Support Ars Nova Workshop and Others for the Holidays

November 26, 2010 — Mike

Philadelphia’s Ars Nova Workshop is asking for donations. If you can afford to give a them a gift this holiday season, please consider doing so. As any reader of this site will knows, Ars Nova puts on a number of excellent shows every year.

Since there is so much avant / free / creative / weird music going on around the world each week, some might believe that organizations like Ars Nova are financially secure, but that’s rarely the case. Most get by on the donations of money and time of volunteers, and the hard work of unpaid or barely-paid individuals.

Every so often I donate the proceeds of ads run on AMN to an organization or person in need. In the past, this has included David S. Ware, Chicago’s Lampo.org, and a venue (unfortunately now defunct) in New York. For the month of December 2010, I’ll donate the proceeds of our ads to Ars Nova Workshop.

So, if you don’t have the inclination or money to donate directly, you can support Ars Nova indirectly though this site.

Thanks and happy holidays.

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The Thirteenth Assembly Trio in Columbia

November 25, 2010 — Mike

From the Free Times:

Fujiwara offers up the following exposition: “Taylor, Mary and myself are all from Boston, originally. And Mary and Taylor went to the same high school and college. Jessica met Taylor and Mary working with Anthony Braxton, but we all met and began playing together while living in New York City. Taylor only recently moved to New Haven, but before that, we had all been in New York for years, making music in various different groups. The idea for The Thirteenth Assembly originated though with the concept of combining our two long-standing duo projects: Taylor/Tomas and Mary/Jessica.”

The Columbia Museum of Art is at 1515 Main St. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the concert begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10; $8 for museum members; $5 for students. Call 799-2810 or visit columbiamuseum.org for more information.

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Jazz Listings from the New York Times

November 25, 2010 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

Muhal Richard Abrams 80th Birthday Celebration (Thursday) At 8 p.m., Roulette at Location One, 20 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo , (212) 219-8242, roulette.org; $15, or $10 for students and under 30. (Nate Chinen)

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (Tuesday) At 6 p.m. Joe’s Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village , (212) 967-7555, joespub.org; $15 standing room, $40 seating, $125 benefactor. (Chinen)

Peter Bernstein Quartet (Tuesday and Wednesday) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $20. (Chinen)

Mark Dresser Quintet (Sunday) At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $15 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

Harris Eisenstadt and Canada Day (Monday) At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

A Night of Round Robin Improvised Duets to Benefit Search And Restore (Monday) Among those on hand are the trombonist Roswell Rudd; the trumpeters Steven Bernstein and Avishai Cohen; DJ Logic; the bassists Ben Allison and Reid Anderson; and the drummers Dan Weiss, Mark Guiliana and Matt Wilson. At 10 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $30, $50 for a V.I.P. package. (Chinen)

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Upcoming DC Improv Shows

November 24, 2010 — Mike
Marc Ribot
Cover of Marc Ribot

DC’s Twins Jazz is hosting a bunch of cool shows over the next few months.

December 1 – Gerald Cleaver Group
@ TWINS JAZZ
1344 U Street Northwest
Washington D.C.
Doors at 19:30 – Music at 20:00

Jean Carla Rodea, voice
Andrew Bishop, reeds
Dave Ballou, trumpet
Michael Formanek, bass
Gerald Cleaver, drums

COMING SOON!!!

December 8 – G Calvin Weston @ Twins Jazz
The monster drummer for Marc Ribot, Ornette Coleman‘s Prime Time Band, and the Lounge Lizards brings his hard-hitting harmolodic free-funk to Twins Jazz- featuring Ed Ricart (guitar), Ashish Vyas (bass- of Thievery Corporation) and Dug Birdzell (bass- of Beefeater, All Scards).

