Avant Music News

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)