Avant Music News

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Wednesday, 16 June 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | McPhee/Håker Flaten/Nilssen-Love
Joe McPhee – reeds, pocket trumpet
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – bass
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums
two sets
$10 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Corbett vs. PNL

Thursday, 17 June 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | Wilbert De Joode and Guests
Wilbert De Joode – bass
Joshua Abrams – bass
Nicole Mitchell – flute
Jeff Parker – guitar
Jason Stein – bass clarinet

Sunday, 20 June 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Powerhouse Sound
Ken Vandermark – saxophones
Nate McBride – bass
Jeff Parker – guitar
John Herndon – drums

Wednesday, 23 June 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Lumber Night : An Evening Of Bass Duos, Trios, and Quartet
Devin Hoff
Kent Kessler
Nate McBride
Jason Roebke
two sets
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Corbett vs Dempsey

Thursday, 24 June 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | Shane Perlowin Solo
Shane Perlowin – guitar
11:00PM | TBA
TBA

Sunday, 27 June 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Shane Perlowin Group

Selected upcoming performances at New York’s Stone:

July 2010 at the Stone
curated by Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso

7/1 Thursday (CB)
10 pm
Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara Duo
Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
Taylor Ho Bynum’s expansive resume includes collaborations with both his contemporaries and legendary figures alike, most notably the iconic saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, with whom he has performed and recorded extensively over the past decade. In addition, he is a curator and board member for the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) and a partner in Firehouse 12 Records. Tomas Fujiwara has worked as a leader of and composer for various ensembles, as a sideman, as a composer for theatre, film, and dance, and as a teacher and clinician. Fujiwara has performed at venues and festivals across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. www.improvisedcommunications.com/taylor-ho-bynum
www.tomasfujiwara.com

7/2 Friday (NY)
8 pm
BLOB
Ted Orr (midi guitar) John Lindberg (processed double bass) Harvey Sorgen (drums)
Innova Recording artists, BLOB, bring their luscious avant-delic soundscapes to The Stone.
10 pm
BLOB + Hans Tammen
Ted Orr (midi guitar) John Lindberg (processed double bass) Harvey Sorgen (drums) Hans Tammen (endangered guitar)
Innova Recording artists, BLOB, bring their luscious avant-delic soundscapes to The Stone. They will be joined for this show by special guest Hans Tammen.

7/3 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Creative Music for Bass Saxophones and Percussion
Scott Robinson, J.D. Parran, Vinny Golia, (bass sax) Warren Smith (percussion)
Few people are aware that the original saxophone was not an alto or tenor, but a bass. The bass saxophone remains unmatched for its majestic sonority, lyricality and expressive range. Scott Robinson, winner of Downbeat and Jazz Journalists Association awards for his work on the instrument, has joined forces with two of its most highly-regarded practitioners for a presentation of creative and original music for 3 bass saxophones.
10 pm
Creative Music for Alto Clarinets, Percussion and Bass
Scott Robinson, Vinny Golia, JD Parran (alto clarinet) Julian Thayer (bass) Warren Smith (percussion)
hree of the world’s leading alto clarinet performers converge for a set of original music exploring the unique timbre of this rarely-heard instrument.

7/4 Sunday (MJ)
8 pm
Vladimir Tarasov, Jason Kao Hwang and Mark Dresser
Vladimir Tarasov (drums) Jason Kao Hwang (violin) Mark Dresser (bass)
The Russian percussionist, composer, installation artist, Vladimir Tarasov broke on the international scene for his seminal work with the Ganelin Trio. He will reunite with his friends and colleagues the noted violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang, and bassist, composer Mark Dresser for an evening of improvised music. FIFTEEN DOLLARS
10 pm
Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway and Earl Howard
Mark Dresser (bass) Gerry Hemingway (drums) Earl Howard (sax)
The distinguished rhythm section of Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway will perform with the singular saxophonist, electronic musician, and composer Earl Howard for a dynamic set of improvised music. Hwang, and bassist, composer Mark Dresser for an evening of improvised music. FIFTEEN DOLLARS

