Ron Caines & Martin Archer Axis
Biography Ron Caines & Martin Archer Axis
Ron Caines
is a saxophonist, composer and painter based in Brighton UK. After masterminding the groundbreaking early recordings of the group East Of Eden in the late 1960s, he concentrated on jazz composition and playing in the subsequent decades. His long overdue return to the studio is to welcomed.
Martin Archer
Sopranino, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinets, recorders, keyboards, software instruments. Archer is a composer and improviser equally at home on stage or in the studio, dividing his energies between jazz and non jazz projects. His principle work is the series of CD releases for his own Discus Music label.
His current groups include his long standing duo with vocalist Julie Tippetts, the 14 piece AACM influenced big band Engine Room Favourites, 3 piece nu-jazz and electronics trio Inclusion Principle, improvising leftfield rock group Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, and 30 voice performance art choir Juxtavoices. All of these and more are represented on Discus Music CDs
