Strong from their recent release on Songlines record, this trio keeps building an extraordinary rapport that began a few years ago in Vancouver, when they were brought together by Ken Pickering to perform their first performance as a trio at Performance Works on July 1st 2015. 

“If Hawkins really is the future of jazz pianism, the future looks bright.”—Daily Telegraph

One of the UK’s fastest rising stars, pianist Alexander Hawkins has worked with Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Louis Moholo-Moholo. Drummer Harris Eisenstadt (Anthony Braxton, John Zorn) is among the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, while tirelessly inventive Vancouver clarinetist François Houle takes every collaboration into wonderfully unexpected territories.