7/6 Tuesday
10 pm
Tony Malaby’s Novela
Kris Davis (piano, arrangements) Greg Ward (alto sax) Andrew Hadro (bari sax) Kenny Warren (trumpet) Ben Gerstei (trombone) Dan Peck (tuba) Flin VanHemmen (drums)
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7/7 Wednesday (JI)
8 pm
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins (accordion, electronics)
Andrea Parkins is a New York City-based composer, sound/installation artist, and electro-acoustic instrumentalist, especially acclaimed for her uniquely textural and gestural approach to her electronically-processed accordion, as well as her inventive use of customized live sound processing. Together, her laptop electronics and Fender-amplified accordion create a dynamic sonic language full of lush harmonics, noisy concretized disruption, and soaring electronic feedback. www.myspace.com/andreaparkins

7/8 Thursday (JB)
10 pm
4FiveVi with special guests Karl Berger and Vinny Golia
4FiveVi with special guests Karl Berger and Vinny Golia (alto sax) Alan Brady, Don Davis, Bohdan Hilash (woodwinds) Rob Henke (trumpet) Jim Whitney (bass) Rolf Sturm (guitar)
New creative music for sextet and visual media including videography, animation, and silent films spanning over 100 years. Special guests vibraphonist/pianist Karl Berger and multi-reed virtuoso Vinny Golia join with this innovative new music sextet.

7/9 Friday
8 pm
Vincent Chancey/Serge Pesce duo
Vincent Chancey (french horn) Serge Pesce (guitar)
Over the past 25 years, Vincent Chancey have built a solid reputation as an accomplished and french horn player, performing in a wide variety of musical contexts, and as an increasingly active composer. Chancey has been a member of The Sun Ra Arkestra, the Carla Bley Band, Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy. He has most recently been performing as a member of Dave Douglas‘ Brass Ecstasy. Serge Pesce is defined as a musician, composer and Mediterranean improviser . Among other features, he plays accommodated guitar… A guitar adapted with a toolkit tailored to give birth to an extraordinary range of sounds. For years, nourished by the Mediterranean and the improvised music and culture of Italy & France, he has developed a way to “prepare” a guitar, giving it a different sound direction. www.vincentchancey.com www.myspace.com/sergepesce

7/10 Saturday (MP)
8 pm
Ingrid Sertso, Karl Berger, Michael Bisio, Kenny Wessel
Ingrid Sertso (voice) Karl Berger (vibes) Michael Bisio (bass) Kenny Wessel (guitar)
10 pm
Thunk
Stephen Gauci (sax) Kenny Wessel (guitar) Michael Bisio (bass) Jeremy Carlstedt (drums)

7/13 Tuesday (MJ)
8 pm
Michael Lytle
Michael Lytle (bass clarinet)
Michael Lytle www.elewhale.net has been improvising for over 40 years, with George Cartwright, David Moss, many fine Swiss musicians, Nick Didkovsky (Dr. Nerve), Gerry Hemingway (Swim This), and plenty others. Tonight, he will premiere his benevolently monsterized bass clarinet!
10 pm
Wessel/Grassi/Filiano
Kenny Wessel (guitar) Lou Grassi (drums) Ken Filiano (bass)

7/14 Wednesday (YT)
8 pm
s/p(l)ace
Jane Ira Bloom (soprano sax) Matana Roberts (alto sax) Dave Taylor (bass trombone) Jin Hi Kim (electric komungo) Mark Helias (bass) Gerry Hemingway (percussion) Sarah Weaver (conductor/composer)
10 pm
Swim This
Gerry Hemingway (drums) Michael Lytle (bass clarinet)

7/16 Friday
8 pm
Ellery Eskelin & Gerry Hemingway Duo
Ellery Eskelin (sax) Gerry Hemingway (drums)
Ellery Eskelin & Gerry Hemingway began performing together in the context of Gerry’s quartet in 1997. With hundreds of performances together they have begun to explore their shared journey in the transparency of an improvised duo. This evening’s performance will be recorded and may be eventually a part of a duo recoding they have been working on since the summer of 2009.
10 pm
BassDrumBone
Ray Anderson (trombone) Mark Helias (bass) Gerry Hemingway (drums)

