Hugh Davies

This affable Londoner, whose music sounds like no other person's on earth, let alone no other music on earth, has been one of the leaders of the British modern music scene since the '60s. The most remarkable thing about Hugh Davies is that he has managed to work in both the realms of academic, classical avant-garde music and street-level, avant-garde free improvisation. In England, as in many other parts of the world, these two musical worlds are supposed to be polar opposites. Davies has collaborated with two of the heaviest figures in each field as well. He is a former perso...