Ian 'Dodge' Paterson (bass guitar, voice, electronics); Jeremy Bradfield (visuals)
Giles Strong Quartet, Slowlight Quartet and in a host of other jazz settings, Ian Paterson is a familiar face on the regional jazz scene. A ready smile, quietly spoken, for this Newcastle Jazz Festival appearance, Ian or Dodge, as is he is known to some, would adopt his alter ego, OUTRI.
As the audience filed into Live Theatre's stifling third floor Studio space, the stage resembled an under-desk tangle of PC/printer/laptop cables (gathering dust), which, in many a household, is, perhaps, best out of sight and out of mind. We've all been there, crouched down, clueless, huffing and puffing, cursing the failings of the internet.
Without fanfare, Dodge got to work. A prolonged period of knob twiddling ensued as two bass guitars (four and five string) stood idly by in a rack.
To Dodge's left sat the multi-tasking Jeremy Bradfield, eyes focused on a backdrop screen, all the while manipulating a Spaghetti Junction of electronic bits and pieces. One was tempted to offer to to help tidy up the mess...
Jazz? Nope. More 'ambient', 'chilled', 'hypnotic', 'immersive' etc, etc. Bass guitar(s) deployed sparingly, sufficient to sample and loop, Bradfield creating an on-screen response to what he was hearing. As an early afternoon opener to the second day of this year's Newcastle Jazz Festival, OUTRI's chilled-out three quarters of an hour did the job - ie keeping everyone cool on this hottest of hot days. Russell
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