Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton + Trevor Watts / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez Two trios + quintet set

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Delighted to welcome two phenomenal improvising trios to OTO, in the form of Evan Parker (saxophone), Barry Guy (double bass), Paul Lytton (percussion) - last seen here as part of Evan's incredible residency in 2024, and Trevor Watts (saxophone), Barry Guy (double bass), Ramon Lopez (drums). All five musicians will come together for a very special quintet performance for the final set - don't miss! Underwriting support provided by the Robert D Bielecki Foundation. Barry Guy is an innovative bass player and composer whose creative diversity in the fields of jazz improvisation, chamber and orchestral performance and solo recitals is the outcome both of an unusually varied training and a zest for experimentation, underpinned by a dedication to the double bass and the ideal of musical communication. He is founder and Artistic Director of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra and the BGNO (Barry Guy New Orchestra) for which he has written several extended works. His concert works for chamber orchestras, chamber groups and soloists have been widely performed and his skilful and inventive writing has resulted in an exceptional series of compositions. Barry Guy continues to give solo recitals throughout Europe as well as continuing associations with colleagues involved in improvised, baroque and contemporary music. His current regular ensembles are the Homburger/Guy duo, the Parker/Guy duo, piano trios with Marilyn Crispell and Paul Lytton, Jaques Demierre and Lucas Niggli and a recently formed trio with Agusti Fernandez and Ramon Lopez. He continues the longstanding trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lytton as well as projects with Mats Gustafsson.