Jack Wyllie

Saxophonist and keyboard player Jack Wyllie presents a project under their own name at the ICA London, with a band that includes Hinako Omori, Milo Fitzpatrick and Jesse Barrett. Wyllie's work spans instrumental music and collaboration.

Jack Wyllie is a British musician, saxophonist and keyboard player and a co-founder of the London instrumental band Portico Quartet, which uses the Hang, a modern percussion instrument. Wyllie plays flute and soprano and tenor saxophone, and has worked with Hania Rani on the piano concerto Non Fiction. The 2017 album Adrian Corker Jack Wyllie is among earlier recordings linked to Wyllie's name.

This concert centres on Eternal Spring, a recording under Wyllie's own name. The compositions balance elevating melodies with cyclical rhythms, drawing on the natural world and a steady sense of hope. Earlier collaborative projects of Wyllie have combined ambient textures, fourth-world sounds, electronica and modern classical writing.

On stage, the line-up brings Wyllie on saxophone, flute, synthesisers and electronics, alongside Hinako Omori on keyboards, Milo Fitzpatrick on bass, who also plays with Portico Quartet and Vega Trails, and drummer Jesse Barrett, a member of Mammal Hands. ICA London, the venue hosting the concert, presents concerts and shows in the capital.