Delta Saxophone Quartet: The Open Fund for Organisations
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Crimson will draw its inspiration from the work of the UK progressive rock band King Crimson. It follows on from the Delta Saxophone Quartet’s Internationally acclaimed CD, Dedicated to you but you weren’t listening, released on the New York label Moonjune. This project took the music of the jazz/progressive rock band Soft Machine and re-visited some of their most well known works. The reviews were sensational both in the UK, Europe and the US.
The quartet has worked closely with many leading composers having commissioned works from Gavin Bryars, Steve Martland, Joe Duddell, Hugh Hopper, Mike Westbrook, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Michael Finnissy to name a few. The quartet has always looked to extend the range/repertoire and possibilities of what a quartet of saxophones can present, combining a variety of musical genres and styles with a dynamic and informative presentation.
Musical accolades are no stranger for Gwilym Simcock too, being a winner of the Perrier Award, BBC Jazz Awards 2005 and British Jazz Awards 2005. Gwilym was also the first BBC Radio 3 New Generation jazz Artist. His performances with Bill Bruford’s Earthworks gives Gwilym the ‘inside-edge’ and ‘knowledge’, which adds a real gravitas to this exciting project.
The quartet is delighted that Gwilym has accepted their invitation, as part of its 30th anniversary season, to compose this new work Crimson (supported by PRSF), which combines the skills and tastes of music which will certainly sit somewhat beyond the shores of classical, jazz and rock.