Un/stable series showcases improvised music, with two sets from a trio formed of John Edwards, Daniel S. Evans, and Kiran Leonard.
Doors 7pm
Tickets £8-12
John Edwards grew up in London and started experimenting with the bass guitar before he switched in his twenties to play double bass. He is deeply rooted in the creative free jazz and improvisation genre. Since the 80ties he is as soloist and in many groups and ensembles in Europe active and became one of the most renowned bass players. He played/plays regular for example with Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Evan Parker, Roscoe Michtell, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Irène Schweizer, Hans Koch, Florian Stoffner, Gabriele Mitelli, John Dikeman.
"I think John Edwards is absolutely remarkable: there’s never been anything like him before, anywhere in jazz."
- Richard Williams, The Blue Moment
Daniel S. Evans is a multi-instrumentalist and producer based in London. He plays as part of the experimental folk groups Shovel Dance Collective, Sullow, and The Greater London Banjo Trio, and as Meanders in a duo with Jasper Llewellyn.
Kiran Leonard’s unique and ambitious body of work spans more than a decade of releases on labels such as Memorials of Distinction, Moshi Moshi and Them There, limited-run noisy DIY fare, and everything in between. The adolescent guitar/chamber prog of early records such as Bowler Hat Soup (2013) and Grapefruit (2016) earned praise from Pitchfork, BBC 6Music, The Guardian and The Quietus. More recent work has seen Kiran attempt to synthesise interests in situated/home recording, collage, his live practice, and a combination of songcraft with graphic scores, as documented on the monumental (i.e. two-hour-long) and abstract Trespass on Foot (2021), and River Holds Peace, Some Live (2023), a collection of new and old material arranged for an ensemble of multiple electric guitars, cittern and double bass.
Kiran’s newest LP is Real Home, his first album of songs with choruses in half a decade, which in spring 2024 was named by The Guardian as one of the best albums of the year so far. In April he released Small Brown Bed/With You Waltz, a double CD compiling live recordings of his newest group, the so-called No Tailgate Group. Named for an unfortunate car accident sustained by the band while exiting the A40 last November, the band features members of caroline and Shovel Dance Collective.
Kiran held a two day residency at The Horse Hospital in December 2025.