Upcoming Seattle Shows

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From Wayward Music:

FRI. 4/23, 8 PM – Nonsequitur & WA Composers Forum present Peter Garland, ensemble works performed by pianist Cristina Valdes, mezzo-soprano Emily Greenleaf, trombonist Chris Stover, flutist Sarah Bassingthwaighte, clarinetist Jesse Canterbury, members of Pacific Rims Percussion Ensemble

SAT. 4/24, 8 PM – Nonsequitur & WA Composers Forum present Peter Garland, solo piano works performed by the reclusive composer himself

FRI. 4/30, 8 PM – Jack Straw Productions presents Rachel Matthews, new chamber music performed by violinists Ingrid Matthews and Mikhail Shmidt, violist Helen Callus, clarinetist Laura DeLuca, and others

THU. 5/6, 8 PM – Washington Composers Forum 25th anniversary concert, artists TBA

FRI. 5/7, 8 PM – Seattle Composers’ Salon, artists TBA

SAT. 5/8, 8 PM – Nonsequitur presents Shelley Hirsch, avant vocals and narratives with song drapes by Jerry Hunt

THU. 5/13 – Seattle Occultural Music Festival presents EQlateral, Honey Moon Tree, Christopher Greenchild, Count Constantin’s “Voronets Blue”

FRI. 5/14 – Seattle Occultural Music Festival & Nonsequitur present vocalist Anna Homler w/ Susie Kozawa, Lori Goldston, Amy Denio, Byron Au Yong, Doug Haire

FRI. 5/21 – Vu Nguyen, contemporary chamber music

SAT. 5/22 – composer Marcus Oldham

TUE. 5/25 – pianist Oana Rusu Tomai

FRI. 5/28 – Nonsequitur presents vocalist Jessika Kenney with Eyvind Kang (viola), Parvaneh Daneshvar (tar, voice), and Dawn Clement (piano, voice)

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Open Ears Music Shows for Download

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From New Orleans Open Ears Music, MP3′s of the March 9 and April 6:

This is the audio archive from 6 Apr 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s.

Musicians:
Improvised Music Trio – Jeff Albert (trombone), Ray Moore (alto sax) & Dave Cappello (drums), with guest saxophonists Dan Oestreicher, Martin Krusche, and Brad Walker
Jeff Albert Quartet – Jeff Albert, Ray Moore, Dave Cappello, and John Paul (bass)

This is the audio archive from 9 Mar 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s.

Musicians:
Ryan Lemoine (saxophones), Brad Walker (saxophone and bass clarinet)
Jeff Albert (trombone), Ray Moore (alto sax), Jesse Morrow (bass), & Dave Cappello (drums), with guest saxophonists Tim Sullivan, Jason Mingledorf, and Brad Walker

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Nakatani/Olinsky in Portland

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

The Creative Music Guild is pleased to announce the culminating show of our 2010 Spring Season. Please join us for an evening of extraordinary music by acclaimed musicians Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) and Seth Olinsky (guitar). These master musicians from divergent but complimentary aesthetic backgrounds will traverse thrilling musical landscapes in this rare duo collaboration.

Where: Worksound 820 SE Alder, Portland OR http://www.worksoundpdx.com/

When: April 25th, 2010 8pm
Cost: $6 general, FREE to all CMG Members!

Bios:

Tatsuya Nakatani, originally from Osaka, Japan, is a contemporary improvising percussionist. Nakatani has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, large bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in experiment and improvisation, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.

Seth Olinsky is a guitarist, vocalist, composer and core member of acclaimed experimental rock group Akron/Family. He has conducted Rhys Chatham‘s guitar piece at Lincoln Center two years running. Olinsky has recorded with master free jazz drummer Hamid Drake, William Parker, and continues to perform and record with many notable musicians.

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Musique Machine Reviews

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From Musique Machine:

The White Mice – Ganjahovahdose
Does humor belong in music? So Frank Zappa, back in the 80s, put into words a question which had plagued music fans since the dawn of, well, music, though it seems that Zappa himself had already figured it out, and the question was no more than rhetorical for him. Zappa’s music, roughly classifiable as 50% avant-garde, 50% rock and 50% comedy, adding to up to a nonsensical 150% awesome, never shied away from humor. Yet the self-proclaimed serious music fan still finds the combination of music and humor risky. Sure, it’s been done, done well, too; yet this kind of combination usually runs the risk of being too cheesy, too kitschy, and even if it is musically enjoyable, the tongue-in-cheek approach seems to devalue, for the listeners, whatever musical value there is indeed to be found.

