2018

Mopomoso presents our end of year Christmas Party Every year Mopomoso hosts a variety of musicians from across the free improvised music scene to come and play in a series of five to ten minute cameo sets. It is a wonderful way to catch up with old favourites and to check out new players in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. As well as the music there will be refreshments and a raffle.

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Tom Jackson & Martin Hackett
• Blanca Regina & Dave Tucker
• Matt Hutchinson & Chris Burn
• Kay Grant & Alex Ward
• Niklas Fite & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Alex Maguire & Simon Picard
• Yoko Miura, Stefan Keune & Mia Zabelka
• Axel Dörner, Sture Erikson, John Edwrads & Raymond Strid
• Isadora Edwards & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Phil Durrant & Martin Vishnick
• Cath Roberts & Alex Ward
• Mark Browne, Dan Gregory & Ian McGowan

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

Fête Quaqua 2018 19th – 21st August Put together each year by guitarist John Russell Fête Quaqua aims for old friends to get together and meet new ones in an atmosphere of in the moment, never to be repeated, musical invention. Free improvisation is unique in that the audience and musicians discover the music at the same time and this makes for a genuine engagement with the creative process. The musicians taking part this year come from a mix of backgrounds and experiences which should lead to some very exciting exchanges.

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Paul Pignon & Richard Sanderson
• Noel Meek & Alan Wilkinson
• Johnny Lapio & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• John Eyles, Petri Huurinainen & Emmanuelle Waeckerlé
• Dave Tucker, Matt Hutchinson & Andrew Lisle
• Henry Lowther & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Sylvia Hallett & Ian McGowan
• Kay Grant & Caroline Kraabel
• John Russell, Stale Liavik Solberg & Alex Ward

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Michael Giaquinto, Chris Hill & Alec Kronacker
• Veryan Weston & Pei Ann Yeo
• Terry Day & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Neil Metcalfe, John Rangecroft & Marcio Mattos
• Matthias Boss, Adrian Northover, Marcello Magliocchi & Maresuke Okamoto
• Kresten Michael Osgood & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

CRUSH!!! CRUSH!!! are Sonic Pleasure, Mark Browne and Ian Smith. The group utilises a vast array of found and home-made sound making devices combined with more traditional instruments. Sonic Pleasure is famed for her unique crafting of sound from bricks and masonry, reducing much of her instrumentation to dust by the end of a concert. Mark Browne plays castrato saxophone, broken glass, percussion, whistles and bones. Ian Smith will play trumpet in an extraordinary manner.

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

• Jim Dvorak & Harrison Smith
• Joshua Weitzel & Beibei Wang
• Steve Beresford & John Russell

📍 Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