Avant Music News

From Los Angeles New Music:

Modern Ancient Instruments
May 9, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
Free From the MicroFest event page: Joyful collisions of Indonesian gamelan, Japanese shakuhachi, and French harpsichord featuring works of Bill Alves, John Cage, and Lou Harrison with Linda Burman-…
Organized by MicroFest | Type: performance

Giant Quartertuned+
May 16, 2010 from 3pm to 5pm – Rubenstein Hall
From the MicroFest event page: Featuring a retuned 12-foot custom Rubenstein piano played by Aron Kallay with Grace Zhao. Music of Alves, Corigliano, Haas, and Ives. $15 Donation at the door
Organized by MicroFest | Type: performance

Ted Byrnes, Steuart Liebig, Jorge Martin and Anna Homler.
May 22, 2010 from 7:30pm to 11:30pm – 4140 Eagle Rock Blvd.
“a variety of improv group(ing)s”
Organized by Ted Byrnes | Type: performance

Over the next two weeks, the Clean Feed label is putting on multiple days of performances in these cities. Check out their flyer, as well as a lineup below.

CLEAN FEED’S ANNUAL NYC FESTIVAL
Friday, May 7

8:30 Peter Van Huffel / Sophie Tassignon “Hufflignon”
Sophie Tassignon, voice; Peter Van Huffel, alto and soprano saxophones; Samuel Blaser, trombone; Michael Bates, bass
9:45 – Ivo Perelman / Daniel Levin / Reuben Radding “Soulstorm”
Ivo Perelman, tenor saxophone; Reuben Radding, double bass; Daniel Levin, cello

11:00 – RED trio + Nate Wooley “RED trio”
Rodrigo Pinheiro, piano; Hernani Faustino, double bass; Gabriel Ferrandini, drums; Nate Wooley, trumpet

Saturday, May 8

8:30 – Samuel Blaser Quartet “Pieces of Old Sky”
Samuel Blaser, trombone; Todd Neufeld, guitar; Eivind Opsvik, double bass; Billy Mintz, drums

9:45 – Marty Ehrlich Rites Quartet “Things Have Got to Change”
Marty Ehrlich, alto saxophone; James Zollar, trumpet; Erik Friedlander, cello; Michael Sarin, drums

11:00 – Tom Rainey Trio “Pool School”
Tom Rainey, drums; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone

Sunday, May 9

8:30 – Tetterapadequ “And the Missing R”
Daniele Martini, tenor saxophone; Giovanni Di Domenico, piano; Gonçalo Almeida, double bass; João Lobo, drums
10:00 – Tony Malaby’s Apparitions “Voladores”
Tony Malaby, tenor and soprano saxophone; Sean Conly, double bass; Tom Rainey, drums; Satoshi Takeishi, drums, percussion http://www.cleanfeed-records.com

And in Chicago

May 14

Keefe Jackson Trio
Keefe Jackson – tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Jason Roebke – double bass
With the tenor saxophone and the soprano and bass clarinets, Keefe Jackson developed innovative formulas in written composition and improvisation. Jeb Bishop began as a bassist and guitarist in alternative rock bands, but it’s the trombone that became his main instrument in jazz and improvised music. Jason Roebke is one of the most in-demand Chicago bassists, plucking strings in varied groups throughout the city. As shown on Keefe’s first CD on Clean Feed, Seeing You See, the Keefe Jackson Trio truly represents the crème de la crème of exploratory jazz in the Windy City.

Ingrid Laubrock / Kris Davis / Tyshawn Sorey
Kris Davis – piano
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone
Tyshawn Sorey – drums
Ingrid Laubrock, a standout in a new generation of female saxophone players, is in a new, incredible trio with Kris Davis, one of the most surprising discoveries of the new jazz piano generation, and Tyshawn Sorey, the drummer with whom everybody wants to play. Sometimes lyrical and introspective, and sometimes eccentric and unquiet, this trio has the profile and experience to exceed even the highest expectations.

May 15

Memorize the Sky
Matt Bauder – tenor saxaphone and clarinet
Zach Wallace – double bass
Aaron Siegel – snare drum, bass drum and vibraphone
Memorize the Sky is a collaboration between reedist Matt Bauder, bassist Zach Wallace, and percussionist Aaron Siegel. The three met and began playing music together in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the late 1990’s. Since then, they have performed together as Memorize the Sky, touring around the United States and Europe, crafting their own brand of acoustic improvised music. They are informed by the diverse musical experiences of its members, including performances and recordings with avant-garde luminaries Anthony Braxton, Jim O’Rourke, Tony Conrad, Bill Dixon and Alvin Lucier. They also have collaborated with the best of the Chicago, New York, and Boston improvised music communities.

Mi 3
Pandelis Karayorgis – piano
Nate McBride – bass
Curt Newton – drums
You won’t get much luck searching the Internet looking for the Mi 3 band as websites about the third sequel of the movie Mission Impossible appear. The funny thing is that the trio also is involved in a mission that, if not impossible, is at least very difficult: to give continuity to a jazz pattern. And the truth is they manage to do it. In the winter of 2002, Nate McBride and Pandelis Karayorgis started a weekly jazz and improvised music series at the Abbey Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Curt Newton, with whom both had a longstanding musical relationship, soon joined them in forming the Mi 3 trio, the house band for that series. Having performed many times together since has provided chances to deepen their appreciation of truly beloved music, while testing and extending their musical connection between one another.