An Innocent Young Throat Cutter & The Ri – Supply Nurse Could Self Destruct
This is a cdr reissue of a 2005 album by Richard Ramirez’s An Innocent Young Throat Cutter project(which also featured Isabella K at this time). The album shows the pair in a more atmospheric, textured & at times almost ambient take on HNW & static harsh noise making. The disc also features a new track in which The Rita remixes another AIYTC album from 2008.

Cursed Aether – I
‘I’ is the first release from Cursed Aether; this is a sub project of Griz+zlor’s Paul Dever and each release is dedicated to moon worshiping HNW, with all recordings happening during full moons.

Stress – Feel The Pain
‘Feel The Pain’ is the second self released cdr from one man Texas based HNW project Stress(aka Casey Duncan). On offer here is one long near on forty minute track that gives the you a shot of boiling & lo-fi stormed wall making.

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Out on NotTwo Records

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From NotTwo Records:

MW 817-2 Sabir Mateen / Matthew Shipp – SAMA
MW 815-1 Mats Gustafsson – Swedish Azz – Jazz Pa Svenska (LP)
MW 816-2: McPhee / Duval/ Rosen / Trzaska – Magic (2-CD)
MW 820-2: Sound Gathering – Sabir Mateen and Frode Gjerstad featuring Steve Swell
MW 824-2 Brian Willson – Border Crossing
MW 827-2: Steve Swell’s Slammin’ The Infinite – 5000 Poems
MW 828-2: Tomas Fujiwara and Taylor Ho Bynum – Stepwise

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New on Tzadik

April 19, 2010 — Mike

From Tzadik, the April releases.

AutorYno – Pastrami Bagel Social Club
John Zorn/Fred Frith Duo – Late Works
Ned Rothenberg – Quintet For Clarinet And Strings

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All About Jazz Reviews

April 19, 2010 — Mike
John McLaughlin performing at the Crossroads G...
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From AllAboutJazz.com:

Espen Eriksen Trio
You Had Me At Goodbye (Rune Grammofon)
Reviewed by John Kelman

John Butcher
Invisible Ear (Weight of Wax)
Reviewed by John Eyles

Soegaard Ensemble
Soundmapping The Genes (Leo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Paul Motian
Lost In A Dream (ECM Records)
Reviewed by David McLean

Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things
Stories and Negotiations (482 Music)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension
John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension: To The One
Reviewed by John Kelman

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Umbrella Music Through April 28

April 19, 2010 — Mike
Kent Kessler
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From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Wednesday, 21 April 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | James Falzone Solo
James Falzone – clarinet
11:00PM | Frank Rosaly’s Cicada Music
James Falzone – clarinet
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Keefe Jackson – contrabass clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
Jason Roebke – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets: Tim Daisy spins 180 degrees

Thursday, 22 April 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | KLANG
James Falzone – clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz – vibes
Jason Roebke – bass
Tim Daisy – drums
two sets

Friday, 23 April 2010
The Hideout
Immediate Sound Series Fourth Anniversary Celebration, Night One
10:00PM | Mike Reed’s People, Places and Things 8tet
Art Hoyle – trumpet, flugelhorn
Julian Priester – trombone
Ari Brown – tenor saxophone
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Jason Roebke – bass
Mike Reed – drums
11:00PM | Brötzmann/Drake
Peter Brötzmann – reeds
Hamid Drake – drums
Doors and DJ at 9pm, first set at 10pm.
$12 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets by John Corbett

Saturday, 24 April 2010
The Hideout
Immediate Sound Series Fourth Anniversary Celebration, Night Two
9:00PM | Josh Berman and His Gang
Josh Berman – cornet
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Keefe Jackson – saxophone
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Guillermo Gregorio – clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
Josh Abrams – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
10:00PM | Brötzmann/Williams/Kessler/Drake
Peter Brötzmann – reeds
Mars Williams – reeds
Kent Kessler – bass
Hamid Drake – drums
8:30pm Doors & DJ, first set at 9pm.
$12 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets by Mitch Cocanig

Sunday, 25 April 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Rob Mazurek’s Sound Is
Rob Mazurek – cornet
Matt Lux – electric bass
Joshua Abrams – acoustic bass
Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
John Herndon – drums
two sets

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Jim Baker – piano, synthesizer
Mars Williams – woodwinds
Brian Sandstrom – bass, guitar
Steve Hunt – percussion
two sets
$6 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets: Dave Rempis spins Foot In Mouth

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