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Stet lab featuring composer-improviser john godfrey
Monday, 12 April 2010
9:00 pm (doors: 8:45 pm)

Upstairs @ The Roundy [map…]
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland

Stet Lab returns on Monday, 12 April 2010 to the Roundy, Castle Street, Cork and features John Godfrey a veteran of Experimental and New Music in Ireland.

A virtuoso performer on both piano/keyboards and on electric guitar, John Godfrey’s performances encompass composed, improvised and part-composed/part-improvised work.

Regularly seen in Cork and throughout Ireland performing with various ensembles, as a performer Godfrey has also toured extensively through, America, Europe and Australia with Ireland’s premier New Music group, The Crash Ensemble. He is director of The Quiet Music Ensemble, curator of the Quiet Music Festival (Cork), and cofounder and former director of Icebreaker (UK), one of the most successful New Music ensembles.

In addition to these ensembles, Godfrey’s compositions have been performed by ensembles such as the world renowned Bang on a Can All Stars (USA) and Bradyworks (Canada).

DAY 1
SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES, 285 E3rd St, 2nd floor
1 to 4 pm Poetry and Music

FREE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE at TBA
6pm The Little Huey Creative Orchestra

DAY 2
MONDAY, JUNE 21ST
THE LOCAL 269, 269 E Houston St. & Suffolk

7pm Bradley Farberman Group

8pm Darius Jones Trio
Darius Jones sax
Adam Lane bass
Jason Nazary drums

9pm The Lowest Common Denominator
Tim Berne alto sax
Herb Robertson trumpet
Matt Mitchell electronics [keyboard + laptop]
Dan Weiss drums

10pm Crackleknob
Mary Halvorson guitar
Reuben Radding contrabass
Nate Wooley trumpet

DAY 3
TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND
DROM, 85 Avenue A

8 pm Frank London’s Kali Krew featuring Deep Singh
Frank London trumpet
Deep Singh tabla, dhol & percussion
Anthony Coleman keyboards
Brandon Seabrook guitar
Richie Barsay drums

9pm Celestial Funk Band
Patricia Nicholson composition
Cooper-Moore percussion & vocals
Lewis Barnes trumpet
Mazz Swift violin
Vernon Reid & Asim Barnes guitar
William Parker bass & gimbre & composition
Swiss Chris and/or Hamid Drake drums

DAY 4
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23RD
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

OPENING NIGHT Vision For Vision Benefit

7pm Opening Ceremony
Patricia Nicholson voice
Roy Campbell trumpet
Lewis Barnes trumpet
Kidd Jordan tenor sax
Rob Brown alto sax
William Parker bass
Jason Kao Hwang violin
Hamid Drake drums

7:30 The Blues Escaped
Roy Campbell trumpet
Kidd Jordan tenor sax
Jason Kao Hwang violin & viola
William Parker bass
Hamid Drake drums

8:30 Stomp It
Matthew Shipp piano
Whit Dickey drums

9pm Rob Browns New Quartet
Rob Brown alto sax and composition
Matt Moran vibes
Chris Lightcap bass
Gerald Cleaver drums

10pm Broken Flowers
Patricia Nicholson voice and dance
Matthew Shipp piano

10:30 In Order to Survive
Cooper-Moore piano
Lewis Barnes trumpet
Rob Brown alto sax
William Parker bass & composition
Hamid Drake drums

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight Kidd Jordan leads an open conduction

DAY 5
THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
Muhal Richard Abrams

5pm Talk by Amiri Baraka

7pm Muhal Richard Abrams SOLO piano

8pm Fred Anderson / Chad Taylor Duo
Fred Anderson tenor sax
Chad Taylor drums

9pm Joseph Jarman

10pm Muhal Richard Abrams Trio
Muhal Richard Abrams piano
Ari Brown tenor sax
Harrison Bankhead bass

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)

6:45 Stefania Errore video
8:30 Special Film showing

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight Hamid Drake leads conduction

DAY 6
FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

7pm The Fay Victor Ensemble
Fay Victor voice
Anders Nilsson guitar
Ken Filiano bass
Michael T.A. Thompson drums

8pm The Sabir Mateen Ensemble
Sabir Mateen tenor & alto saxophones, flute, piccolo, Bb & Alto clarinets
Raymond A. King piano
Jason Kao Hwang violin & viola
Daniel Levin cello
Jane Wang bass & cello
Michael Wimberly & Warren Smith drums & percussions

9:30 Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters
Jayne Cortez poetry & vocals
Denardo Coleman drums
Bern Nix guitar
Al MacDowell bass

10:30 Amiri & Amina Baraka wordmusic
Rene Mclean reeds
Alan Palmer piano
Calvin Jones bass
Dwight West vocals
Rudy Walker drums

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)
7:45 Station Part 1 – dance/music/art installation
9:45 John Blum piano / Jackson Krall drums
10:15 Hilliard Greene

