Creative Nation Music Festival Coming March 28-29th

From Improvised Communications:

On Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, Boston’s Creative Nation Music will present the first Creative Nation Music Festival at the Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The official local celebration of the label’s fifth anniversary, and the culmination of its four-state package tour of New England, the festival will feature seven bands over the course of two nights.

The first night, hosted by Creative Nation Music recording artists, Quartet of Happiness, will be headlined by special guests, Mostly Other People Do The Killing (MOPDtK).

Sunday night will be hosted by guitarist and Creative Nation Music founder, Eric Hofbauer, and conclude with the official Boston CD release party for Muse (CNM 015), the new recording by The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra with special guest George Garzone.

The festival’s other performers will be the 1980’s-loving saxophone duo Ronald Reagan, the jazz-cum-avant-rock band Scurvy and Creative Nation Music recording artists, the Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer Duo and Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band.

Saturday, March 28th at 7:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan
Scurvy
Quartet of Happiness
Mostly Other People Do The Killing

Sunday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m.
Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer Duo
Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band
The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra with special guest George Garzone

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Firehouse 12 To Present The Jimmy Greene Quartet March 27th

From Improvised Communications:

On Friday, March 27th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by saxophonist and Hartford native Jimmy Greene’s five year-old working quartet. The group, featuring pianist Xavier Davis (Regina Carter, Stefon Harris, Freddie Hubbard), bassist Reuben Rogers (Charles Lloyd, Joshua Redman, Dianne Reeves) and drummer Eric Harland (Taylor Eigsti, Dave Holland, Kurt Rosenwinkel) will be on tour celebrating Greene’s forthcoming April release, Mission Statement (RazDaz Recordz/Sunnyside)

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Umbrella Music Through March 15

Jeb Bishop photo courtesy Seth Tisue
Image via Wikipedia

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Sunday, 1 March 2009
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Weasel Walter and Friends I
Josh Berman – cornet
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Weasel Walter – drums
11:00PM | 10:00PM | Weasel Walter and Friends II
Mike Forbes – tenor saxophone
Andrew Scott Young – bass
Weasel Walter – drums

Wednesday, 4 March 2009
The Hideout
10:00PM | Mike Reed’s People, Places and Things
Greg Ward – alto sax
Tim Haldeman – tenor sax
Jason Roebke – bass
Mike Reed – drums
two sets
$6 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Eric Leibundguth presents The Civil War

Thursday, 5 March 2009
Elastic
10:00PM | blink.
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Dave Miller – guitar
Jeff Greene – bass
Quin Kirchner – drums
two sets

Sunday, 8 March 2009
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | blink.
Jeff Greene – bass
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Dave Miller – guitar
Quin Kirchner – drums
two sets

Wednesday, 11 March 2009
The Hideout
10:00PM | Jeb Bishop Trio
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Jason Roebke – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
two sets
$6 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets: Omeka-tay spins String Inspired Tunes

Sunday, 15 March 2009
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Nick Mazzarella Trio
Nick Mazzarella – alto saxophone
Anton Hatwich – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
11:00PM | Nate Lepine Trio
Lineup TBA

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DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

Kidd Jordan
Image by one_dead_president via Flickr

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

February 27, 2009
Kidd Jordan Trio, Clemente Soto Velez
Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Jeff Schlanger
ODE, Roulette
Trevor Dunn, Lisle Ellis, Lawrence Ochs, Michael Sarin

February 26, 2009
Taylor Ho Bynum Trio, Tea Lounge
Taylor Ho Bynum, Gerald Cleaver, John Hebert

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Seattle Composers Salon on March 6

From the Seattle Composers Salon:

The Seattle Composers’ Salon is an informal presentation of new music by regional composers. The salon meets the last Friday of every other month, and features finished works, previews, and works-in-progress. It brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation.

Next Salon:
March 6, 2009
8:00 PM
Chapel at Good Shepherd
4649 Sunnyside Ave N (in Wallingford)|
4th Floor
$5-15 donation

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