The Andrew Ball Quartet fuses the spontaneity and interactiveness of improvised music with an uniquely structured and intricate approach to composition. By challenging norms, embracing weirdness, and foregrounding innovation, ABQ makes chamber music that grooves. Led by Ball on sax/electronics, the group shares a deep musical rapport, after their long-standing collaboration of more than a decade gigging, touring and recording with bands such as His Merry Men and Nomika. The quartet is a vehicle to “let loose” outside of their other established projects, and to put their own personality and spin on a modern electric small group sound, coalescing inspiration from artists such as Kneebody, Sungazer, Mark Giuliana, Donny McCaslin, David Binney, Nate Smith, Tigran Hamasyan and Snarky Puppy.
Friday 18 October at It’s Still A Secret, 7-11pm