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight Jason Kao Hwang leads a conduction

DAY 7
SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH – AFTERNOON
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

2pm Areni Agbabian Trio
Areni Agbabian voice
Tony Malaby sax
Qasim Naqvi percussion

3pm Lorenzo Sangueldoce Group

4pm Go-Zee-Lah
Kyoko Kitamura voice & laptop
Yayoi Ikawa piano
Harris Eisenstadt drums

5pm FREE Panel Discussion

SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH – EVENING

7pm Ned Rothenberg’s Sync
Ned Rothenberg clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax & shakuhachi
Jerome Harris acoustic bass guitar & acoustic guitar
Samir Chatterjee tabla

8pm Borah Bergman solo piano

9:30 Reggie Nicholson’s Percussion Concept
Reggie Nicholson drums, percussions & compositions
Warren Smith marimba & percussions
Don Eaton djembe, conga & percussions
Salim Washington woodwinds & percussions

10:30 Open Loose
Mark Helias bass
Tony Malaby tenor & soprano saxophone
Tom Rainey drums

11:30 A Bass Choir tribute to Sirone
Charles Gayle sax & bass
Larry Roland bass
Ken Filiano bass
Jane Wang bass
Francois Grillot bass
Michael T. A. Thompson drums

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)
8:45 Thulani Davis / Joseph Jarman
9:15 John Ferris

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight conduction TBA

DAY 8
SUNDAY, JUNE 27TH
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

1-4pm Special performances by New York City College Groups
York College, New School, Brooklyn College

4pm FREE Panel Discussion Part 2

6pm North/South Clarinet Ensemble
Perry Robinson clarinet
Special Guest Dr Michael White clarinet
Charles Eubanks piano
Bob Meyer drums
Featuring Henry Grimes bass

7pm Breuklen Tek Orkestra
Guillermo E. Brown
Lineup TBA

8pm Billy Bang Ensemble
Lineup TBA

9:30 David S. Ware Trio
David S. Ware tenor sax
William Parker bass
Warren Smith drums

10:30 Peace Out Trio
Dave Burrell piano
Hamid Drake drums
William Parker bass

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)
6:30 Station Part 2 – dance/music/art installation
8:30 TBA

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight Roy Campbell leads a conduction

DAY 9
MONDAY, JUNE 28TH
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

7pm The Stone Quartet
Joëlle Léandre bass
Roy Campbell trumpet
Marilyn Crispell piano
Mat Maneri violin & viola

8:30 Touch The Earth II
Gunter “Baby” Sommer drums
Wadada Leo Smith trumpet

10pm People, Places & Things
Greg Ward alto sax
Tim Haldeman tenor sax
Jason Roebke bass
Mike Reed drums

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)
8pm Station Part 3 – dance/music/art installation
9:15 Jean Carla Rodea Group
10pm Zak Sherzad’s “Flow of Expression” – sound/video/text

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
Midnight Kali Z. Fasteau leads a conduction

DAY 10
TUESDAY, JUNE 29TH
ABRONS ART CENTER MAIN STAGE, 466 Grand St.

7pm Stations – final night
Jason Jordan choreography/dance
So Young An dance
Miriam Parker dance
Musicians TBA

7:30 By Any Means
Muhammed Ali drums
William Parker bass
Charles Gayle tenor sax

8:30 Lafayette Gilchrist Trio
Lafayette Gilchrist piano
Eric Kennedy drums
Michael Formenek bass

10pm Drum Tribute for Rashied Ali
Hamid Drake, Gerald Cleaver, Nasheet Waits, Michael Wimberly,
Vladimir Tarasov, Warren Smith & Brahim Frigbane

Art on the Main stage – Installation by Raymond King

LOFT UNDERGROUND (DOWNSTAIRS THEATER)
9:15 Pierre Joris / Nicole Peyrafitte / Michael Bisio Trio
9:45 Golda Solomon & Friends

VISIONS AFTER HOURS @ L.E.S. Gallery, 107 Suffolk St.
11pm Henry Grimes leads an open session

DAY 11
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH
LE POISSON ROUGE, 158 Bleecker St.

CLOSING PARTY PERFORMANCE

8pm [the] slowest runner [in all the world]
Jeremy Young guitar, tapes, AM radio
Ian Temple piano, Juno synthesizer
Jesse Perlstein bass, electronics
Hunter Jack violin
Gillian Jackson cello
Jake Chudnow drums

9pm William Parker’s Southern Satellites
William Parker bass
Rob Brown saxophone
Lewis Barnes trumpet
Hamid Drake drums
Asim Barnes guitar
Isaiah Parker percussion
Aquiles Nunez percussion

10:30 Akron/Family
Seth Olinsky guitar, vocals
Miles Seaton bass, vocals
Dana Janssen drums
& Special Guests:
William Parker bass
Hamid Drake drums, percussion