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Dominic Lash (born 18 January 1980 in
Cambridge, England
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) is a
Bristol
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based double bassist and
film theorist
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. He was formerly a central figure in the musicians' collective Oxford Improvisers. Important long-term musical collaborators include
Angharad Davies
Angharad Davies is a Welsh violinist and composer, known for her work in the field of free improvisation, her use of prepared violin (using techniques similar to the prepared piano), her extensive discography and collaborative work with other musi ...
, Bruno Guastalla,
Alexander Hawkins, Tim Hill, Steve Noble, Samantha Rebello, Pat Thomas, Philipp Wachsmann and Alex Ward. He has also performed with saxophonists
John Butcher and
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
and violinist
Tony Conrad
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. Recent work includes a UK tour with US guitarist
Joe Morris, Australian drummer
Tony Buck (of
The Necks
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) and saxophonist Tony Bevan. Festival appearances have included the
Manchester Jazz Festival {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022
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mjf 2017
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(with the Grew Quartet), Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul) and Tampere Jazz Happening.
He is the only child of
Nicholas Lash
Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne Lash (6 April 1934 – 11 July 2020) was an English Roman Catholic theologian. Having served in the British Army, he trained for Holy Orders at St Mary's College, Oscott, and worked as a Catholic priest until 1975. He ...
and Janet Lash, and hence first cousin to
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...
,
Joseph Fiennes
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and
Sophie Fiennes
Sophia Victoria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 12 February 1967), better known as Sophie Fiennes, is an English film director and producer. She is the sister of actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, director Martha Fiennes and composer ...
.
As a film theorist he has written the books ''The Cinema of Disorientation: Inviting Confusions'', published by
Edinburgh University Press in 2020, and ''Robert Pippin and Film: Politics, Ethics, and Psychology after Modernism'', published by
Bloomsbury Publishing in 2022.
Discography
* ''Grazing'' - Bruno Guastalla, Dominic Lash (PIE, 2006)
* ''Live in Oxford'' -
Taylor Ho Bynum, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Harris Eisenstadt (FMR, 2007)
* ''Imaginary Trio'' - Bruno Guastalla, Dominic Lash, Philipp Wachsmann (Bead, 2007)
* ''Barkingside'' – Alex Ward, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Paul May (Emanem, 2008)
* ''Separately and together'' - London Improvisers Orchestra and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (Emanem, 2008)
* ''Monster Club'' - Tony Bevan, Chris Corsano, Dominic Lash (Foghorn, 2008)
* ''No Now Is So'' - Alexander Hawkins Ensemble (FMR, 2009)
References
External links
Dominiclash.co.ukOxford Improvisers
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1980 births
Living people
English double-bassists
English people of Irish descent
Male double-bassists
People from Oxford
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century British male musicians
NoBusiness Records artists