Avant Music News

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 14

Love at First Note
Bring a date, they will get in 1/2 price

· 7pm Golda Solomon
& Language of Swans
“masterful swordplay” – Times Union
Golda Solomon (poetry) / Christopher Dean Sullivan (bs artisan)
Michael TA Thompson (soundrythium) / Joe Giardullo (reeds)

· 8pm Katie Bull Group Project
“a dazzling voyage” – Jazz Times
Katie Bull (vocals) / Landon Knoblock (piano) / Joe Fonda (bass)
George Schuller (drums) / Jeff Lederer (reeds) + Chocolates

· 9pm Music for Lovers and Dreamers
“a full-bodied, attractive sound” – AAJ
Lorenzo Sanguedolce (tenor sax)
Sofie Sorman (voice)

· 10pm Twisted Standard Trio
“making every note count” – Downtown Music Gallery
Judith Insell (viola) / Tomas Ulrich (cello)
Reut Regev (trombone & flugabone)

February 21

· 7pm Patrick Brennan
“plenty of wit and soul” – Times out
Patrick Brennan (sax)

· 8pm Albey’s Basscentric
“{Greene} is a real virtuoso” – Wildflower Publisher
Jane Grenier B (word) / Hill Greene (bass)
Francois Grillot (bass) / Albey Balgochian (bass)

· 9pm Sabir Mateen Trio
“beautiful cascades of arpeggios” – Jazz Times
Michael Wimberly(drums, percussions) / Larry Roland (bass)
Sabir Mateen (woodwinds)

· 10pm Ned Rothenberg & Sxip Shirey
“deep placidity and concentration” – NY Times
Ned Rothenberg (sax) / Sxip Shirey (guitar)

February 28

· 7pm Vocal Improv Session #10
“Bildner vocalese {is} fantastic” – Henry Threadgill
Mossa Bildner (voice) / Gino Sitson (voice)
Matt Lavelle (trumpet, bass clarinet)

· 8pm Gino Sitson Band
“an extraordinarly pliable voice in settings with melody, emotion
and rhythm” – Wildflower Publisher
Gino Sitson (voice, body perc & compositions)
Sam Newsome (soprano sax)

· 9pm Belogenis/Hofstra/Grassi
“Grassi, an incredibly dynamic presence” – One Final Note
Louie Belogenis (sax) / Dave Hofstra (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums)

· 10pm Giant Dwarf
Jeremy Carlstedt (drums) / Martin Philadelphy (electric guitar)