The Spin presents: The Oxley-Meier Guitar Project @ Tap Social, Botley, Oxford - Wednesday 14th May, Doors 7.30pm
Doors: 7.30pm
Performance from 8.30pm
Soundscapes from Turkey to Brazil!
This gig features The Spin’s own Pete Oxley, alongside his long-term guitar brother, Nicolas Meier, in a band purveying the broadest range of guitar stylings in a set of “utterly captivating original music” (The Guardian).
Oxley-Meier have recorded 7 CDs together and have performed literally hundreds of concerts across the UK and Europe – including sell-outs at such diverse venues as Ronnie Scott’s, The Wigmore Hall, Musicport World Music Festival and the Cambridge Folk Festival! For this gig at The Spin, they will be fresh off the ferry, following another tour of France and Switzerland.
Pete Oxley is well known for his lyrical, compelling compositions; he is one of only a handful of British composers to have pieces included in one of Sher Music’s world-famous ‘Real Books’.
Nicolas Meier is one of the most original and brilliant guitarists on the planet (which is why Jeff Beck hired him to be in his band for 3 years of world touring!). Aside from his general virtuosity, he is one of the best exponents of fretless guitar playing anywhere.
And speaking of guitars: as a part of the objective to deliver a highly varied programme, they bring 8 -10 differing instruments with them to the gigs, including fretless nylon-string, electric 12-string, sitar guitar, 11-string fretless, steel string, 7-string nylon, acoustic 12 string…
This is an exceptional band that sounds like no other! As Ralph Towner (ECM stalwart and guitar guru of the super-group, Oregon) wrote of their recent CD:
“This album is a wonderful example of the high level of music that can be made by combining two great guitarists/composers/improvisers such as Pete and Nicolas. They have put together a feast of virtuosity, delivered with depth, wit and joy”.
Completing the band is the unbelievably dexterous bassist, Andy Hamill (heard recently at The Spin with Luis D’Agostino) – playing both acoustic and electric basses, and drummer extraordinaire, Paul Cavaciuti, also a long-term collaborator with the Oxley-Meier Guitar Project.
For a night of scintillating world-jazz, please do not miss this opportunity; really folks, best to book NOW!!!
A note about the venue:
- The bar at Tap Social is card payment only.
- We seat people as much as possible on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This means that those who buy tickets first are allocated the better seats (as opposed to that allocation being for those that show up first on the night)…so, BOOK NOW (and also save money on ticket prices with our early bird deal)!!
- We are ready to support people who have additional accessibility needs, please let us know in advance via the contact form in order for our team of volunteers to design the assigned seating plan to accommodate you.
Location:
Tap Social
Curtis Industrial Estate
27, N Hinksey Ln,
Oxford
OX2 0LX
https://www.tapsocialmovement.com
Returns Policy:
If you have purchased tickets for the show but can no longer attend, contact us via the form on the website or email info@spinjazz.com, we will happily refund you if the show is sold out and we are able to re-sell the ticket
Over the last 20+ years, The Spin has presented live music of the highest calibre within the broad 'contemporary jazz' genre, creating scintillating nights out for anybody with a taste for interesting, exciting, alluring and luscious music.
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