7/17 Saturday
10 pm
Go: Organic Percussion perform OSTINATOS OF CIRCULARITY
Adam Rudolph (composition, kongos, udu, sintir, cajon, itotele, percussion) Brahim Fribgane (dumbek, tarija, cajon, udu, bendir, oud, percussion) Matt Kilmer (frame drums, kanjira, riq, okonkolo, udu, djembe, percussion) James Hurt (sogo, kidi, gonkogui, karinya, percussion)

7/18 Sunday (KR)
8 pm
Mathew Shipp Trio
Mathew Shipp (piano) Michael Bisio (bass)
Whit Dickey (percusssion)
10 pm
The Nu Band
Joe Fonda (bass) Roy Campbell (trumpet) Lou Grassi (drums) Mark Whitecage (sax)
Four of New York’s finest musicians from the Downtown Scene! The Nu Band’s music is full of energy, creative improvising, humor and joy.

7/22 Thursday (BS)
8 pm
New Cycle
Jin Hi Kim (komungo, electric komungo) Gerry Hemingway (percussion)
10 pm
Ben Stapp & the Zozimos
Justin Wood (saxes, flute) Kenny Warren (trumpet) Danny Fischer (drums) Curtis Stewart (violin) Isaac Darche (guitar) Ben Stapp (tuba, narrator)
A collective Chamber Group performing selections from Mr. Stapp’s jazz-folk operetta Hansel and Gretel (Instrumental Version) Incorporating rhythmic drones, faux 4-D tonality, folk melodies, break-beats and more. A night of aural story telling/sound painting.

7/23 Friday (MJ)
8 and 10 pm
Henry Grimes Trio
Henry Grimes (acoustic bass, violin, spoken word)
Henry Grimes’s Sublime Communication, with Andrew Lamb (saxophones, flutes, clarinet, percussion) and Newman Taylor Baker (drums, percussion). This trio of ecstatic sound has played 15 concerts between New York City and the Azores (two of them festivals), was the surprise smash hit at Edgefest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) a couple of years ago, was named “Best Jazz Trio of the Year” by “New York Press,” and has produced two CDs thus far. www.henrygrimes.com, www.myspace.com/andrewtheblacklamb, http://ntbsingindrums.blogspot.com TWENTY DOLLARS (fifteen for students/elders with ID)

7/27 Tuesday (KR)
8 pm
Flutterbox
Janine Nichols (voice) Neill C. Furio (bass)
10 pm
Lisle Ellis—Four Stories Tall
Lisle Ellis (bass) Brian Groder (flugelhorn) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Angelica Sanchez (piano)
New work from the improvising bassist/composer.

7/30 Friday (JM)
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT—A Stone Benefit
John Zorn (sax) Karl Berger (vibes) Scott Robinson (reeds) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) Greg Cohen (bass) and many special guests
COME DOWN TO THIS SPECIAL EVENING OF IMPROVISATION STONE STYLE AND HELP THE STONE SURVIVE! TWENTY DOLLARS.

7/31 Saturday
8 pm
Carsten Radtke SOLO and CRIME SCENE
Blaise Siwula (sax, clarinet) Carsten Radtke (guitar) Bob Meyer (drums)
Carsten Radtke, renowned guitarist from Germany is working in the fields of new music, jazz, baroque music and improvisation. His repertoire includes works by contemporary composers such as Luciano Berio,Mario Davidovsky, Pierre Boulez, as well as the complete works for lute by J.S.Bach, many first performances of works by younger composers such as Christopher Bailey, Keiko Takano, Ben McAllister. Various styles of playing and musical languages will be combined and presented tonight in SOLO works with playback, and the powerful trio CRIME SCENE.
10 pm
C`s POOL
Motoko Shimizu (voice, toys, turntables) Jeffrey Lependorf (shakuhachi) Blaise Siwula (sax) David Sherr (english horn) Rich Gross (guitar) Carsten Radtke (guitar) Kevin James (trombone) James Ilgenfritz (bass) David Freeman (percussion) Bob Meyer (drums)

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