Avant Music News

Porter Records Showcase
at Issue Project Room
(at The Old American Can Factory)
232 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY

Concerts begin at 8 PM
$15 General Admission

March 23
Jeremiah Cymerman’s Scorpio Rising
(with Elena Moon Park, Jessica Pavone,
Christopher Hoffman & Tom Blancarte)

Nate Wooley

Katherine Young’s Pretty Monsters
(with Jim Altieri, Mike Pride & Owen Stewart-Robinson)

March 24

Matt Bauder’s Paper Gardens

Andrew Raffo Dewar’s Interactions Quartet East

(with Jessica Pavone, Aaron Siegel & Carl Testa)

Matthew Welch’s Blarvuster Big Band
(with Matthew Welch, Mary Halvorson, Ian Riggs, Leah Paul, Brian Chase, Jeremiah Cymerman, Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Katherine Young and Andrew Raffo Dewar)

March 22

7PM – Felice Rosser Trio
Felice Rosser – Vocals & Bass
Nao Hakamada – Guitar
Billy Ficca – Drums

8PM – ExPosed Blues Duo
Anders Nilsson – Guitar
Fay Victor – Voice

9PM – Tony Malaby‘s NOVELA Octet
Tony Malaby – Tenor sax & soprano sax
Michael Attias – Alto sax & baritone sax
Joachim Badenhorst – Tenor sax & clarinets
Andrew Hadro – Baritone sax
Ben Gerstein – Trombone
Kenny Warren – Trumpet
Dan Peck – Tuba
Flin Van Hemmen – Drums

10PM – Tony Malaby Cello Quartet
Tony Malaby – Tenor & soprano sax
Daniel Levin – Cello
Ches Smith – Drums
Devin Hoff – Bass

March 29

7PM – Golda Solomon / Nick Parrot Duo
Golda Solomon – Poetry
Nick Parrot – Bass

8PM – Pierre Joris / Nicole Peyrafitte / Michael Bisio Trio
Pierre Joris – Poetry
Nicole Peyrafitte – Vocals & Poetry
Michael Bisio – Bass

9PM – Ingrid Laubrock / Mary Halvorson / Tom Rainey
Ingrid Laubrock – Saxes
Mary Halvorson – Guitar
Tom Rainey – Drums

10PM – Bizingas
Kirk Knuffke – Trumpet
Brian Drye – Trombone
Jonathan Goldberger – Guitar
Ches Smith – Drums

The protean music maker and cultural shape-shifter John Zorn is making his Cleveland debut March 26 as head of the Masada Sextet, a group of the best New York avant-garde jazz musicians. The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the recently renovated Gartner Auditorium at The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Viva! concert series date promises to be one of the key jazz events of 2010 and certainly one of the most eclectic, showcasing Zorn’s unique blend of