The 26th Waiting On Dwarfs Gig

Monday 10th October 2011 at Charlie Wrights International, 45 Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London N1

Set 1: Fanfare to the Milkman; Happy Birthday (For Yesterday) To You (Today); 'Tween Me & My Twin; Wide-Eyed Witchery; Afterwort; Old Ladies on the Bus

Set 2: Cosmetics In Space On A Cosmonaut's Face*; Ogkw*; Hats Off to Laboratory Rats*; Earthworm Epitaph; Teddy-Bears and Ghosts; The Goose Knows; Sov og Drøm du, Gåsen Min; Pavane [Fauré]

Dylan Bates: violin, voice, ukulele, treble recorder, beatboxing; Yazz Ahmed: trumpet, flugelhorn (except *); Dai Pritchard: alto sax, clarinets; Shabaka Hutchings: clarinets, tenor sax; Roland Bates: piano; Tim Adnitt: bass, glockenspiel; Roy Dodds (drums, percussion)

Roy stepped in at the very last minute because Mike Pickering was stranded in Thailand. He did a sterling job!

The 25th Waiting on Dwarfs gig

Thursday 24th June 2010 at the Vortex, 11 Gillett Square....

Set 1: *A 'Fisk' Out of Aqua; *'Tween Me and My Twin; Ogko; *Fanfare for the Milkman; *Waterloo Wedding; *Old Ladies on the Bus
Set 2: *Neuralgebra (first half of brand new version); *Teddy-bears and Ghosts; *Earthworm Epitaph; Rhyme and Reason Ice-cream; *Wide-Eyed Witchery; *Afterwort; Hats Off to Laboratory Rats; *The Goose Knows (during which I went off on a shamanistic flight of anserine fancy); *Sov og drøm du, gåsen min.




Personnel:
Dylan Bates: violin, voice, recorder, ukulele, jovertone flute.
*Alex Bonney: trumpet, piccolo trumpet.
Dai Pritchard: alto sax, Bb clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, xaphoon, violin.
James Allsopp: tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, Allsoppophone.
Roland Bates: piano, glockenspiel, cribbage.
Tim Adnitt: bass.
Mike Pickering: drums.
WITH special guest Matthew Bourne on toy piano on Teddy-bears and The Goose Knows.

The 5th Waiting on Dwarfs gig

May 30th, 2000 at the Boat Race, Cambridge

I can't recall which tunes were played: I remember a couple of people walking out during Blattyosynthesis. I drank Red Bull for the first time. Never again - although it did seem to focus my mind.
The band was now a sextet: Dylan Bates - violin, voice; Steve Buckley - alto sax, bass clarinet, penny whistle; Julian Siegel - tenor sax, bass clarinet; Phil Robson - guitar; Dudley Phillips - double bass, electric bass; Tim Giles (T.G.Fly) - drums.

Thanks to Joan Morrell for inviting us to play.

The 4th Waiting on Dwarfs gig

April 24th, 2000 at Pizza Express, Soho

I can't recall which tunes we played. The first set of the evening was a piano solo set from Huw Warren, and then Waiting On Dwarfs did a set.
The band was: Dylan Bates - violin, piano, voice; Julian Siegel - baritone sax, bass clarinet; Phil Robson - guitar; Oren Marshall - tuba; Tim Giles (T.G.Fly) - drums.

The 3rd Waiting on Dwarfs gig

May 31st, 1999 at the Vortex Jazz Club

set 1: F#; Mad People Are Sane; Have You Any This?; Sick and Tired of Waiting; An Illustrated History of the Bearded Men; Wide-Eyed Witch; March of the Milkmen; The Professor Needs a Drink
set 2: Goatee and Pipe; Housewife in a Sentimental Mood; The Ugliest Tablecloth in the World [named after Nina's graffito on a particularly shabby tablecloth at the Vortex]; Spies Seeking Pies; There May Be Other Lands.

personnel: Dylan Bates - vln, pno, xaphoon, flutes, squeakhorn; Julian Siegel - baritone sax, bass clarinet; Phil Robson - guitar; Roberto Bellatalla - double bass; Tim Giles (T.G.Fly) - drums, electronic drums.

