Avant Music News

From Improvvisatore Involontario, info on their New York stay from March 5-13:

Described as “the talk of the italian jazz scene” since its birth in 2004, Improvvisatore Involontario has soon become one of the most innovative and relevant artists’ collectives in Europe. Drummer Francesco Cusa along with guitarists Paolo Sorge and Carlo Natoli, founders of the association, have spread their connections worldwide starting from Catania (Sicily): the association counts today more than 20 members hailing from Rome, Milan, Paris, Berlin and New York, where Marco Cappelli (virtuoso guitarist and fellow member) has long established himself among the most active performers in the downtown avantgarde scene. Now, after European tours and gratifying reviews of its members’ newest records on the US press, Improvvisatore Involontario lands in NYC to present its orchestra and its latest releases: an amazing week of events with plenty of international guests and hosted by some of the most prestigious venues in town.

Gaia Mattiuzzi, vocals
Antonino Chiaramonte / Anna Troisi, live electronics
Flavio Zanuttini, trumpet
Alberto Popolla, bass clarinet
Gaetano Messina, violin
Tommaso Vespo, piano
Marco Cappelli / Enrico Cassia / Fabrizio Licciardello / Paolo Sorge, electric guitar
Alessandro Salerno, classical guitar
Michele Caramazza / Luca Lo Bianco, electric bass
Antonio Quinci / Andrea Sciacca, drums
Francesco Cusa, drums & Conduction of Naked Musicians

March 6th @ Downtown Music Gallery – 7pm
13 Monroe Street [between Catherine & Market Streets in Chinatown]
New York, NY 10002-7351
Improvvisatore Involontario Acoustic Showcase
Small ensembles with mixed lineups present excerpts from the latest 2010/11 releases of the label.

March 7th @ The Local 269 – 8pm
269 E Houston St – New York, NY 10002
Skinshout
Francesco Cusa, drums
Gaia Mattiuzzi, voice

March 8th @ White Box – 8pm
329 Broome Street – New York, NY 10002
Tetraktys
Paolo Sorge / Enrico Cassia / Fabrizio Licciardello / Marco Cappelli, guitar
The electric guitar quartet led by Paolo Sorge – presents its self-titled debut album featuring stunning renditions of works by the likes of Claude Debussy, Fred Frith, Elliott Sharp.

March 9th @ Teatro of The Italian Academy, Columbia University – 8pm
1161 Amsterdam Avenue (at 116th) – New York, NY 10027-7005

Naked Musicians
w/ special Guests: Cristina Zavalloni & Mauro Pagani
The vulcanic sicilian label presents its improv/orchestra conducted by Francesco Cusa sparkled by Cristina Zavalloni and Mauro Pagani and introduced with showcases of the label’s newest releases

Tetraktys + Dither

Paolo Sorge / Enrico Cassia / Fabrizio Licciardello / Marco Cappelli / Taylor Levine / David Linaburg / Josh Lopes / James Moore, guitar

Tetraktys will be joined by the NYC based guitar quartet Dither in an unforgettable improvised set for Guitar Octet!

Heimweh
Alessandro Salerno, baritone guitar
Alberto Popolla, bass clarinet

March 12th @ Brecht Forum – 8pm
451 West Street (that’s the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets – NYC 10014

Naked Musicians meets Elliott Sharp
playing his composition “Flexagons”
w/ Elliott Sharp, guitar & composition

Soni Sfardati
Enrico Cassia, guitar
Antonio Quinci, drums

Italian Surf Academy
Marco Cappelli, guitar
Luca Lo Bianco Bass
Francesco Cusa, drums

March 13th @ Issue Project Room – 5pm
232 3rd Street – Brooklyn, NY 11215-2714

Naked Musicians

..::Electroshop::..
Live electronics & visual performance

Anna Troisi, sounding sculptures and live electronics
Antonino Chiaramonte, live electronics and live video processing
Gaia Mattiuzzi, voice
Marco Cappelli, electric guitar
Francesco Cusa, drums
Alberto Popolla, bass clarinet

Related articles

• Elliott Sharp turning 60, celebrating at Issue Project Room (with Steve Buscemi, JACK Quartet, Jo Andres & more) (brooklynvegan.com)

From Live « John Hollenbeck:

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE @ Jazz Standard
116 E 27th St, New York, NY 10016 (United States)
(212) 576-2232 Set: 7:30 PM
All Ages

