Avant Music News

Put on by the Vision Festival organization:

EVOLVING MUSIC· EVOLVING VOICE
Mondays at the Local 269

269 E Houston St, New York (corner of Suffolk St)
Regular = $10 per set / $15 for 2 sets / $20 all night
Students/Seniors = $7 per set / $12 for 2 / $17 all night

January 17

Horning In: Part I

· 7pm House of Illusion
“like a purring Jeanie Lee” – Cadence Magazine
Akiko Pavolka (vocals, electric piano) / Nate Radley (guitar)
Matt Pavolka (bass) / Bill Campbell (drums)

· 8pm Broadcloth Trio
“an intense presence to the music” – Point of departure
Anne Rhodes (voice) / Nathan Bontrager (cello)
Adam Matlock (accordion & recorders)

· 9pm The New Non-Profit Prophets
“blow-out the bottom baritone” – Downbeat
Dave Sewelson (sax) / Charles K.Noyes (bass, saw)

· 10pm Jeremiah Cymerman
“unique approach to instrumental musicianship” – AAJ
Jeremiah Cymerman (bass clarinet, electronics)

January 24

Horning In: Part II

· 7pm Charles Downs’s Centipede
“Lavelle’s playing is absolutely fearless” – AAJ
Charles Downs (ds) / Ras Moshe (sax)
Dave Ross (guitar) / Francois Grillot (bass)
Ronnie Stokes (percussion) / Matt Lavelle (trmpt, bs, clarinet)

· 8pm Manna For Thought
“a mature, friendly voice, with a gentle vibrato” – Jazz Weekly
Nora McCarthy (voice) / Dom Minasi (guitar) / Ras Moshe (sax)

· 9pm Avram Fefer Quartet
“a forceful, astringent sound on alto” – NY Times
Avram Fefer (sax) / Alex Harding (sax)
Michael Bisio (bass, compositions) / Michael Wimberly (drums)

· 10pmMike Prides’s From Bacteria To Boys
“drummer Mike Pride stokes the furnace with fire” – Time Out
Yoni Kretzmer (sax) / Sean Conly (bass) / Mike Pride (drums)

January 31

· 7pm Vocal Improv Session #8
“Levine is a scatting, swinging Jazz singer” – Cadence
Dori Levine (voice) / Rosie Hertlein (voice) / Simon Jermyn (bass gtr)

· 8pm Rosie Hertlein
“destined for great things” – Richard Cook & Brian Morton
Rosie Hertlein (voice)

· 9pm Mike Prides’s From Bacteria To Boys
“a successful balance of the tuneful and the abstract” – Jazztimes
Mike Pride (drums) / Darius Jones (alto sax)
Alexis Marcello (piano) / Peter Bitenc (bass)

· 10pm Harvey Valdes/Damion Reid
“drummer Mike Pride stokes the furnace with fire” – Time Out
Yoni Kretzmer (sax) / Sean Conly (bass) / Mike Pride (drums)

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Wednesday, 19 January 2011
The Hideout
10:00PM | Drake/Bishop/Parker/Abrams
Hamid Drake – drums
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Jeff Parker – guitar
Joshua Abrams – bass
two sets
$10 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Nate McBride Plays It As It Lies

Thursday, 20 January 2011
Elastic
10:00PM | Branch/Rempis/Kessler/Hunt
Jaimie Branch – trumpet
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Kent Kessler – bass
Steve Hunt – drums

Sunday, 23 January 2011
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | The Engines
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Nate McBride – bass
Tim Daisy – drums

Wednesday, 26 January 2011
The Hideout
10:00PM | StarLicker
Rob Mazurek – cornet
John Herndon – drums
Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
two sets
$8 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : John Corbett spins Radio Dada Rides Again, Part II

Thursday, 27 January 2011
Elastic
10:00PM | Stein/Adasiewicz
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz – vibes
11:00PM | Williams/Reed
Mars Williams – saxophones
Mike Reed – drums

Sunday, 30 January 2011
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Apiary
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
David Daniell – guitar
Joseph Mills – electronics
Steven Hess – drums, electronics
11:00PM | Acid Birds
Andrew Barker – drums, percussion
Jaime Fennelly – pedal harmonium, electronics
Charles Waters – alto saxophone, bass clarinet