Avant Music News

Friday, July 30, 8 & 9:30 pm
IDEAL BREAD Steve Lacy repertory band
Josh Sinton, baritone sax
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
Thomas Fujiwara, drums
Adam Hopkins, bass
“The Ideal Bread lays down a serious marker for the posthumous evolution of Steve Lacy’s music.” – Point of Departure. The group’s recent CD “Transmit” has received 4.5 stars in the latest DownBeat magazine!

Sunday, August 1, 5 & 7 pm
ERNEST DAWKINS NEW HORIZONS TRIO
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, reeds
Jenuis Paul, bass
Isaiah Spencer, drums
Dawkins is one of Chicago’s premier saxophonists and a longtime member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Dawkins’ New Horizons, formed in 1978, possesses a sound that showcases this group’s unique combinations of the bebop, swing, and avant garde aspects of jazz.

Saturday, September 18
La Maison Française
3:30pm
The Muffins (MD/NC/VA)
Hume (DC)
Vector Trio (DC)
Pilesar (DC)
8pm
Magma (France)

Sunday, September 19
Fairfax Old Town Hall
11am-11pm
Music Marathon Overload!
Illusion of Safety (Chicago)
The Cornel West Theory (DC)
Controlled Bleeding (NY)
Astma (Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova) (Russia)
Fuse Ensemble (DC)
Nobu Stowe – Lee Pembleton Project “Confusion Bleue” with Special Guest: Andrea Centazzo
(Japan/LA/NY/Baltimore/Italy)
Corridors (NYC)
Colla Parte (Perry Conticchio, Rich O’Meara, Daniel Barbiero) (DC)
RDK+Insect Factory (DC)
Aster – Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul (Providence)
Mercury Fools the Alchemist (DC)
Matta Gawa (DC)
Kingdom of Sharks (VA)
Dave Vosh (DC)
Borborites (DC)

Monday, September 20
Strathmore Mansion
8pm
Trophies (Baltimore/Brooklyn)
Gestures (DC)
Lost Civilizations (DC)

Tuesday, September 21
Strathmore Mansion
8pm
Fennesz (Austria)
Arturas Bumsteinas + Janel & Anthony (Lithuania/DC)
Low End String Quartet (DC)

Wednesday, September 22
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
6pm – FREE!
Andrea Centazzo (Italy)

Thursday, September 23
The Fridge
8pm
Night of 100 Lock Grooves – District of Noise Vol.3 Release Party
DJ/turntable abuse by
VLT_BLK (DC)
Sean Peoples (DC)
Tone Ghosting (DC)
Cole Goins (DC)
+more!

Friday, September 24
La Maison Française
8pm
Merzbow+Richard Pinhas (Japan/France)
Blue Sausage Infant (DC)
TL0741 (DC)

Saturday, September 25
La Maison Française
7pm
Univers Zero (Belgium)
Miriodor (Canada)

The first-ever Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) will culminate in two celebratory concerts open to the public at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre (116th Street and Broadway), featuring music characterized by improvisation, driving rhythms, and electronic experimentation by composers who break the boundaries between jazz, improvised, and classical music – including Leroy Jenkins, John Zorn, Earle Brown, and Anthony Davis, plus world premieres by Roscoe Mitchell and Errollyn Wallen. Wet Ink, JCOI’s resident chamber ensemble, will perform on Friday, July 23 at 8pm. ACO, led by conductor Gil Rose, will take the stage on Saturday, July 24 at 8pm.

Friday, July 9th: Tatsuya Nakatani with The Love Story and Poverty Hymns @ 2739 Edwin

Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani is one of the most compelling soloists in music today. He’s been an annual feature of our programming for several years, including performances and workshops at The Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music. A master percussionist and improviser, Tatsuya has appeared in an amazing amount of contexts with the leading creative musicians of today, but his solo set remains the best way to experience his playing and musical aesthetic- a mixture of minimalism, virtuosity, instant composing, noise and the contemplative beauty of eastern musics. His bow-work on the gong is unparalleled; he coaxes wispy overtone melodies, drones reminiscent of Hendrix-like feedback pyrotechnics and a cascade of subtly changing sound-scapes from this single percussion instrument. Tatsuya often also brings assorted other small percussion and maybe a bass drum, giving a hint of what his uncanny drum-kit skills brings to projects with collaborators like Joe McPhee, Peter Brotzmann, Cooper Moore, Billy Bang, Mary Halverson, Frank Lowe and dozens of others.

2739 Edwin is located at 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, one building west of Jos. Campau. Free parking behind the building is accessible from the alley next to 2739.

COMING SOON:

Aug 4th: Powerhouse Sound
(Ken Vandermark, John Herndon, Jeff Parker, Nate McBride,)

Aug. 13th: Jack Wright/Dave Marsh

Aug. 28th: The Planet D Nonet’s tribute to Sun Ra @ Tangent Gallery