For the last of his specially-themed BE concerts at St Peters Church in Rickmansworth, Klaus Bru teams up with bassist and composer Huw V Williams, one of the pillars of the young and vibrant UK jazz scene. Extending the ambient sound world of Bru’s electronically processed saxophone, Willams adds his full-bodied bass sound, creating another layer of depth underneath Bru’s guitar-induced, often folkloristic melodic meanderings.

Lean back and look inward while you enjoy their introspective, relaxing, at times daring improvisations, plus the pieces written just for the occasion (including a Christmas carol!). And if a smile starts nesting on your face while you are listening, hold it. You’re welcome to take it home with you.

Free Entry, Donations welcome. Families welcome. Parking available.
Refreshments in the church hall from 18:00
Public Transport from Rickmansworth Station (Metropolitan Line / Chiltern Train):
Bus 321 to Mill End Community Centre
Bus 724 to Mill End Parade

Klaus Bru (C-Saxophones, Flute, Electronics, Composition) grew up in Southern Germany and lived in Austria, Taiwan, and China before moving to London in 2015, and to Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire in 2020.

In a musical career spanning several decades Klaus Bru has worked with an abundance of artists in dissimilar musical contexts, covering the full spectrum from Experimental Noise and Electronica to Mainstream Jazz and Pop Music over to sound installations and art events.

Klaus Bru specialises in the rare C-saxophones, also known as C-Melody Saxophones, which he likes to electrify with the tools a guitarist might use. His solo concerts (well-documented on Youtube) aim to extend the scope of the saxophone, both acoustically and electronically, and create an ambient orchestral world to immerse oneself and get lost in.

Among many others, Klaus Bru has worked internationally with guitarist Marc Ribot (of Tom Waits fame), legendary Free Jazz drummer Sunny Murray, Austrian trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, bassist Peter Herbert, keyboardist Martin Stepanik, Chinese guitar wizard Li Jian-Hong, Taiwanese pianist Shih-Yang Lee, Japanese drummer Sabu Toyozumi. In the UK he has performed with multi-instrumentalist Orphy Robinson, Improvised Music legends Eddie Prevost, Terry Day, and Steve Beresford, drummers Mark Sanders and Phelan Burgoyne, singer Cleveland Watkiss, bassists Olie Brice and Huw V Williams, guitarists Rob Luft and James Kitchman, violinist Mandhira de Saram (Ligeti Quartet), to name a few.

Huw V Williams (Acoustic and Electric Bass), originally hailing from rural North Wales, is one of the pillars of the vibrant London Jazz and Improvised music scene, and has been associated with world class musicians such as Jim Black, Huw Warren, Jeff Williams, Laura Jurd and Ivo Neame. He is also active in the rock world with musicians Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Kliph Scurlock (formerly of the Flaming Lips).

Williams is a prolific composer and band leader, with multiple releases to his own name: HON (2016, with Laura Jurd on trumpet and Elliot Galvin on accordion), Equidistant Between (with George Crowley on saxophone and New York drummer Devin Gray), a solo bass EP titled Llonyddiaeth. Currently in the making is the double guitar quartet Di-Cysgodion (Welsh for Anti-Shadows) featuring Mike De Souza and Billy Marrows on guitars.

The biggest thing in Huw’s musical ethos is community and the ability to create and make the best music possible with anyone, whatever the musical context, from freely improvised music, straight ahead jazz, to the backing of singer songwriters, -- or anything in between, really.