David Murray / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love - Day One Monday 25 November 2024

Mon 25 Nov 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Hugely excited to welcome the legendary David Murrary to OTO for two nights alongside the
... rare, and wonderful. They forge ahead like a fully tuned and prepped racing car engine, out on the... sharpest runway circuit, with a swing technique and control of pitch and speed that is out of this world... . They do it without letting go of a single millimetre of the peculiarities we know them for. The

Tuesday 26 November 2024:
David Murray / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love - Day Two Tuesday 26 November 2024

Tue 26 Nov 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Hugely excited to welcome the legendary David Murrary to OTO for two nights alongside the
... rare, and wonderful. They forge ahead like a fully tuned and prepped racing car engine, out on the... sharpest runway circuit, with a swing technique and control of pitch and speed that is out of this world... . They do it without letting go of a single millimetre of the peculiarities we know them for. The

Monday 2 December 2024:
Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright: ´Suite Duke' + Neil Charles (solo) Monday 2 December 2024

Mon 2 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Commissioned by the Torino Jazz Festival
Pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins has long cited the music of Duke Ellington as a fundamental influence. It is certainly his longest-standing one - hearing the 1929 Ellington recording ´Saturday Night Function' is one of his very earliest memories. It has not been uncommon over the years for Hawkins to touch down on snippets of Ellingtonia during

Tuesday 3 December 2024:
Richard Youngs performs 'Advent' Tuesday 3 December 2024

Tue 3 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
the next year I kept returning to Advent, still trying to figure it out. I had a bit of spare money

Thursday 5 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day One Thursday 5 December 2024

Thu 5 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
A performance of a new longform continuous piece of music written specifically for our Cafe OTO

Friday 6 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day Two Friday 6 December 2024

Fri 6 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
A night of unaccompanied folk song.
"The way we perform [our songs]... we don’t hold back on the emotiveness," says Nick Granata, organ player of Shovel Dance Collective. An ensemble of nine, the group journeys through the traditional folk of the British Isles with a modern political lens, exploring its relationship with queer culture, proto-feminist beliefs and working-class stories. Althoug

Saturday 7 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day Three Saturday 7 December 2024

Sat 7 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Two live sets with support, performing material from 'The Shovel Dance' and some newer arrangements.
"The way we perform [our songs]... we don’t hold back on the emotiveness," says Nick Granata, organ player of Shovel Dance Collective. An ensemble of nine, the group journeys through the traditional folk of the British Isles with a modern political lens, exploring its relationship with queer cu

Sunday 8 December 2024:
MUSIC FOR TROMBONES, BASS CLARINETS & TUBAS Sunday 8 December 2024

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
WITH JAMIE TWEED, STUART BEARD, ED LUCAS, JAMES TAVARES, CHRIS CUNDY, YONI SILVER, CALLUM DAVIS, JASON ALDER, TIM HODGKINSON
Two trombones, four bass clarinets, three tubas and a contra-bass clarinet with new and contemporary pieces by Ana-Maria Avram, George Lewis, Edison Denisov, David Smith, and Karlheinz Stockhausen including "Veiling Asterism" a quartet for two trombones and two bass clar
MATINEE: CA Conrad & Jacken Elswyth Sunday 8 December 2024

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 14:00 - Café Oto, London
Join Lanterne Records and Peninsula Press for the launch of A Cast of Flowers , a collaboration of poetry by CA Conrad and music by banjo instrumentalist Jacken Elswyth, alongside a celebration of CA Conrad’s new book, Advanced Elvis Course . The event will feature readings from CA Conrad, Oisin Roberts, and Isobel Waidner, with music by Jacken Elswyth. Limited editions of A Cast of Flowers and si

Monday 16 December 2024:
Baba Yaga´s Hut: Puce Mary - Day One Monday 16 December 2024

Mon 16 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Full line-up and schedule TBA.
Puce Mary is the solo moniker of Danish-born experimental musician, composer and sound artist Frederikke Hoffmeier.
With a long career in experimental electronic music - Puce Mary has a reputation for intense live performances that span from gripping renditions of cinematic composition to the full-on fury of off-the-cuff harsh noise.
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