Tuesday 17 November 2015, 8pm
Fantastic pianist and Black Top OTO regular, Pat Thomas, plays in a new trio with Danish improvising musicians Ole Jørgensen (drums) and Adam Pultz (double bass).
Pat Thomas studied classical piano from aged 8 and started playing Jazz from the age of 16. He has since gone on to develop an utterly unique style - embracing improvisation, jazz and new music. He has played with Derek Bailey in Company Week (1990/91) and in the trio AND (with Noble) – with Tony Oxley’s Quartet and Celebration Orchestra and in Duo with Lol Coxhill.
"Sartorially shabby as Thomas may be, and on first impression even rather stolid, he has a somewhat imperious charisma that’s immediately amplified when he starts to play. Unlike other pianists whose virtuosity seems to be racing ahead of their thought processes Thomas always seems supremely in command of his gift, and his playing, no matter how free and ready to tangle with abstraction, always carries a charge of authoritative exactitude." - The Jazzmann
Working mainly in the field of improvisation and structured sound, Adam has toured Europe, the US and Japan, performing solo concerts, in duo with dancer Akemi Nagao, the orchestras Toggle, Jitter, Angel, Flamingo and performing with musicians such as Lotte Anker, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders, Paul Lovens, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and Michiyo Yagi. Playing electronics, Adam performs in the duo Toggle (with Mads Emil Nielsen) and Ouroboros with Chris Heenan and Michael Vorfeld. Appears on 20+ albums and member of the record label and collective Barefoot Records.
Peter Ole Jørgensen (Drums) has defined Danish improvised drumming for more than 30 years, releasing a stream of high-quality music on his own legendary label Ninth World Music with apx 50 releases.
Collaborations include Peter Brötzmann (The Wild Mans Band) Evan Parker, John Tchicai, Mats Gustafsson (Torden Kvartetten) Herb Robertson (Mokuto) and Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas among others.
Jørgensen composed music for more than 50 film and performances. Jørgensen and Pat Thomas have worked together since 1996 where Pat Thomas joined Jørgensens group Sweethearts in a Drugstore with Alan Silva, Axel Dörner, Phil Durrant and Johannes Bauer. Jørgensen and Pultz Melbye have worked in various groups with (among others) Tobias Delius, Mikolaj Trzaska, Michel Godard and Pierre Dørge.
