Coming to Ars Nova Workshop

November 17, 2009 — Mike

From Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop:

Friday, November 20, 8pm
HAMIET BLUIETT + KAHIL EL’ZABAR
with Hamiet Bluiett, baritone saxophone; and Kahil El’Zabar, percussion

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street
$12 General Admission

Monday, November 23, 8pm
SHOT X SHOT
performs the music of TIM BERNE’S BLOODCOUNT
with Dan Capecchi, drums; Matt Engle, bass; Bryan Rogers, tenor saxophone;
and Dan Scofield, alto saxophone

+ A rare screening of “EYENOISES…THE PARIS MOVIE 1994″
Directed by Susanna Schonberg, 1994, 51:20

+ BIRD FLY YELLOW
performs JULIUS HEMPHILL’S “FLAT OUT JUMP SUITE”
with Joe Moffett, trumpet; Dan Blacksberg, trombone; Bridget Kearney, bass;
and Dave Flaherty, drums

+ A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY TIM BERNE

Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Avenue
Only $5!

Tickets available online at http://www.arsnovaworkshop.org

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Bill Dixon’s Tapestries For Small Orchestra Released Today

November 17, 2009 — Mike

From Improvised Communications:

Firehouse 12 Records is proud to announce the release of eminent trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon’s Tapestries for Small Orchestra (FH12-04-03-008), a three-disc set that includes two audio CDs of new original music and a DVD featuring the documentary film, Bill Dixon: Going To The Center.

Made possible in part by a grant from the LEF Foundation’s Contemporary Work Fund, and the support of the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music), this project documents the three-day recording process at Firehouse 12’s state of the art recording studio from start to finish, offering unprecedented access into Dixon’s creative process.

The session, which produced eight new tracks, features Dixon (trumpet and electronics), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn, bass and piccolo trumpets), Graham Haynes (cornet, flugelhorn and electronics), Stephen Haynes (trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn), Rob Mazurek (cornet and electronics), Glynis Lomon (violincello), Michel Côté (contrabass clarinet and bass clarinet), Ken Filiano (double bass and electronics) and Warren Smith (vibraphone, marimba, drums, tympani and gongs).

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Newsbits

November 17, 2009 — Mike

Killerchops.tv is a new video upload site with a fair amount of avant-music videos. There’s even a Zeuhl Progressive category.

Audible Think in New Bedford, Massachusetts has a show this week.

John “Drumbo” French has finished his book on Captain Beefheart.

Dominic Duval and others appear tonight at the Brecht Forum in New York.

A recent ensemble performance of Frank Zappa tunes is reviewed.

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Redcat venue attracts avant-garde

November 17, 2009 — Mike

LA’s REDCAT is profiled.

Ever since the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (better known as Redcat) opened in late 2003, alongside its big sister, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, this small but multifunction venue – part gallery, part theater, part lounge – has been a redoubt of avant-garde arts in Los Angeles. Among its multidisciplinary offerings are an increasing number of programs that mix film and music to adventuresome new ends.

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