Jazz Articles about Elvers

Elvers: Elvers

by John Eyles
June 10, 2011

Formed in 2008, before becoming known as Elvers, this improv trio gigged for awhile as Watson, Marsh and May. Maybe because that sounded too much like a '70s prog-rock group, they searched for another name, rejecting entries such as Between Gnomes, Corpse Embers or Yobs Set Fire to Sheep, and deciding upon Elvers. All three players have long experience on the London improvising scene. Trumpeter Ian R. Watson and bassist Peter Marsh played together in the sextet Lob, ...