Trombone Festival at Brooklyn's IBeam

March 13, 2010 — Mike

From the IBeam, some highlights of their upcoming fest.

April 3rd
8 pm
Josh Roseman Trio
Lineup TBA
9 pm
Rick Parker Trio
Rick Parker – Trombone
Eyal Maoz – Guitar
10 pm
Ryan Snow’s Trio Unleashed
Ryan Snow – trombone
Aidan Carroll – bass
Bram Kincheloe – drums

April 10
8 pm
Jacob Garchik Trio
Jacob Garchik, trombone
Jacob Sacks, piano
Dan Weiss, drums
9pm
Jen Baker
Jen Baker – Solo Trombone
10 pm
Joe Fiedler Trio
John Hebert/bass
Michael Sarin/drums
Joe Fiedler/trombone&compositions

April 17
8 pm
ERGO:
Brett Sroka: trombone/computer/fx
Sam Harris: rhodes electric piano/synthesizer/piano/prepared-piano
Bryan Teoh: guitar/computer
Shawn Baltazor: drums
10 pm
Curtis Hasselbring’s New Mellow Edwards
Curtis Hasselbring – Trombone
Ches Smith – Drums
Trevor Dunn – Bass

April 24
8 pm
Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell – Trombone
Andrew Drury – Drums
Ken Filiano – Bass
10 pm
Brian Drye Presents: Bizingas
Brian Drye – Trombone / Piano
Kirk Knuffke – Trumpet
Ches Smith – Drums
Jonathan Goldberger – Guitar

April 30
8 pm
Westbrook Johnson’s Three Roads Band
Westbrook Johnson – Trombone
Jesse Bartlet-Webber – Drums
Alex Vallejo – Bass
John Welsh – Guitar
10 pm
Ben Gerstein Quartet
Ben Gerstein – Trombone
Michael Attias – Saxophone
Mat Maneri – Viola
Jacob Sacks – Piano

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New on Drip Audio

March 13, 2010 — Mike

Three brand new releases from Drip Audio:

NoMoreShapes – Creesus Crisis  
Inhabitants – A Vacant Lot  
Tommy Babin’s Benzene – Your Body Is Your Prison

All three were heavily played at AMN Central this morning and receive our stamp of approval. Good stuff.

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Interview with Mary Halvorson

March 13, 2010 — Mike

From Roulette:

On Thursday, March 18th at Roulette, Van Lier Fellowship artist Mary Halvorson premieres a set of new pieces for the Mary Halvorson Quintet as well as material from her upcoming release on Firehouse 12 Records. In addition to her own band, The Mary Halvorson Trio, she co-leads a chamber music duo with violist Jessica Pavone and the avant-rock band, People, with drummer Kevin Shea. A veteran of the ensembles of esteemed saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, she has also performed with groups led by Tim Berne, Taylor Ho Bynum, Trevor Dunn, Tomas Fujiwara, Curtis Hasselbring, Tony Malaby, Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell, Jason Moran, Marc Ribot, Matana Roberts, Elliott Sharp, John Tchicai and Matthew Welch among many others.

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Music and More Reviews

March 13, 2010 — Mike

From Music and More:

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010
David S. Ware – Saturnian: Solo Saxophones Vol. 1 (AUM Fidelity, 2010)

TUESDAY, MARCH 09, 2010
Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2, 2010)

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Newsbits

March 13, 2010 — Mike
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
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Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society plays the Galapagos Arts Space April 10th. Also, they have posted MP3s from a recent live performance.

The Montreal Jazz Fest provides us with Avant Garde 101.

Anthony Braxton now has a blog which promises a full website launch this summer.

In other news, I recently received a copy of Barry Cleveland’s Hologramatron, new on Moonjune Records. I listened to it five times yesterday, and serial listening is rare for me. While it is not overtly avant, I think it is a great release.

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