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DOMINIC LASH
[contrabass, bass guitar, improviser and composer]

personal details

Born Cambridge, England, in January 1980; played bass guitar since 1994; studied with Hugh Boyd and Pascha Milner and at Basstech (London) with Rob Burns, Terry Gregory and others. Played double bass since 2001; basically self taught, with grateful thanks to Simon H. Fell. Received MA Composition from Oxford Brookes University in 2003, having studied with Paul Whitty, Ray Lee and others. Currently studying for a PhD at Brunel University, supervised by Richard Barrett.
Has performed in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. Festival appearances include Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), Manchester Jazz Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening. His work has been broadcast on a number of radio stations, including BBC Radios 1 and 3 and Germany's SWR2.

Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist, although his activities also range much more widely. Based in Oxford, he performs with musicians such as Tony Conrad, Evan Parker and Steve Reid, while his current collaborative projects include Barkingside, The Convergence Quartet and the Imaginary String Trio.

Full musical CV (four pages)

Available for gigs, recordings and private lessons
(improvising double bass, bass guitar at all levels and beginners' electric or acoustic guitar)

"following in an illustrious lineage from Barry Guy through Simon Fell ... breathtaking"
- All About Jazz
"His range is just about unrivalled" - The Watchful Ear
"explosive bass-strumming" - The Guardian
"endless efforts to veer left of every known note or chord" - Newcastle Journal
"dextrous bass playing teems with energy" - Nightshift

contents of this page

• some active improvising groups

• previous gigs (for upcoming gigs visit here)

• recordings

• photographs

• writings and other works

  
  

co-operative groups

• Kindness May Lash with Sandy Kindness (reeds) and Paul May (drums)
  "Brilliantly named" Time Out

• Duo with David Stent (guitar)
  Also Mel with Stent and Chris Stubbs, and
  The Maltsters, trio with Stent and Paul May (drums)

• Duo with Bruno Guastalla (cello)
  also The Imaginary String Trio with Guastalla and Philipp Wachsmann (violin)

• Teasel with Guastalla and Helena Gough (laptop)

• Nostromo with Pete McPhail (saxophones and flutes), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Roger Telford (drums)

• Intents and Purposes with Ian Smith (trumpet), Joe Williamson (double bass) and Tony Marsh (drums)

• Trio with Steve Noble (drums) and Yedo Gibson (reeds)

• Barkingside with Alex Ward (clarinet), Paul May (drums) and Alexander Hawkins (piano)
  Also Electric Barkingside with Ward on electric guitar, Hawkins on keyboard and DL on electric bass.

• The Convergence Quartet with Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, etc.), Harris Eisenstadt (drums & percussion) and Alexander Hawkins (piano)

• Quartet with Angharad Davies (violin), Benedict Drew (laptop) and Phil Durrant (software sampler/synth/treatments)
  Also duo with Angharad Davies

• Duo with Patrick Farmer (drums, cymbals, percussion, polystyrene, etc)
  Also trio with Farmer and Matt Milton

• Gannets with Chris Cundy (bass clarinet), Fyfe Dangerfield (keys, guitar), Steve Noble (drums, percussion) and Alex Ward (clarinet)

• Quartet with Stephen Grew (piano), Mick Beck (saxophone, bassoon, whistles) and Phil Marks (percussion).

• Trio with Pete McPhail (saxophones and flutes) and Mark Sanders (drums and percussion)

• Trios with Ricardo Tejero (saxophone and clarinet) and either Steve Noble or Mark Sanders (drums)

• Two Plump Daughters with Chris Cundy (contrabass and bass clarinets)

• Trio with Tony Bevan (saxophones) and Chris Corsano (drums)

• Quartet with Bevan, Marks and Paul Obermayer (electronics)

• Trio with John Butcher (saxophones) and John Russell (guitar)

Dominic Lash Trio

Original compositions, plus selected other pieces, with Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Javier Carmona (drums)

representations
Dominic Lash's ongoing modular composition/improvisation project.
Musicians involved thus far:

• Javier Carmona (drums, percussion, etc)

• Bruno Guastalla (cello, bandoneon)

• Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn)

• Harris Eisenstadt (percussion)

• Alexander Hawkins (piano)

• Pete McPhail (saxophones and flutes)

• David Stent (electric guitar)

• Chris Stubbs (percussion)

groups led by others

• Tim Hill's Tongues of Fire, The Twittering Machine [with Jonathan Coleclough, Bruno Guastalla and Cliff Stapleton], Worlds Unknown [trio with Steve Noble (drums)] and Quartet [with Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Daisy Palmer (drums)

• The Locals [DL on electric bass with Pat Thomas (piano, arrangements), Alex Ward (clarinet), Evan Thomas (electric guitar) and Darren Hasson-Davis (drums)]
  Funk versions of Anthony Braxton's compositions

• SILA [with Pat Thomas (piano, arrangements), Geoff Hawkins (sax) and Roger Telford (drums)]
  New arrangements of the jazz repertoire.

• Alexander Hawkins Ensemble [with AH (piano, melodica, compositions & arrangements), Javier Carmona (drums), Otto Fischer (guitar), Hannah Marshall (cello), and Orphy Robinson (steel pan, etc.)]
  Also Alexander Hawkins Quartet with Shabaka Hutchings and Mark Sanders

• Steve Reid Ensemble

• Roland Ramanan Tentet

• Skip [with Pat Thomas (piano, arrangements) & Mark Sanders (drums) reinventing the jazz repertoire]

• Predicate [with Alex Ward (guitar, compositions), Tim Hill (saxophones) and Mark Sanders (drums)]

For booking any of the above groups, contact one of the addresses or numbers above

at Jazz on 3 session [Feb 2008]

a rehearsal [Brookes '03]

Live at NOFI [Feb 2007]

Live at KneeKnees with Okkyung Lee [Feb 2007]

live at Colourscape [Sept 2006]

live at SJC with Alex Ward and Otto Fischer [May 2002]

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