Larry Stabbins

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Larry Stabbins (born September 9, 1949 in Bristol ) is a British tenor and soprano saxophonist of modern jazz .

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Stabbins, who began playing the saxophone at the age of eleven, had played with Keith Tippett in Bristol since the mid-1960s ; he was also a member of soul bands . He came to London around 1970, became a member of Tippett's large-format Centipede and briefly of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath . He participated in the Ealing workshops from John Stevens in part and played with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and in other formations in the Little Theater Club occurred, such as those of Terry Day , Marcio Mattos , Ken Hyder , Maggie Nicols and especially Roy Ashbury, with the he formed a duo and in 1976 submitted the record Fire Without Bricks . Then he performed with Peter Cusack and Tony Wren's Mama Lapato , but also with Tippett's Ark .

In 1979 he became a member of the Tony Oxley quartet , with whom he played for many years, and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra , but also played in Eddie Prévost's quartet . In 1983 he was a founding member of the popular band Working Week , which was also successful in the field of pop and existed until 1991, for which he wrote most of the pieces with Simon Booth. He was also a member of Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra and the March Combo that followed . He also played in Trevor Watts ' Moire Music and in Louis Moholo's Spirits Rejoice and was traveling in the GDR with a quintet by Heinz Becker , which also included Ulrich Gumpert , Radu Malfatti and Peter Kowald .

After the end of Working Week , he worked at QRZ? with the fusion of jazz and rap and completed a philosophy degree at King's College London . Then he formed a trio with Pat Thomas and Mark Sanders and a duo with Louis Moholo, played in various groups with Howard Riley , the Dedication Orchestra , Keith Tippett's Tapestry and with Annie Whiteheads soupsongs . In 2003 he presented a solo album called “Monadic”, which was very well received by the critics.

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SURNAME Stabbins, Larry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bristol