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Welcome to Cold Bath Street!

Organic music-making through the

interaction of people.

CBS use a broad canon of improvisational approaches and draw on influences from Pink Floyd, Santana and Miles Davis right through to the present day. The band are a vehicle for the research work of Simon Partridge, Senior Lecturer in Music at UCLan. The aim is to produce new and ever-evolving pieces, to further understand improvisation and to share and encourage group music-making through concerts, workshops and collaboration with other artists.

On this site you can find out what we are up to, understand more about how the project works, get links to our music past and present, or get in touch with us directly.

Return to Earth CD and Download

https://coldbathstreet.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-earth Return to Earth has finally landed. We are 'really pleased' (buzzing) with how...

Set vs Free

How do CBS get ready for an improv gig? Do such preparations fit with the idea of it being an improv gig at all? Its a question of...

Manchester and Preston Gigs

Manchester Jimmys November 28th. Preston Vinyl Tap December 3rd.

What's Going On?

Our session at the weekend got off to a difficult start. I was delayed and kept the players waiting a long time. Possibly as a result,...

McLaughlin's words of wisdom

"... I just want to be who I am... the wonderful thing about jazz music and Indian music for that matter is the spontaneity that is an...

Phrase Exercises - Music Teacher Syndrome Alert

Here are three pointers that I gave one of the newer members to try as an exercise. The purpose? to widen vocabulary and improve...

Phrase Exercises - Music Teacher Syndrome Alert

How many is too many?

Can improvised music be great with lots of players? Personally, I find lots of people playing at the same time is constricting. With a...

CBS Conti 8th Oct 2018

Moving the Music

A problem in group jams is that we get stuck. This is a huge disadvantage to starting the jam with a strong pattern/riff that all the...

Asserting Ourselves

Do we make our presence felt? Do we assert ourselves on the music - attempting to steer it to somewhere we want it to go? Do we need to...

LISTEN TO OUR LATEST ALBUM 'RETURN TO EARTH' ON BANDCAMP

"Cold Bath Street are fantastic players with whom I'm privileged to work. Equally it is a vehicle to research improvised group music."

Current Members
Simon Partridge – Director
Josh Bennett - Synth
Sam Bowen Wild - Drums & Perc
Daniel Bench - Bass
Mads Rolinson-Lord - Viola

Alumni
Sean O'Hara - Drums
Scott Wilcoxson - Bass
Liam Ogburn - Guitar and Bass
Kris Price - Synthesizer
Niall Smythe - Bass & Percussion
Sam O'Brien - Drums
Jenn Alcalde - Voice
Nseghe Ekpuk - Voice
Chris Graves - Bass
Javon Aziz - Guitar
Holly Hughes - Flute/Vocal
Connor Daniels - Piano

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