This Sunday Jazz Stroud presents the 2nd in the Goodshed Sessions series:
a live stream of Ishmael Ensemble from the Goods Shed in Stroud.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Pete Cunningham, aka Ishmael, sees himself as being on the fringes of UK jazz and electronic music. As a saxophonist, he leads the Ishmael Ensemble, experimental jazzwise electronica, inspired by the Bristol sound, smooth club grooves and swirling electro expanses, above which the soulful vocals appear suspended. The blend of urban beats, jazzy idiom and trip-hop heritage almost inadvertently envelops the listener in a smoky after-hours atmosphere. Performing live with the band is singer Holly Wellington, aka Holysseus Fly.
Yelfis Valdes was the first in a series of broadcasts from Jazz Stroud’s main venue. Future Goodshed Sessions include performances by Sarathy Korwar, Grizz-O, Mermaid Chunky, Roella Oloro, Tim Davies and more
Over lockdown we decided to come together and create an environment at The Goods Shed for in the round performance using d&b audiotechnik soundscape but with the addition of a central cluster, inspired by Alabaster de Plumes Peach Nights and Church of Sound. Funded through PRS foundation and supported by SVA, this was our way of supporting some of the artists that we have worked with in the past and build new relationships with artists we admire. We avoided the live streaming root and have gone for an emphasis on the craft of film and sound, we’re pretty pleased and hyped with the results.
