Dominic Lash

Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist and (more recently) guitarist, although his activities also range much more widely. He first became known internationally for his work with The Convergence Quartet (with Taylor Ho Bynum, Harris Eisenstadt and Alexander Hawkins). He has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad, Joe Morris, Evan Parker and Steve Reid. Currently based in Cambridge, his most regular collaborators include John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Matthew Grigg, Emil Karlsen, N.O. Moore, Heather Roche, Mark Sanders, Pat Thomas and Alex Ward. He has a longstanding interest in the music of Anthony Braxton, and is a member of Pat Thomas's group The Locals (recasting Braxton's music in funk style) as well as leading his own explorations of Braxton's music with the quintet Kelvin (with Charlotte Keeffe, Andrew Lisle, Heather Roche, and Huw Williams).

Born Cambridge, England, in January 1980; played bass guitar since 1994; studied with Hugh Boyd and Pascha Milner and at Basstech (London) with Rob Burns, Terry Gregory and others. Played double bass since 2001; basically self taught, with grateful thanks to Simon H. Fell. Received MA Composition from Oxford Brookes University in 2003, having studied with Paul Whitty, Ray Lee and others. PhD from Brunel University, supervised by Richard Barrett & John Croft.

Has performed in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. Festival appearances include Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), Manchester Jazz Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening. His work has been broadcast on a number of radio stations, including BBC Radios 1 and 3 and Germany's SWR2.

In 2021 his label Spoonhunt released its first CDs, featuring two quartets (with John Butcher, Javier Carmona, John Russell, Mark Sanders, Ricardo Tejero, and Alex Ward), and the large ensemble Consorts. Since then the label has released two albums with Lash on guitar: New Oxford Brevity (a duo with Pat Thomas) and Action Theory (a trio with John Edwards and Emil Karlsen).

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