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Shining Leaf is the recording of a rare performance by the duo of Steve Beresford and Terry Day. Although they have collaborated for many decades in numerous groups - notably Alterations with David Toop and Peter Cusack - they have rarely performed in duo. Both known as multi-instrumentalists, here they mainly concentrate on their main instruments: Terry on drumkit and Steve on piano. Superbly recorded on the 5th of July 2019 at East London’s renowned Cafe Oto by Paul Skinner, it was beautifully mixed by Dave Hunt.
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STEVE BERESFORD has been a central figure in the British and international spontaneous music scenes for over forty years, freely improvising on the piano, electronics and other things with people like Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, John Zorn and Alterations (with David Toop, Terry Day and Peter Cusack).

He has written songs, written for large and small ensembles, and scored short films, feature films, TV shows and commercials. With Blanca Regina, he is part of Unpredictable Series, which produces events and sound and video recordings of experimental music and art.

Steve has worked with Christian Marclay on numerous Marclay mixed media pieces. He has also worked with The Slits, Najma Akhtar, Stewart Lee, Ivor Cutler, Prince Far-I, Alan Hacker, Tania Chen, Ray Davies, Mandhira De Saram, The Flying Lizards, Zeena Parkins, Satoko Fukuda, The Portsmouth Sinfonia, Ilan Volkov, Rachel Musson, Vic Reeves, Sarah Gail Brand, Lore Lixenberg and many others.

Beresford has an extensive discography and was awarded a Paul Hamlyn award for composers in 2012.



TERRY DAY is an improviser, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, songwriter, visual artist and poet. He is a pioneer improviser from the 1960s: a self-taught musician from a family of musicians, He began improvising on the drums with his brother in 1955 and in the early 1960s he formed the Hardy Holman Day trio, focussing on free improvisation.

He later became part of Kilburn & the Highroads, a band led by Ian Dury. Sharing their interest in visual art and painting, Terry and Ian both studied at Walthamstow School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art, London. A talented artist from the 1960s, he was also a pioneer of improvisation, free jazz & experimental music.

Day also formed a duo with Derek Bailey at that time and was a regular member of The Continuous Music Ensemble, later known as The People Band. Since then he has collaborated with many musical luminaries, groups, dancers, painters, poets and performed in theatre, events, and rock & roll.

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from Shining Leaf, released October 7, 2019
Terry on drumkit and Steve on piano.
Produced by Unpredictable Series.
Recorded at Cafe Oto by Paul Skinner.
Mixed and mastered by Dave Hunt.

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