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From New York’s ISSUE Project Room:

08/20 @ 8pm – Sportsman’s Paradise Cotton Museum Sick Llama
Sportsman’s Paradise Sportsman’s Paradise is a large-ensemble project currently consisting of Kate Bell, Sommer Browning, Rob Fellman, Pete Fonda, Colin O’Con, Val Opielski, and Mathias Sias. Our stated purpose is to create music that merges minimalist practice (Rhys Chatham, Charlemagne Palestine) with the current freakout scene (Sunburned Hand of the Man, Yellow Swans, Vibracathedral Orchestra) [...]

08/21 @ 8pm – David First’s Gestural Improv Group Kurt Wolf’s Lapis Lazuli
David First’s Gestural Improv Group – an evening of searching for perfect frozen moments through hyper-sensual tuning systems and black holed rhythms. Featuring Jane Rigler/flute, Chris McIntyre/trombone, Reuben Radding/bass, Michael Evans/drums & percussion and D.F. on guitar & laptop. David First’s musical life is filled with opposites and extremes. At the age of twenty he played [...]

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From Improvised Communications:

On Friday, September 18th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will open its fifth annual Fall Jazz Series with a two-set performance by Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Brandon Ross and his longstanding acoustic group, Blazing Beauty.

The band, which explores what Ross calls “future folk music,” is a flexible ensemble that can incorporate a variety of sounds, instrumental combinations and personnel, as demonstrated on its two recordings, 2004’s Costume and 2007’s Puppet, both on Intoxicate Records. This performance will feature Ross on guitars, banjo and vocals along with bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer JT Lewis.