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From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

Saxophonist/composer Rich Halley, poet Dan Raphael and drummer Carson Halley will perform at a CD Release for their new Pine Eagle recording “Children of the Blue Supermarket at 4:00 PM on Sunday, February 13 at Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.  This is a free event.

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From New York’s Stone:

3/2 Wednesday (DDT)
8 pm
Nate Wooley / Laul Pytton
Laul Pytton (drums) Nate Wooley (acoustic and amplified trumpet)
A rare appearance in the States by this legendary British improviser in duo with our own trumpet hero Nate Wooley.

10 pm
Nate Wooley / Laul Pytton / Ikue Mori
Laul Pytton (drums) Nate Wooley (acoustic and amplified trumpet) Ikue Mori (laptop)
Their first US concert since the release of their sophomore record, Creak Above 33, on Evan Parker’s Psi Label. Lytton and Wooley ride a fine line between tradition and abstraction, process and result. The 10 pm set finds them together with electronicist Ikue Mori, who Lytton’s worked with in Evan Parker’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble.

3/3 Thursday (YT)
8 pm
Lisle Ellis
Lisle Ellis (bass)

10 pm
Ikue Mori/Sylvie Courvoisier/Ned Rothenburg
Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ned Rothenburg (saxophone)

3/4 Friday
8 pm
Magik Markers
Elisa Ambrogio (guitar) Pete Nolan (drums) John Shaw (bass)

10 pm
Six Organs of Admittance
Ben Chasny (guitars, voice)

DAVE BURRELL
A NIGHT DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF FREE JAZZ LEGEND DAVE BURRELL.

3/5 Saturday (DDT)
8 pm
Dave Burrell Solo
Dave Burrell (piano)

10 pm
Dave Burrell Plays His Songs
Leena Conquest (vocals)
Lyrics by Monika Larsson.

3/6 Sunday (YT)
8 pm
Class Reunion
Dave Liebman (reeds) Steve Dalachinsky (poetry)
Legendary saxophonist Dave Liebman (Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, etc.) reunites with his 1960 PS99 classmate Steve Dalachinsky for an evening of music and poetry.

10 pm
Mikko Innanen Trio
Mikko Innanen (alto sax) Lou Grassi (drums) Joe Fonda (bass)

3/8 Tuesday
8 pm
Joe McPhee / Chris Corsano Duo
Joe McPhee (brass, reeds) Chris Corsano (drums)

10 pm
Chris Corsano / Tom Surgal / William Winant
Chris Corsano, Tom Surgal, William Winant (drums)

3/9 Wednesday
8 pm
Jozef Van Wissem / Loren Mazzacane Connors
Jozef Van Wissem (lute) Loren Connors (guitar)

10 pm
Jozef Van Wissem Solo
Jozef Van Wissem (lute)

3/10 Thursday
8 pm
Ches Smith / Tom Surgal
Ches Smith, Tom Surgal (drums)

10 pm
Mountains
Brendon Anderegg, Koen Holtkamp (acoustic guitar, synth, electronics, objects)

3/11 Friday (JM)
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT—A STONE BENEFIT
John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg (saxes) Lin Culbertson (synth, autoharp) Ches Smith, Tom Surgal (drums) Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Jim Staley (trombone) and many special guests

3/12 Saturday
8 and 10 pm
No Neck Blues Band

SMILING ENERGY
THE MUSIC OF GUNTER HAMPEL
A special one day celebration of the work of this legendary free jazz pioneer!

3/13 Sunday (SK)
8 pm
Gunter Hampel solo
Gunter Hampel (vibrafon, bass clarinet, flute)

10 pm
Gunter Hampel New York Quartet
Gunter Hampel (vibrafon, bass clarinet, flute)

3/15 Tuesday (SK)
8 pm
TransDadaExpress
Alvin Curran (solo keyboard, sampler, small instruments)

10 pm
Alvin Curran and Elliott Sharp
Alvin Curran (solo keyboard, sampler, small instruments) Elliott Sharp (saxes guitar, electronics)

3/16 Wednesday (JM)
8 pm
Noveller
Sarah Lipstate (guitar, film projections)

10 pm
Carlos Giffoni / Spencer Yeh Duo
Carlos Giffoni, Spencer Yeh (electronics, amplified objects)

