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From Metropolis Underground:

Master musician instrument builder Cooper-Moore is setting the tone with the diddley-bo, twanger, mouth-bo, the fretless bango (your dictionary won’t find it but your ears would love it), and Assif Tsahar is free flowing expressive as ever on his tenor Sax and bass clarinet while Chad Taylor ruff’s it up pushing the groove deeper and the deeper. Together they tell us a story that is both dramatic and joyful, keeping it always close to the heart.”-Hopscotch Records

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A new boxed set coming from MMW:

Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set to Include Radiolarians I, II, III, Unreleased Live Material, Bonus Tracks, Vinyl, Remixes and Feature Length DVD

(New York, NY) Medeski Martin & Wood culminate their 2-year Radiolarian Series with a comprehensive box set of material entitled Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set, which Indirecto Records will release on November 24th. The box set will include: Radiolarians I, II and III complete with bonus tracks, a 10 track disc of remixed music, a previously unreleased 70 minute live album, a double vinyl LP set consisting of highlights from the three Radiolarians albums, plus a DVD feature film entitled Fly In A Bottle directed by Billy Martin. All of the material contained in the box was written and performed by MMW specifically for The Radiolarian Series.

A latebreaking show announcement for Chicago.

This evening a scaled-down version of polyglot New York groupBurnt Sugar plays at Uncommon Ground on Devon. Music critic Greg Tate, who almost single-handedly led the reappraisal of the early-70s electric work of Miles Davis, formed the multifarious ensemble a decade ago and still leads it, using a “conduction” style adapted from that of Lawrence “Butch” Morris. Burnt Sugar has counted a stunning assortment of talented players within its ever-shifting ranks—alumni include pianist Vijay Iyer, reedist Matana Roberts, cellist Okkyung Lee, and percussionist Shahzad Ismaily.

From the Bohemian in Exile folks:

Monday Sept 28th: Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg Duo at 2739 Edwin
A leader of the American avant garde joins a leader of the European avant garde in a duo for winds that features free improvised music with a startling level of interplay.

British saxophonist Evan Parker is a pivotal figure in the development of European improvised music. Along with his early collaborator, guitarist Derek Bailey, he pioneered a new approach to free playing that moved away from a jazz based vocabulary. Their work in the mid-sixties was intended to be non-idiomatic, but both musicians had such distinct musical voices that they couldn’t help becoming an idiom unto themselves! Parker has worked with Cecil Taylor, Peter Brotzmann, Tony Oxley, Anthony Braxton et al., as well as more pop related performers like Spitirtualized, Spring Heel Jack and Robert Wyatt.

New Yorker Ned Rothenberg plays a variety of wind instruments, including alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet and Shakuhachi. He’s involved with the ‘downtown scene’- performing with folks like John Zorn, Tom Cora and Marc Ribot- and is also internationally-minded in his collaborations, which have included Tuvan throat singers and South Korean musicians.

Doors at 8 pm; located at 2739 Edwin, just off Jos Campau in Hamtramck. $10 suggested minimum donation. Please note, there is free parking behind 2739 Edwin, accessed by the alley along side the building. Please park there (if possible) to lower the impact on the neighbors. Thanks

Coming Soon:

10/2 Digital Primitives (Cooper Moore, Assif Tsahar, Chad Taylor) at 2739 Edwin

10/22 Jason Stein

11/4 Plastic Crime Wave, Kat Hernandez Duo

11/6 Technical Drawings

11/20 Mike Tamburo and Ben Reynolds

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