Julian Woods, Li-Chin Li, John Butcher
Julian Woods, Li-Chin Li, John Butcher at The Vortex Jazz Club, London
Wednesday 13 May 2026
About the show
The second meeting of this truly unique improvising trio, consisting of Berlin-based Chinese traditional music performer and rising contemporary music star Lichin Li on Sheng, prolific free improviser and legendary innovator John Butcher on saxophones, and eclectic multi-instrumentalist and Vortex Whirlpool alumnus Julian Woods on microtonal electric guitar.
Featuring
Julian Woods
Julian is a guitarist, bassist and composer based in London. Julian is interested in exploring new and unusual musical colours by making use of microtonality and polystylism in the context of improvised music. A graduate of Oxford University, he was highly active during his time as a student, leading the University Jazz Society house band, and playing in everything from a jazz orchestra to a classical guitar quartet. He has studied with pioneer Philipp Gerschlauer and other microtonal theorists/composers, and is a current student of the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. Current projects include adapting Arabic and Turkish traditional music and Ives quartertone piano works onto modified guitars, and performing with the London Improvisers Orchestra.
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