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE @ Jazz Standard
116 E 27th St, New York, NY 10016 (United States)
(212) 576-2232 Set: 9:30 PM
All Ages

Thursday, March 3, 2011
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE @ PONCHO Hall, Cornish College of the Arts
710 East Roy Street, Seattle, WA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: $18 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for students, seniors, & Cornish alumni

Friday, March 4, 2011
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE @ Willamette Underground
Salem, OR (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages

Saturday, March 5, 2011
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE at San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival @ Clovis North High School
E. International Ave, Fresno, CA (United States)
Set: 7:30 PM
All Ages

Related articles

• Earshot spring series has Gerald Clayton; Cornish College hosts Hollenbeck (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Is That Jazz?: Denio/Menegone + Anywhen Ensemble (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Mar 02
Resonance Ensemble
The Hideout

Mar 03
Resonance Ensemble
Elastic

Mar 06
Resonance Ensemble
Chicago Cultural Center

Mar 06
SET I: Broste/Beach/Kirchner
SET II: Stirrup
Hungry Brain

Mar 09
Rempis/Cline/Hoff/Rosaly
The Hideout

Mar 10
SET I: Sherpa
SET II: Steve Marquette Group
Elastic

Troy NY’s EMPAC features the music of Steve Reich on March 12:

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
+ Double Sextet
Performed by Signal
The minimalist music style has had a profound influence on all Western music. Not only has classical music been challenged and changed, but electronica, jazz, hip-hop, and pop have fallen under its influence, as well. Starting in the 1960s as an alternative to the “joyless” classical music coming out of academia, its pulsing rhythms, shifting patterns, focused harmonies, and mesmerizing repetitions, which move continuously through metamorphoses, spoke to listeners in a new way. Music for 18 Musicians, by Steve Reich and musicians, premiered in 1974 at The Town Hall in New York City.

In 2009, Reich won a Pulitzer Prize for his piece Double Sextet, where two identical groups of six musicians each play interlocking patterns of music—and the interwoven rhythms and phrases draw listeners into a maelstrom of pulsing music.

Signal, under Brad Lubman, performs these minimalist masterpieces with absolute virtuosity

Related articles

• Come Out (1966). Steve Reich /the initial electronic and instrumental process studies/ (rgable.typepad.com)
• Les Percussions de Strasbourg @ EMPAC 2/26/11 (timesunion.com)

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From the Vision Festival people:

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

February 28

· 7pm Belogenis/Hofstra/Grassi

Louie Belogenis
Louie Belogenis (sax) / Dave Hofstra (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums)

· 8pm Vocal Improv Session #10
Mossa Bildner (voice) / Gino Sitson (voice)
Matt Lavelle (trumpet, bass clarinet)

· 9pm Gino Sitson Group
Gino Sitson (voice, body perc & compositions)
Sam Newsome (soprano sax)

· 10pm Jeremy Carlstedt Trio
Jeremy Carlstedt (drums) / Stephen Gauci (sax)
Kevin Ray (bass)

March 7

· 7pm Bonnie Barnett Group
Bonnie Barnett (voice) / Anders Nilsson (guitar) / Ken

Gaia Mattiuzi – Skinshout
Filiano (bass)

· 8pm Skinshout
Gaia Mattiuzi (vocal) / Francesco Cusa (drums)

· 9pm Mikko Innanen Trio
Mikko Innanen (sax) / Joe Fonda (bass) / Lou Grassi (drums)

· 10pm Tom Chess & Bandit Hat
Tom Chess (oud, ney, morsing) / Will McEvoy (upright bass) Jake Wise (clarinet) / Kenny Warren (trumpet) Ryan Snow (trombone) / Shane Shanahan (percussion)

March 14

· 7pm Voice accompanies Voice

Eisenstadt, by Gannushkin
Lola Danza (voice) / Steve Dalachinsky (words)
Ben Gerstein (trombone) / Garth Stevenson (bass)

· 8pm Judi Silvano Cleome Quartet
Judi Silvano (voice) / Adam Kokler (sax)
John Hebert (bass) / Sasha Mogilavich (drums)

· 9pm Attias/Hoffman/Eisenstadt
Michael Attias (sax) / Christopher Hoffman (cello)
Harris Eisenstadt (drums)

· 10pm Marco Cappelli Trio
Marco Cappelli (guitar) / Luca Lo Bianco (bass)
Francesco Cusa (drum)