24th February 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.
Friday Tonic (free event).
Country: Britain. Style: Jazz / Rock / Turkish Music.
Lineup: Nicolas Meier (g/glissentar), Pat Bettison (bass g/harmonica), Laurence Lowe (d).
Nicolas Meier was born in Zurich and attended Berklee College of Music. He then returned to Switzerland for a couple of years before moving to London in 2000. Here he has added Middle Eastern music, particularly Turkish, to his previous Jazz and Rock influences (Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin were major inspirations). He plays with both electric and acoustic groups, and this concert was an example of the former. As well as Electric Guitar he plays the Gissentar, which has an Oud like sound.
In this photo: Bettison plays an Ibanez Bass Guitar.
More information:
www.meiergroup.com/.
