Brains, Zimmerman/DuRoche in Portland

March 14, 2010 — Mike

From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

3/23/10: Brains, Zimmerman/DuRoche

8 pm
Brains: Drew Ceccato (sax) Chris Golinski (drums)
Jacob Zimmerman (alto sax) Tim DuRoche (drums)
Others TBA
Performing at The Wail, Portland, OR
Cost: $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation

Consisting of a left half known as Drew Ceccato (winds) and right half that answers to Chris Golinski (percussion), Brains plays improvised music meant to stir aggressive thought and produce anything but indifferent emotional responses. Their music comes in waves of energetic output that cohesively guide a daring listener through a multitude of different sonic spacescapes. Encompassing influences from both modern improvisational music to throw-back 70’s free-jazz, these two musical astronauts have a lot to say. Brains is good, Brains is bad, Brains is something we all have. Look for their self-titled debut album, coming out on FYO Records in March 2010. www.myspace.com/brainsmusic

Saxophonist and composer Jacob Zimmerman (b.1986) studied at the renowned Garfield High School in Seattle, and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone Performance. Zimmerman is currently a 2nd year Masters Composition student at Mills College in Oakland, California. His teachers have included Roscoe Mitchell, Jerry Bergonzi, James Fei, Joe Morris, Anthony Coleman, Allan Chase, and John Mallia. Zimmerman has performed at a variety of prominent venues and festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Jordan Hall in Boston, and Avery Fisher Hall in New York. www.jacobrexzimmerman.com

Tim DuRoche is a Portland, OR-based artist and arts and culture advocate who’s worked for nearly two decades at the intersections of the visual, performing, literary and media arts. He is a jazz musician-composer and conceptual artist fascinated by the slim corridors running between art, utility, entertainment, and civic engagement. In addition to site-specific performances, sound installations, composition, nightclub, and festival appearances, DuRoche is a well-respected jazz and culture writer.

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Ravish Momin / Trio Tarana on Tour

March 14, 2010 — Mike

Ravish Momin, who is featured on Clean Feed and NotTwo releases, is touring with Trio Tarana this week.

Trio Tarana March US-MidWest Tour:
(Greg Heffernan-Cello/laptop, Frantz Loriot- Viola/electronics, Ravish Momin-Drums/laptop)

3/17- Workshop @ Kresge Theater, Carnegie Mellon U, Pittsburgh, PA (presented by Music Department) 12:30pm
3/18- The Underground, Carnegie Mellon U, Pgh, PA (presented by Student Activities) 7:00pm
3/19- Workshop @ Capital U, Columbus, OH (presented by Music Department)10:00 am
3/19- Columbus Dance Theater (pm) (presented by Elevation Arts) 8:00 om
3/20- Der Rathskeller/Memorial Union @ U Madison (presented my WUD Music) 9:30 pm
3/21- Kranzberg Art Center, St. Louis, MO (presented by Hearding Cats Collective) 7:30pm

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Interview with Ingebrigt Haker Flaten

March 14, 2010 — Mike
The Thing 2
Image by michaelz1 via Flickr

From the Austinist:

One of Austin’s newest residents, and one of the most unassuming musicians you’ll ever meet, is free jazz bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (say ING-uh-brite Hoak-er FLAH-ten), an expatriate from Norway and one of the crucial figures on the European jazz scene. Born in 1971, he’s long been associated with one of free jazz’s most well-loved touring acts, The Thing, a group he co-leads with Swedish reedman Mats Gustafsson and fellow Norwegian, drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. On Friday, March 12, he’ll join Chicago reedman Ken Vandermark and Norwegian pianist Håvard Wiik for a performance as part of Free Fall, a chamber-improvisation group, at Austin’s AAMP. If you don’t catch this performance, fear not: Flaten will be playing his new home base with some of Austin’s finest in the near future.

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