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THE WEAVE - Liverpool Jazz Septet's Album Launch 'SNISHOO'

Once again Hafan dares to tickle its audience's taste buds with new flavours in live music from this exuberant and out of the box band right from the heart of Liverpool's flourishing jazz scene. We are extremely proud to host this launch of their third album 'Snishoo' and urge you to join us for what promises to become an evening of invigorating original music delivered by exceptional yet refreshingly down-to earth musicians at the top of their game!

'An unqualified knockout! Exceedingly refreshing, full of musical joy, Liverpudlian wit and striking musicianship. It's the amalgam of ages and influences which has led to this attention-grabbing Jazz - it holds the listener!' - Martin Powell - Jazzscene

'This is the band to look out for - great things to come! Rarely is a whole room enraptured by music they've heard in the main for the first time.' - Paul Pace - Promoter at Ronnie Scott's

'It's all thoroughly eccentric – and eccentrically engaging!' - John Fordham - The Guardian

MORE ABOUT THE WEAVE:

The Weave represents some of the finest players of Liverpool's jazz scene brought together by bandleader Martin Smith in 2012. All seven being multi-facetted musicians in their own right, their music as a band blends a diverse array of influences, from jazz icons like Kenny Wheeler and Clark Terry to pop legends like Kevin Ayres and Super Furry Animals. They all share an interest in the punchy hard-bop style and sidelong ones in prog-rock, Zappa and the Canterbury Avant-pop scene of the 1970s. After more than 20 years on the circuit, they are by now affectionately regarded as the elder statesmen of the Liverpool scene, who have become synonymous with a highly original, energetic and soulfully kaleidoscopic fusion of ideas, which underpin their cohesive and powerful yet nuanced sound.

The Weave's previous two albums created a great stir earning them acclaim in the U.K. and U.S.A, with Downbeat magazine listing their debut album as a top release!

LINE-UP:

Martin Smith - trumpet

Anthony Peers – trumpet

Ismael Aasgaard - trombone

Anthony Ormesher - guitar

Tilo Pirnbaum - drums

Rob Stringer - piano

Hugo 'Harry' Harrison - double bass