Swerve

… jass music, a sonic solution …

Next gig for Swerve Trio: Saturday 19 May, 6.15-7.15 pm, Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, free in the bar. Hope to see you.

Swerve Trio, Storey Institute, Lancaster, June 2011

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Nick Gebhardt :soprano saxophone
Richard Rushton :drums
George McKay :double bass

Available for club and pub gigs, benefits for causes we support (ask!), intriguing art/cultural/multi-media events, experiments and improvisations, collaborations, soundtracks, festivals…

Telephone Nick Gebhardt on 07908 999862 or George on 0779 1077 074.

Swerve Trio, Dukes, Lancaster, October 2011

Reworked jazz standards from modern backwards, the odd reggae or pop classic, and some originals, given a swerve, a twist, in a sonic exploration of space, vibrato, percussive possibilities, meanders, melodies, intervallic contrast (soprano with bass?), chordless and bible-black. For students and lovers of jazz all around, for those who profess improvisation, for fans of oxymorons: a full sound with an aesthetic of emptiness. Tunes everywhere.

GIGS AND APPEARANCES:

July 7, afternoon, Summer Daze tent, Fairfield Open Day, Lancaster
23 June, afternoon, somewhere outdoors round Lancaster Castle, street party. Swerve Duo
24 May, 9.30 pm, The Stonewell, Lancaster.
19 May, 6.15-7.15 pm, Dukes Theatre bar, Lancaster.
13 May, 12 noon, Melodrome Stage, Catch the Wind Kite Festival, Morecambe.
21 March, 7.30 pm, Morecambe Jazz Club, The Hothouse, Morecambe. Playing as part of the opening night at the new regular live jazz evening at More Music’s cool upstairs club venue.
12 February, 3-6 pm, Jazzology I: the first in a new series of jazz music and film events: ‘a Sunday afternoon of deep bass grooves, sonic explorations and jazz standards, featuring Swerve Trio, Adverse Camber (double bass duo), Maja Bugge (solo cello) plus a screening of The Cry of Jazz (1959).’ £3 (kids are free). The Gregson Arts Centre, Lancaster
January 19 2012, 9 pm, The Stonewell, Lancaster, with piano/bass duo featuring Dave Wright and Ken Johnston
November 2 2011 radio broadcast of Swerve Trio, plus interview with bassist George, on Diversity FM
October 11 ( 6-7 pm) Dukes Theatre, Lancaster—as part of the third One Planet Festival
17 July (afternoon) Summer Daze Festival, Fairfield, Lancaster
18 June (3 pm) Storey Creative Industries Institute, Lancaster