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SUMMARY:Fergus Quill Plays Xero Slingsby + Christie/Chan Duo
DESCRIPTION:Tonight\, bandleader/bass player Fergus Quill presents his musi
 cal tribute to the original Leeds alt-jazz pioneer Xero Slingsby\, and his
  band The Works. In the week of Xero's 69th birthday\, Fergus and his quin
 tet will be playing music from their 2023 album "Up Yours! Fergus Quill Pl
 ays Xero Slingsby"\, a selection of reimagined music from the two albums X
 ero released in the mid-1980s\, a few years before he sadly died from a br
 ain tumour. Alto saxophonist Xero Slingsby (real name Matthew Coe)\, was h
 eavily involved in the local jazz and experimental music scenes in Leeds f
 rom the late 1970s onwards. With his band The Works (bass player Louis Col
 an and drummer Gene Velocette)\, he blazed a trail of wild jazz with punk 
 attitude and quirky English comedic wit across the UK and northern Europe\
 , releasing two LPs before he passed away aged only 31 years old. That sam
 e spirit Xero had is still present in the Leeds DIY alt-jazz scene with mu
 sicians and bands like Fergus Quill Trio\, Vipertime\, Yoshizawa\, Teruki 
 Chan\, Nikka Ticciati\, Amon Ra Collective and Harvey Parkin-Christie. Sup
 port for this show are barbarian jazz exponents the Christie/Chan Duo (Ter
 uki Chan drums and Harvey Parkin-Christie tenor sax).\n\nThis show is fina
 ncially supported by Jazz North and their New Northern promoter bursary aw
 ard.\n\nDetails and tickets: https://mulch.info/events/fergus-quill-plays-
 xero-slingsby-christie-chan-duo-2026-1510
LOCATION:Wharf Chambers\, 23-25 Wharf Street\, Leeds\, LS2 7EQ
URL:https://mulch.info/events/fergus-quill-plays-xero-slingsby-christie-cha
 n-duo-2026-1510
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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