Sarost is a new trio comprising three veteran, virtuoso improvisors who have worked together in various combinations over the last 40 odd years and who've had careers taking in many musical styles and genres but only recently started to play together as a trio.

Mark Sanders is a drummer/percussionist who has played with countless renowned improvising musicians in concerts and festivals all over the world, including Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey, Roswell Rudd and Evan Parker, with Larry in a quartet with Howard Riley and as a trio with pianist Pat Thomas and played on over 200 vinyl and CD releases.

He is Visiting Lecturer at The Royal Academy of Music and was a Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire teaching his own improvisation module for seven years He has also been a guest tutor running Masterclasses at Guildhall School of Music and Theatre , Trinity Laban and Dartington Music and Summer School.

Paul Rogers plays an AAL 7 string bass of his own design. In addition to solo concert performances he has played with countless major musicians on the European and US Jazz and Improvised Music scenes for over 40 years including many combinations with Mark, with whom he recently recorded with Paul Dunmall and was a member of the influential group Mujician with Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall and Tony Levin. He also played with Larry in many groupings over the years, most notably the Keith Tippett Septet and Tapestry Orchestra and Louis Moholo's Dedication Orchestra.

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The improvised music threesome then reaped the benefit of decades of experience in a seamless flow of musical ideas exchanged, shared and evolved in a perfect balance. Storms were whipped up and clarities discovered, looping riffs eventually devolved, anthemic melodies rose out of formless haziness … it was a joy to behold.

JazzWise Magazine

The mighty trio of improv legends SAROST aka Mark Sanders (drums), Paul Rogers (bass) and Larry Stabbins (sax) was an anticipated highlight that lived up to expectations. Announced by Larry with “Welcome to the Old School” they unleashed a richly varied stream of spontaneous music that melded into new shapes and moods as they played off each other. Paul’s remarkable seven-string instrument allowed him to soar, grind, thunder and growl, while Mark’s deployment of percussion produced a soundscape all of its own. Running through it all, Larry’s precision delivery on soprano and tenor sax made a telling vocal contribution that both steered and followed in the flow of the improvisations.

Tony Benjamin B 24/7

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Leading the rapturous applause Promoter Nod Knowles described the trio’s set as “absolutely spectacular” and as “ridiculous” (in a good way of course!). It was difficult to disagree with him. This extraordinary set really was one of THE highlights of the entire Weekend and Rogers’ performance on that distinctive custom made bass was truly astonishing.A true virtuoso Rogers conjured an astonishing range of sounds from this custom built beauty, particularly with the bow as he created ringing overtones and cello like sonorities during the course of this spellbinding introductory passage

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