3/17 Thursday
8 pm
David Linton
David Linton (bicameral research sound & projection system)
Presenting: the Cortical Degausser Kit

10 pm
David Watson / Ignaz Schick
David Watson (bagpipes) Ignaz Schick (turntables)

KEN VANDERMARK AND SPECIAL GUESTS
TWO NIGHTS OF IMPROVISED MUSIC AT THE STONE
March 18 and 19

3/18 Friday (KR)
8 pm
Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark Duo
Joe McPhee (reeds, brass) Ken Vandermark (reeds)

10 pm
Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark Trio
Paul Lytton (drums) Nate Wooley (trumpet/electronics) Ken Vandermark (reeds)

3/19 Saturday (KR)
8 pm
Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark Duo
Joe Morris (guitar) Ken Vandermark (reeds)

10 pm
Joe Morris / Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark Trio
Joe Morris (bass) Nate Wooley (trumpet/electronics) Ken Vandermark (reeds)

3/22 Tuesday
8 pm
Bill Nace/MV Carbon
Bill Nace (electric guitar) MV Carbon (cello, electronics)
FIVE DOLLARS

10 pm
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins

3/23 Wednesday
8 pm
Elliott Sharp: Sharp Plays Monk
Elliott Sharp (guitar)
Interpretations of the music of Thelonious Monk performed solo on acoustic guitar. Documented on the Cleanfeed CD “Sharp? Monk? Sharp! Monk!”

10 pm
Melissa Grey—New works for ensemble and pre-recorded sound
Melissa Grey (composer) Marge Fitts (harp) David Byrd-Marrow (horn) Mioi Takeda (violin) Kris Saebo (double bass) Robert Kirkbride (siren) Jonathan Ori (siren) Nathan Thompson (siren)

3/24 Thursday (KR)
8 pm
Wally Shoup Trio
Wally Shoup (saxes) Ben Hall (drums) C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice)

10 pm
Wally Shoup Quartet
Wally Shoup (alto sax) Paul Flaherty (alto, tenor sax) Reuben Radding (bass) Andrew Drury (drums, percussion)

3/25 Friday
8 pm
White Out with Thurston Moore
Tom Surgal (drums) Lin Culbertson (electronics) Thurston Moore (guitar)

10 pm
Nymph
Matty McDermott (guitar, organ, voice, percussion) Eri Shoji (voice, percussion) James McHugh (guitar, drone) Jason Robira (drums) Nickle Emmet (bass, percussion) Jessica Stathos (congas, percussion)

3/26 Saturday (RK)
8 and 10 pm
Eugene Chadbourne (aka Doc Chad) Solo
Eugene Chadbourne (vocals, modified electric dobro, deering goodtime 5-string banjo)

3/27 Sunday (AC)
8 and 10 pm
White Out with Nels Cline
Nels Cline (guitar) Lin Culbertson (synth, autoharp) Tom Surgal (drums)

3/29 Tuesday (JI)
8 and 10 pm
DJ Olive
DJ Olive (turntables)

From Pittsburgh New Music Net:

This February, performance space Garfield Artworks, with the help of local new music patrons The Consortium, has scheduled a group of experimental music concerts that happened to congeal into a mini-series. Here’s the information on the events. All take place at Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue, and are open to all ages with doors opening at 8 p.m. Tickets available at the door only.

Wednesday February 2 $8.00
free-improvisational trio from New York City
ACID BIRDS (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Acid-Birds/130746556939449)
Jaime Fennelly, harmonium + electronics
Charles Waters, alto saxophone + bass clarinet
Andrew Barker, drums
with special guests Ben Opie (celebrate the release of his duet CD with Anthony Braxton!), Riley Harmon (electronic musician from Carnegie Mellon), and Matt Wellins (local sound artist).

Acid Birds is an exciting trio fusing free jazz improvisation, noise and drone that “falls somewhere between [Anthony] Braxton and [Cornelius] Cardew.” Formed in 2004 in Brooklyn, NY, Barker & Waters are both founding members of Gold Sparkle Band, and Fennelly, who recently relocated to Chicago from the Pacific Northwest, is 1/3 of Peeesseye. Their first self-titled LP came out on the Italian label QBICO in 2009. Their second LP, Acid Birds II, was released in January 2011 on Sagitarrius A-Star, and the new Brooklyn label Electric Temple Records will be releasing their first cassette, entitled Mock Load, to coincide with their Midwest / East Coast tour in February 2011.

