James Falzone’s Allos Musica To Release Lamentations November 2nd

August 6, 2010 — Mike

From Improvised Communications:

On November 2nd, Chicago-based clarinetist/composer James Falzone, and the four year-old trio version of his longstanding Allos Musica ensemble, will release their debut recording, Lamentations (Allos Documents). The group, which has performed at creative music venues all around Chicago and will serve as ensemble-in-residence for the MOMENTA dance company in November, features oud player/vocalist Ronnie Malley and hand drummer/percussionist Tim Mulvenna. Its music is a mix of Falzone’s original compositions and collective improvisations inspired by Arabic musical forms such as the Longa and Muwashah, the work of Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem and the cross-cultural significance of the lament in music and literature from around the world.

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Jazz Listings from the New York Times

August 6, 2010 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

John Hébert’s Rambling Confessions (Saturday) John Hébert, a bassist of deep intuition and extensive sideman experience, introduces a group with a discursive name but a promisingly direct lineup: Bennie Wallace on tenor saxophone, Jen Shyu on vocals, Andy Milne on piano and Billy Drummond on drums. Loosely configured as a nod to the jazz singer Carmen McRae, the group will serve up Mr. Hébert’s take on standards. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village , (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; $20, members $10. (Chinen)

MAP (Wednesday) This sharply experimental collective — with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Reuben Radding on bass and Tatsuya Nakatani on percussion — draws here from “Fever Dream” (Taiga), its new, vinyl-only release. At 7 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn , (347) 422-0248, barbesbrooklyn.com; $10 suggested donation. (Chinen)

Tyshawn Sorey (Tuesday through Thursday) Mr. Sorey, a restlessly creative drummer, presents three groups in residence at Roulette, each working with his compositions. Tuesday will be devoted to music from “Koan” (482 Music), his chamberlike most recent album; on Wednesday he digs in with Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, Aaron Stewart on reeds and John Escreet on piano. On Thursday he leads a quintet featuring the saxophonist Loren Stillman. At 8:30 p.m., Roulette at Location One, 20 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo , (212) 219-8242, roulette.org; $15, $10 students, under 30 and members. (Chinen)

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Classical Listings from the New York Times

August 6, 2010 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

Annie Gosfield (Saturday) Along with the guitarist Roger Kleier, Ms. Gosfield, an innovative composer, keyboardist and bandleader, planned the programming for a spartan downtown-music laboratory this month. As part of that, during an 8 p.m. set she presents a new string quartet, “The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,” played by the Jasper String Quartet; and “EWA7,” a concert-length trio work inspired by factory sounds. The Jasper String Quartet returns at 10 p.m. to repeat Ms. Gosfield’s piece along with works by Haydn and Berg. At 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Smith)

Jack Quartet (Wednesday) An exciting young ensemble closely associated with bold modern works, the Jack Quartet offers an intriguing range of pieces here: Bach’s Contrapunctus 14 (from “The Art of Fugue”), Webern’s “Six Bagatelles” (Op. 9), Toshio Hosokawa’s “Blossoming” and Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 5. At 8 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Smith)

Blair McMillen (Friday) This adventurous pianist offers premieres by Erica Ball and Derek Geary and recent works by Annie Gosfield, Judd Greenstein, Daniel Felsenfeld and Giacinto Scelsi as part of a monthlong contemporary music festival overseen by Ms. Gosfield and Roger Kleier. At 10 p.m. the pianist Joseph Kubera performs scores by Anthony Coleman, Alvin Lucier and Michael Byron. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street,East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Schweitzer)

Margaret Leng Tan (Thursday) This ever-inventive musician offers two programs. At 8 p.m. she celebrates the release of “She Herself Alone: The Art of the Toy Piano 2” (Mode). At 10 p.m. Ms. Tan offers John Cage’s “Four Walls,” a work that foreshadows minimalism and, according the composer, deals with the “disturbed mind.” At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Schweitzer)

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Duroche/Sielaff/Burns in Portland August 7

August 6, 2010 — Mike

From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

Join us for a rich evening of conversation and dynamic free improvisation with our dear friend, GUST BURNS—one of the NW’s most engaging pianists and improvisational artists, making a visit from Seattle. He’s joined by clarinetist JONATHAN SIELAFF and drummer TIM DUROCHE for an evening of new composition, improvisation.

Saturday, August 7· 8:00pm
TaborSpace
5441 SE Belmont
Portland, OR

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ESP-Disk' Releases

August 6, 2010 — Mike

COming out on ESP-Disk’:

Eli Keszler – Oxtirn
Oxtirn is a truly unique and powerful blend of free energy, modern composition and mechanical music that defies genre. With two proper full lengths and an array of self-releases under his belt, Eli Keszler has turned to ESP-Disk for the release of Oxtirn, his third, most composed and large scale effort to date. Capturing Keszler and crew at their most frenetic, Oxtirn abruptly spills out into a cacophony of tuned brass, squeaking rust, and electrically shorting contact mics, taking the detritus of post-industrial existence (sheet metal, spring boards and motors wrenched from their initial hearths) and transforming that refuse into a twenty-first century musique-concrete orchestra.

Talibam! – Cosmoplitude
Cosmoplitude is a sexy, ultra-limited-edition 45rpm 7″ single co-released by ESP Disk’ and Electric Cowbell Records. This historic album not only marks Talibam’s first-ever single and 20th record, but also ESP’s first single in their legendary 40+ years as a vanguard label. Cosmoplitude is a transcendent, compassionate cosmic attitude emanating from and permeating through everything — space / places / animals / stimuli / desires / gut feelings. If you can catch on to the cosmop, the obstacle course of notated expectations, shifting brightness and energy standards, daily costume changes, uber-media-mind-chip commentary, and cultural/political flux will all suddenly transform into an inspired/extinguished altered state of disjointed iconic impressions giving birth to positive urban countenance and lavish peace.

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