GROUPS

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell – Alan Wilkinson – alto/baritone saxophones, Simon Fell – double bass & Hession – drumset.

"Exceptional acoustic maelstrom.....People who suggest that British jazz always lags behind American innovators should check this date. Their music is often categorised as 'free improvisation' but really is state-of-the-art jazz, blindingly swift and responsive." Ben Watson ARTSCENE

"Distinctive purveyors of improvised music. The power and passion of their playing called to mind the spirit of 60s free jazz; their ferocious abstraction had much in common with European improvisers like Brotzmann/van Hove/Bennink and Schlippenbach/Parker/Lovens."
Chris Blackford THE WIRE. For more info click here.

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Sunny Murray, Alan Wilkinson
& Paul Hession - Leeds 2001.
Photo: Celia Charnley.

3PVD (Wallace, Hession &
Durrant) 1983
 

Anglo Argentine Jazz Quartet – Pablo Ledesma – alto/soprano saxophones, George Haslam – baritone sax/taragato, Mono Hurtado – double bass & Hession – drumset. Formed in 2001 to tour in England and Argentina – the quartet recorded a CD on the SLAM label.



The IML Ensemble – is Hession’s workshop group (see Improvised Music Leeds). The lineup varies with each performance and usually features a guest musician, who is invited to devise a piece for the band – this could be notated, a prose piece, conduction, completely free or any other method that the guest chooses. The players in the ensemble range from highly skilled improvisers to keen amateurs...see Improvised Music Leeds page for further details.


Something Else

Mick Beck – tenor saxophone/bassoon, Simon Fell - double bass & Hession - drumset

"There's passion, intellect and first-rate group interaction. What more can one ask from a contemporary improvising trio?" Robert Iannapollo CADENCE
"An energetic trio, this group plays improvised music with relentless passion and virtuosity." John Baxter OPTION  
"There's an exceptional level of communication between the musicians here. When the group is in full flight the flux of energy is incredible." Francesco Martinelli IMPROJAZZ

Some other performing units 

Duo with Hans-Peter Hiby

Duo with Paul Rutherford

Duo with Stephen Grew

Trio with Chris Green & Roberto Bellatalla

Trio with Akemi Kuniyoshi-Kuhn & Alan Wilkinson

Trio with Phil Durrant & Parny Wallace (3PVD)

Trio with Jeffrey Morgan & Simon Fell

Trio with Charles Wharf & Simon Fell
(augmented with Robert Kretzchmar)

Trio with Lol Coxhill & Simon Fell

Trio with Pete Malham & Alan Wilkinson
(Art Bart & Fargo)

Trio with Mick Beck and Matt Wand

Trio with Tom ‘Squarepusher’ Jenkinson & Mick Beck

The Siger Band with Paul Rutherford, George Haslam,
Pete McPhail & Tony Moore



Plus occasional
performances with many illustrious personages...

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