Saxophonist Trish Clowes, one of the UK's greatest saxophonist-composer talents these days, writes on Bandcamp about a live recording by her band My Iris and taking matters into her own hands given the current crisis necessitating action and lateral thinking:
''My Iris were supposed to tour and record in April 2020. World events put a stop to that particular plan. Instead here is some material from two gigs in October 2019, in Belfast and Galway. I captured our sounds with my zoom recorder and I’ve cleaned them up so I can present them to the world! Nothing can replace actually playing gigs with Chris [Montague], Ross [Stanley], and James [Maddren], but at least I can share this album with you all. It was such a great weekend away, I have very happy memories of it, and it’s been great to listen back and choose highlights. There are a couple of new tunes plus live versions of tracks from our previous two albums My Iris and Ninety Degrees Gravity. ‘Amber’ is for Amber Bauer, the founder & CEO of the charity Donate4Refugees, and ‘Shirley’ is for my saxophone.''
Trish Clowes photo: via Bandcamp. The recording has just been released.
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