The 2nd Waiting on Dwarfs gig

Jan 25th, 1999 at the Vortex

tunes: F#; Mad People are Sane; Vegetarian Haggis [a song written especially for this Burns Night gig]; Sick & Tired of Waiting [formerly When Opening Veins]; The Illustrated History of the Bearded Men; Wide-Eyed Witch; untitled ballad [the piece that later came to be titled Cosmetics in Space on a Cosmonaut's Face]; Goatee and Pipe [formerly Tasty Cake]; Bicameral Life; Spies Seeking Pies; Twistin' in the Kitchen [formerly Stakin' Out the Bakery, but now dedicated to the Vortex's kitchen staff]; Threnody [formerly Gatsby's Mattress, and dedicated to Tonia Noikovitch, who tragically committed suicide about a month after our first gig. She had particularly liked this piece]; You'll Never Guess What Betty Did...

personnel: Dylan Bates: vln, voice, piano; Steve Buckley - alto sax, bass clarinet; Phil Robson - guitar; Roberto Bellatalla - double bass; Mike Pickering - drums.

The 1st Waiting on Dwarfs gig

Oct 26th, 1998 at the Vortex Jazz Club

Tunes played: Tasty Cake; When Opening Veins; The Illustrated History of the Bearded Men; Plastic Cheese; Mad People Are Sane; Wide-Eyed Witch; Bicameral Life [=March of the Milkmen]; Spies Seeking Pies; Gatsby's Mattress/Penge East Station; Stakin' Out the Bakery; A Nose is a Nose is a Nose.

the band: Dylan Bates -vln, pno; Steve Buckley - alto sax, bass clarinet; Phil Robson - guitar; Roberto Bellatalla - double bass; Martin France - drums.

The 24th Waiting on Dwarfs gig

Friday 5th June, 2009 at the Vortex, 11 Gillett Street, Dalston

1st set: A 'Fisk' Out of Aqua; Hats Off to Laboratory Rats; Onos; Cosmetics in Space on a Cosmonaut's Face; 'Tween Me and My Twin; Rhyme and Reason Ice-cream; On Hearing Cuckoos; *Sumer is Icumen In [played according to Blatty's controversial theory regarding the manuscript - a world's first!] *Happy Birthday (for Yesterday) to You [in honour of James Allsopp's birthday the day before the gig].

2nd set: *Fauré's Pavane [over which I did some rapping]; *Knowledge Bump [hats off to Chris for being note-perfect - and at breakneck speed!]; *Waterloo Wedding; *Earthworm Epitaph; *Old Ladies on the Bus [faster than ever!]; *Old Ladies on the Bus [slower than ever - and NICE!]; *Fanfare for the Milkman; *^Teddy-bears and Ghosts [in the middle of which I had a miniature nervous breakdown]; *The Goose Knows

Dylan Bates: violin, cornet, voice, jovertone flute, ukulele, saw, treble recorder, grey lag goose call.
Rob Juritz: bassoon, alto sax.
James Allsopp: baritone sax, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet.
Roland Bates: piano, glockenspiel.
Tim Adnitt: bass guitar.
Mike Pickering: drums.
Jeremy Farnell: sound.
WITH - *Chris Batchelor: trumpet, flugelhorn.
and ^Django Bates: toy piano.

Everyone who's played in Waiting On Dwarfs to date (38 great musicians)

Tim Adnitt (8 gigs)
Yazz Ahmed (1 gig)
James Allsopp (10 gigs)
Tom Arthurs (3 gigs)
Chris Batchelor (1 gig)
Django Bates (1 gig - on toy piano)
Dylan Bates (all 25 gigs)
Roland Bates (9 gigs)
Harry Beckett (1 gig)
Roberto Bellatalla (2 gigs, inc. first)
Dave Blackmore (4 gigs)
Richard Bolton (1 gig)
Alex Bonney (2 gigs)
Matthew Bourne (1 gig - on toy piano)
Steve Buckley (10 gigs, inc. first)
Gene Calderazzo (3 gigs)
Steve "Dakiz" Davis (2 gigs)
Roy Dodds (1 gig)
Martin France (1 gig - the first)
Tim "T.G.Fly" Giles (4 gigs)
Shabaka Hutchings (1 gig)
Rob Juritz (1 gig)
Thad Kelly (1 gig)
Ingrid Laubrock (2 gigs)
Oren Marshall (3 gigs)
Hugh Metcalfe (4 gigs)
Liam Noble (1 gig)
Mike Outram (2 gigs)
Dudley Phillips (11 gigs)
Mike Pickering (11 gigs)
Dai Pritchard (7 gigs)
Phil Robson (12 gigs, inc. first)
Seb Rochford (3 gigs)
Clara Sanabras (5 gigs)
Barak Schmool (1 gig)
Julian Siegel (11 gigs)
Tom Skinner (1 gig)
Pat Thomas (3 gigs)