On Wednesday 27th January, from 9am-1.30pm, contemporary music trio Skint will be performing and giving a workshop in the School of Music & Fine Art at the Chatham Historic Dockyard in the Galvanising Workshop.
Launching a project at Jazz Re:Freshed, London on January 28th, Skint consists of saxophone (Phil Meadows, award winning creator of the Engines Orchestra), bass (James Benzies, plays in MIMIKA, Myriad Forest) and drums (Harry Pope, plays in World Service Project) who play intense grooves, rip roaring solos and soaring melodies, all aimed at breaking the jazz tradition and using it to replace DJ’s in nightclubs. Harry plays through Ableton Live, adding lots of electronics and Phil also plays some keyboards/multi-effects. The rhythms come from Africa, South America and Asia and the music has been written collectively.
Says Dr Ruth Herbert, Associate Lecturer in Music Performance in the School of Music & Fine Art, “We are delighted to present another workshop/masterclass with cutting edge musicians that really cross style boundaries in their work. Skint are coming to Kent the day before their project launch in London, so the music will be debuted to SMFA students ahead of the launch! Expect lots of improvisation and definitely plenty to talk about.”
Everyone is welcome at this FREE event – to book, contact: mfareception@kent.ac.uk
For more info go to http://www.jazzrefreshed.com/
Preview Skint at http://youtu.be/-mQ8rTJ3uAc