Upcoming Creative Differences Shows in Baltimore

May 12, 2011 — Mike
Michael Formanek

From Baltimore’s Creative Differences:

The WindUp Space, 12 W.North Ave, Baltimore MD 21201

SUNDAY MAY 15 @ 7.30 (doors at 6.30)
MICHAEL FORMANEK QUARTET
Michael Formanek – bass
Tim Berne – alto saxophone
Jacob Sacks – keyboards
Gerald Cleaver – drums
plus…..
MICHAEL FORMANEK’S UNINTENDED CONSONANCE
Michael Formanek, Tim Berne, Jacob Sacks, Gerald Cleaver,
Cam Collins, Eric Trudel ,Nathan Ellman-Bell, Peter Formanek
John Dierker, Dave Ballou, Brent Madsen, Marc Miller
& Susan Alcorn

SUNDAY JUNE 12 @ 7PM (doors at 6pm)
EVAN PARKER – saxes
)MATTHEW SHIPP – piano
plus
SUSAN ALCORN – pedal steel guitar
DAVE BALLOU – brass
CHRISTOFER VARNER – trombone

SUNDAY JUNE 26 @ 7pm (doors at 6pm)
TREVOR WATTS – saxes
VERYAN WESTON – piano
plus guests TBA

SUNDAY JULY 24 @ 7pm (doors at 6pm)
ADAM RUDOLPH – percussion
JOSEPH BOWIE – trombone

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Newsbits

May 12, 2011 — Mike
Frank Zappa

Stunned Records has a new ambient / experimental coming release out from A. Foisy and High Aura’D.

A new Frank Zappa EP is out.

The upcoming MusicNOW festival is previewed.

Halifax’s SuddenlyListen has a May 20th show featuring Pauline Oliveros, Ione and Norman Adams.

Rova, Kneebody, and David Rosenboom are playing LA next week.

The SKIF fest opens in St. Petersburg, Russia this weekend.

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AMN Picks of the Week

May 12, 2011 — Mike

Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended.

Tyler Gilmore / Ninth and Lincoln – Static Line (2011)
A. Foisy / High Aura’d – Untitled / Dusk Latitudes (2011)
Ralph Alessi / Modular Theatre – Open Season (2009)
Daniele Cavallanti / Tiziano Tononi – Rings of Fire (2008)
Gianni Lenoci / Gianni Mimmo – Reciprocal Uncles (2009)
Miguel Frasconi / Denman Maroney – Gleam (2010)

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At MATA Festival, Christopher Adler, ACME and Others

May 12, 2011 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

The MATA Festival, now in its 13th year, has always been nondogmatic, even antidogmatic. Its focus is young composers, never a monolithic bunch even when they share nationalities and musical backgrounds, and even harder to pigeonhole once you bring them in from around the globe, as MATA’s directors have always done.

The first full-length concert in this year’s festival, on Tuesday evening at Le Poisson Rouge, was aggressively international: its seven composers represented seven countries. But if you were listening for national styles or accents, you listened in vain. These composers were individualists, and their works tilted toward the experimental.

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JazzWrap Reviews

May 12, 2011 — Mike

From JazzWrap:

RGG – One
Harris Eisenstadt – Canada Day II
Misinterprotato – The Gentle War

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Sonomu Reviews

May 12, 2011 — Mike

From Sonomu:

KoldVoid/Deep-Pression, Treasures from the Dead Seas (CDR Valse Sinistre)
Various Artists, 116 & Rising (2 CD Hessle Audio)
Simon Whetham, She Floated Away (3” CDR Kaon)
Various Artists, Magnetic Fields & Zero Dimension Planes (ConSouling Sounds)
Celer, Panoramic Dreams Bathed in Seldomness (Basses Frequences)

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Open Letter Music Series in Asheville

May 12, 2011 — Mike
Ken Vandermark, moers festival 2010

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From Mountain Xpress, upcoming shows and a preview:

Rob Mazurek‘s Starlicker
Wednesday, May 11 9 p.m. Bobo Gallery

Tatsuya Nakatani
Wednesday, May 18 9:30 p.m. Lexington Avenue Brewery

Gyan Riley, solo guitar
Wednesday, May 25 9:00 p.m. Harvest Records

Les Rhinoceros
Wednesday, June 1 9:00 p.m. Bobo Gallery

Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark
Sunday, July 24 9:00 p.m. Bobo Gallery

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