December 15 – Herb Robertson + the Augmented Fourthtet @ Twins Jazz
The great trumpeter performs a set of free improv + compositions alongside his current working unit- featuring Dave Kaczorowski (bass), Adrian Velosin (drums), and Ed Ricart (guitar).

and next year…
january 6 – Jason Ajemian, Keith Wood
february 3- the Acid Birds
march 3 – Nate Wooley + Paul Lytton
march 22 – Jacob Anderskov
april 6 – Harris Eisenstadt
april 8 – Eugene Chadbourne + Tatsuya Nakatani

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Umbrella Music Through December 8

November 24, 2010 — Mike
Fred Lonberg-Holm in 2002
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From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Ballister
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums
PLUS | DJ Sets by Paal Nilssen-Love

Sunday, 28 November 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Marc Riordan Quartet
Marc Riordan – piano
Peter Hanson – alto saxophone
Dan Thacher – bass
Tim Daisy – drums

Wednesday, 1 December 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Thieke/Rempis/Zerang
Michael Thieke – clarinet
Dave Rempis – reeds
Michael Zerang – drums
two sets
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets by Arman Mabry

Thursday, 2 December 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | Jackson/Bishop Duo
Keefe Jackson – reeds
Jeb Bishop – trombone
11:00PM | Michael Thieke Group
Michael Thieke – clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Michael Zerang – percussion

Sunday, 5 December 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Endangered Blood
Chris Speed – reeds
Oscar Noriega – reeds
Trevor Dunn – bass
Jim Black – drums

Wednesday, 8 December 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Stein/Hoff/Rosaly
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Devin Hoff – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
11:00PM | NRG Ensemble
Mars Williams – woodwinds
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello, trumpet
Kent Kessler – bass
Brian Sandstrom – bass, guitar
Steve Hunt – percussion
$8 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : TBA

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

November 24, 2010 — Mike
Arve Henriksen
Cover of Arve Henriksen

From Free Jazz:

Giovanni Di Domenico, Arve Henriksen, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Clinamen (Off/Rat, 2010) ***½
Markku Ounaskari, Samuli Mikkonen, Per Jørgensen – Kuara (ECM, 2010) ***½
Nels Cline – Dirty Baby (Cryptogramophone, 2010) ****½
Dans Les Arbres (ECM, 2008 – US, 2010) *****

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Touching Extremes Reviews

November 24, 2010 — Mike

From Touching Extremes:

MECHA/ORGA – 61:50
THE HOLLY MARTINS – No. No. Yes. No.
JEPH JERMAN – Prayer * Tactus
MICHAEL NORTHAM + JATIN VIDYARTHI – Golden Shadow
SIMON NABATOV – Simon Nabatov Plays Herbie Nichols (DVD)
INGRAM MARSHALL – September Canons
BILL HORIST – Covalent Lodge

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Magnus Lindberg and Philharmonic at Symphony Space

November 23, 2010 — Mike
Magnus Lindberg
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From NYTimes.com:

No doubt some in the audience were drawn by the specific program, which intriguingly paired a new work by Magnus Lindberg, the Philharmonic’s composer in residence, written in homage to his influential teacher, the French composer Gérard Grisey, with a major score by Grisey, who died of a stroke at 52 in 1998.

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Interview with Darcy James Argue

November 23, 2010 — Mike
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
Image by ClockworkGrue via Flickr

From Burning Ambulance:

Pianist/composer Darcy James Argue and his big band, the Secret Society, have been gathering up awards and critical recognition for several years. Their sole studio CD to date, 2009′s Infernal Machines, is pretty amazing; if you’re anticipating the blaring horns and churning swing of the 1940s, forget it.

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Wadada Leo Smith at the Library of Congress

November 23, 2010 — Mike
Vision Festival
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From the the Washington Post:

Mississippi-born jazz composer Wadada Leo Smith has mastered the art of omission, splicing his most dazzling phrases with dramatic pauses and mysterious silences. The 68-year-old’s performance at the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium on Saturday night was elegant, the signature stop-and-go nature of his playing feeling more meditative than herky-jerky.

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