Oren Marshall

The Grip: Celebrate

by John Eyles
October 9, 2014

The Grip is an exciting new trio consisting of three well-connected London-based players each with a track record of proven success and innovation in a variety of contexts--saxophonist and flautist Finn Peters, tuba player Oren Marshall and drummer Tom Skinner. The group name is a reference to the cIassic Arthur Blythe album The Grip (India Navigation, 1977) because, back in 2009, Peters worked with that album's drummer, the late great Steve Reid, and, separately, Marshall has collaborated with the album's ...