the London Improvisers? Orchestra. His beard is legendary and has sparked an outbreak of copycat hipsterism in Hackney amongst the Orthodox Jewish community.

Mick Beck has been a fixture on the free scene since 1980. His activities range from improvising big band leader to solo performer. He is known for his energy and originality. His playing covers the full emotional gamut from heartbreaking to mischievous, and from abstracts to compelling swing.

JABAW
Gillian Whiteley ? viola, accordion, hurdy-gurdy, voice
Geoff Bright ? soprano & bass saxophones, voice
John Jasnoch ? 12 string & fretless guitars, mandolin

Jabaw is a free improvisation outfit featuring eclectic, hybrid instrumentation and vocalisation, creating an organic mash-up veering from delicate abstraction through insistent sonic curiosity to insistent rhythmic material.

Gillian and Geoff have performed widely in performance art and multi-media activity. John Jasnoch has been a member of many ad hoc and more permanent groups and is also a retired country musician.

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