Avant Music News

From London’s Vortex:

Thursday 18 | 8.30pm
Matana Roberts

Friday 19 | 8.30pm
Zed-U
Oddjob

Friday 19 | 11.30pm
Braindead Collective

Saturday 20 | 8.30pm
Decoy
MA
Big Cat

Sunday 21 | Doors 7.00pm – start 7.30pm
Mopomoso

Monday 22 | 8.30pm
Bevan / Phillips / Bourne / Buck

Wednesday 24 | 8.30pm
Schlippenbach Trio 40th Anniversary Performances

Thursday 25 | 8.30pm
Schlippenbach Trio 40th Anniversary Performances

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• Garrison Fewell On The Jazz Session (improvisedcommunications.com)

From Improvised Communications:

On Friday, December 17th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present Singularity, a new book of compositions by New York-based guitarist/composer, and 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Joel Harrison. This final event in the venue’s 2010 Fall Jazz Series will be preceded by a free grant workshop for ensembles and presenters at 3:00 p.m. presented by Chamber Music America, which commissioned Singularity through its 2009 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program.

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• Tonight: Stephan Crump With Rosetta Trio At Firehouse 12 (improvisedcommunications.com)
• Tonight: Agustí Fernández & Joe Morris At Firehouse 12 (improvisedcommunications.com)

From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

Trio Flux
Sugar Free “We are upright bass and sax doing entirely free, improvised music”
The Globe, 2045 SE Belmont, Nov 20 @ 8pm.

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• 11/6/10: Gust Burns, Jack Wright & Mark Kaylor + locals (portlandeyeandearcontrol.blogspot.com)

From ScottAmendola.com:

November 19, 2010
Starry Plough
San Francisco, CA
Amendola vs. Blades vs. Skerik
Wil Blades-Hammond B3
Scott Amendola-drums
Skerik-Saxphone madness!
Baby Gramps opens!

November 20, 2010
Boom Boom Room
San Francisco, CA
Amendola vs. Blades vs. Skerik
Wil Blades-Hammond B3
Scott Amendola-drums
Skerik-Saxphone madness!
ONE SET STARTING AT 10PM!

November 21, 2010
Summit Space @ Sierra Mountain Coffee Roasters
Grass Valley, CA Lovely Builders
Randy McKean/Bill Douglass Duo
2PM

November 28, 2010
Cafe Royale
San Francisco, CA
Ben Goldberg-Clarinet
Chris Lopes-bass
Scott Amendola-drums
EARLY! 6-8pm!

November 29, 2010
Yoshi’s
Oakland, CA
SARAH WILSON’S TRAPEZE PROJECT CD RELEASE PARTY!
Sarah Wilson–trumpet, vocals
Ben Goldberg–clarinet
Myra Melford–piano
Jerome Harris–bass
Scott Amendola–drums

December 8, 2010
Coda
San Francisco, CA
Lovely Builders
Blue Cranes
EARLY start
come enjoy dinner and the Ambient set

December 30, 2010
Starry Plough
San Francisco, CA
A Night of Improvised Music at The Starry Plough Pub
Lovely Builders
Erik Deutsch/Scott Amendola scene
Ben Goldberg’s Brain Child

January 15, 2010
CODA
San Francisco, CA
Amendola vs. Blades
Wil Blades-Hammond B3
Scott Amendola-drums
EARLY SHOW! 7-9pm

January 21, 2010
Red Poppy Art House
San Francisco, CA
Scott Amendola Quartet
Ben Goldberg-Clarinet
Josh Smith-tenor saxophone
John Shifflett-bass
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

January 29, 2011
Is That Jazz Festival
Seattle, WA
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

January 30, 2011
Doug Fir Lounge
Portland, OR
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

February 2, 2011
Arcata Theater
Arcata, CA
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

February 3, 2011
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

February 4, 2011
Don Quixote’s International Music Hall
Santa Cruz, CA
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

February 5, 2011
The Getty
Los Angeles, CA
Nels Cline Singers
Nels Cline-guitars
Trevor Dunn-basses
Yuka Honda-keys
Scott Amendola-drums/electronics

February 22, 2011
International House
Philadelphia, PA
Celestial Septet
Nels Cline Singers Meets the ROVA Saxophone quartet
Nels Cline-guitar
Trevor Dunn-bass
Scott Amendola-drums
Larry Ochs-saxophone
Steve Adams-Saxophone
Bruce Ackley-Saxophone
John Raskin-Saxophone

February 24, 2011
Amherst Bowker Auditorium
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Magic Triangle Jazz Series
Celestial Septet
Nels Cline Singers Meets the ROVA Saxophone quartet
Nels Cline-guitar
Trevor Dunn-bass
Scott Amendola-drums
Larry Ochs-saxophone
Steve Adams-Saxophone
Bruce Ackley-Saxophone
John Raskin-Saxophone

February 25, 2011
Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA
Celestial Septet
Nels Cline Singers Meets the ROVA Saxophone quartet
Nels Cline-guitar
Trevor Dunn-bass
Scott Amendola-drums
Larry Ochs-saxophone
Steve Adams-Saxophone
Bruce Ackley-Saxophone
John Raskin-Saxophone

February 26, 2011
Le Poisson Rouge
New York, NY
Celestial Septet
Nels Cline Singers Meets the ROVA Saxophone quartet
Nels Cline-guitar
Trevor Dunn-bass
Scott Amendola-drums
Larry Ochs-saxophone
Steve Adams-Saxophone
Bruce Ackley-Saxophone
John Raskin-Saxophone

April 15, 2011
Paramount Theater
Oakland, CA
Fade To Orange
Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, Trevor Dunn w/ the Oakland East Bay Symphony
Premier of my commissioned piece called Fade To Orange

From New York’s Roulette:

On December 6th and 7th we’ll be hosting a fundraiser to help raise money for Roulette as we prepare to move into our new home in Downtown Brooklyn. Each evening will feature performances by 4 or 5 of some of New York City’s most exciting downtown improvisors!

All proceeds go directly towards funding construction on our new concert hall.
To find out more about our new space and to see how you can help, please visit: www.roulette.org/newroulette

ROULETTE BENEFIT will be held at our current space: 20 Greene Street in Soho.
All tickets are $30. December 6th & 7th @ 8:30 PM.

DECEMBER 6th
8:30 PM

LENNY PICKETT
JOHN KING
ELLIOTT SHARP & JANENE HIGGINS
NED ROTHENBERG

DECEMBER 7th
8:30 PM

DARIUS JONES
KATHLEEN SUPOVE
DAVID BEHRMAN