The jazz trio Acoustic Triangle are performing tomorrow night with the Sacconi Strings in the exquisite space of Dorchester Abbey. This is part of a 14-date tour in ecclesiastical locations that started in Bury St Edmunds in May and thus a unique chance to hear a very particular blend of improvised jazz and classical sound in what has to be one of the finest buildings in Oxfordshire.

When the founder of Acoustic Triangle, Malcolm Creese, was setting up this tour with saxophonist Tim Garland, one church official they approached responded: "In some smoky jazz dive maybe — in my Gothic vastness, never!" Luckily, the guardians of Dorchester Abbey did not take such a mistaken view of the music of Acoustic Triangle. The purpose behind the original trio, set up in the 1990s, was to get away from the ‘smoky dive’ and to perform a type of jazz that requires no amplification. It is thus ideal for the kind of acoustic spaces of large churches and cathedrals.

With the addition of the Sacconi Strings, an enlarged version of the Sacconi Quartet, already a respected performer of contemporary classical music, Acoustic Triangle have developed a programme that merges the dense polyphony of the strings with the more linear lines of jazz improvisation, which is then tailored for the individual performance space. Thus, rather than play from one corner of the Abbey, the musicians will physically engage with the whole of the building, moving the sound through the whole space and optimising the acoustics to fit the various instruments.

With Malcolm Creese, a bass player who regularly plays in both jazz and classical contexts, the technical virtuosity of saxophonist and bass clarinettist Tim Garland and the recent addition of classical pianist Gwilym Simcock, who also doubles on French horn, Acoustic Triangle are a formidable group, described by the Guardian as "adventurous, eclectic, frequently breathtaking . . . undisputed masters of the game".

As this is the 12th performance of 3 Dimensions, one can expect all the players to be in perfect control of all aspects of their complex arrangements of scored and improvised music. For tickets and information call 01235 528066.