Monday February 14 $7.00
experimental electronic group from Sydney, Australia
that plays entirely circuit-bent toy instruments
TOYDEATH (http://www.toydeath.com)
with special guests Half Nelson (new LP on Wolf Eyes’ American Tapes label), Robot Cowboy (electronic musician from Carnegie Mellon), and Bureau of Nonstandards (local circuit-bending duo)

Formed in 1995, Sydney band Toydeath coerce all their music from tortured electronic toys! They have collected an arsenal of toys to make any kindergarten green with envy. You will hear talking dolls, Speak and Spells, Rock Guitars, Hulk Hands, telephones and lots of other fantastic toys! Toydeath use circuit bending to hand-modify the toys allowing them to be amplified and also extending their sonic capabilities. They assume toy-like characters with colourful costumes as part of our stage show. On stage you will see G.I. Joe, Big Judy and Super Dad. Toydeath have both major rock festivals and art biennales (such as Ars Electronica) and toured Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Japan, Korea and China. Bring your kids to this one and let them stay up late for a change!

Friday February 18 $7.00
experimental electroacoustic duo from Trondheim, Norway
above the Arctic Circle!
VERTEX (http://www.myspace.com/vertexmusic)
with special guests Radic Sun’til (tribal electronic postrock ensemble) and Dreamweapon (local electronic artist)
:
Vertex spontaneously composes electroacoustic music that is both immediate and enticing to listen to. From lowercase drones through beautiful melodic passages to assaulting industrial walls of sound, Vertex creates a plausible yet otherwordly soundscape with its own set of natural laws. Their debut album, “shapes & phases” has been released on the renowned label SOFA, mixed and mastered by the talented Giuseppe Ielasi. Petter Vågan uses guitars, lapsteels and prepared guitars with an array of effects in a delicate manner to mangle and distort reality in his own way. Tor Haugerud has developed a unique playing style with his unorthodox drumset, electronics and unconventional instruments like fans, drills, singing bowls, bows, and stones.

Saturday February 26 $10.00
renowned New York City percussionist and poet
WILLIAM HOOKER (http://www.williamhooker.com)
with special guests Matta Gawa (drums/guitar improv duo from Washington, D.C.), Michael Johnsen (local electronic improvisor on self-built instruments) and Abram Taber (solo experimental guitar from Boston)

William Hooker is an American jazz drummer and composer. Early in his career, he played with the Isley Brothers and Dionne Warwick. In college, Hooker began broadening his musical vision, writing a paper on Alban Berg and befriending members of Funkadelic. A move to New York City led him to the “loft scene” of adventurous free jazz performers. While most of Hooker’s output is rooted in free jazz, critic Neil Strauss has written, “William Hooker is a man determined to get his music ‘out there’, and he’ll cross any genre to do it.” His work has also crossed over into noise rock and free improvisation, working with Glenn Spearman, Christian Marclay, DJ Olive, William Parker, Sabir Mateen, Dave Soldier, and Sonic Youth founders Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. He has releases on the following labels: Table of the Elements, Alien 8, Atavistic, Knitting Factory, Homestead, Silkheart, and Ecstatic Peace.

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From Project/Object:

Project/Object continues their mission of performing Frank Zappa’s music with a rotating lineup of Zappa’s most beloved band members. On this tour the band will be joined by alumni Ike Willis and Ray White, and at selected gigs, Denny Walley, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner. Project/Object’s collaboration with these legends is a testament to the bands desire to present Zappa’s music as it was recorded and performed live, while also developing creativity in live performance.

February 9 Jammin’ Java Vienna, VA Ike Willis
February 10 Visulite Charlotte , NC Willis, Walley
February 11 Stella Blue Asheville, NC Willis, Walley
February 12 Smith’s Old Bar Atlanta, GA Willis, Walley
February 14 The Pour House Charleston, SC Willis, White,
February 16 Ram’s Head Annapolis, MD Willis, White,
February 17 Pour House Raleigh, NC Willis, White,
February 18 Kirk Ave Music Hall Roanoke, VA Willis, White,
February 19 8×10 Baltimore, MD Willis, White,
February 20 Sellersville Theatre Sellersville, PA Willis, White,
February 22 Mexicali Teaneck, NJ Willis, White, Preston, Gardner

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