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Matta Gawa – Ba (Engine)
Jean Derome & Joane Hetu – Shaman – Nouse percons les oriles (Ambiances Magnetiques)
Planeta Imaginario – Optical Delusions (Cuneiform)
The Lou Grassi Po Band with Marshall Allen – Live at the Knitting Factory, Volume 1 (Porter Records)
En (Pal Toth) / Quentin Rollet / Zsolt Sores – Paw Music (Hermes Discorbie)
Tim Berne – Insomnia (Clean Feed)
From NYTimes.com:
Composers Concordance (Tuesday) This enterprising new-music organization presents the ensemble Circadia, a woodwind, string and piano quintet, in a program that includes works by Derek Bermel, Louis Calabro, Dan Cooper, Joseph Pehrson and Gene Pritsker. The program, called “Generations,” will also include works by the winners of two Composers Concordance competitions: one for a composer 20 or under, the other for a composer 70 or over. At 8 p.m., Performing Center of St. Sava Cathedral, 20 West 26th Street, Manhattan , (646) 522-9442, sequenza21.com/calendar/2011/05/composers-concordance-presents-generations/; $15; $10 for students and 65+. (Kozinn)
Da Capo Chamber Players (Thursday) This group, an essential and exciting contemporary music ensemble, celebrates its 40th anniversary in a program with new pieces by George Tsontakis and Keith Fitch; works by Joan Tower; and a Da Capo specialty, Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire,” with the soprano Lucy Shelton as soloist. At 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan , (212) 501-3330, kaufman-center.org; $20; $10 students and seniors. (Anthony Tommasini)
Either/Or (Thursday) Opening its sixth annual spring festival, this restlessly inquisitive new-music group mixes three works by longtime New York trailblazers — Steve Reich’s “Four Organs,” Robert Ashley’s “Outcome Inevitable,” George Lewis’s “Signifying Riffs: Unison” — with premieres from two gifted rising composers: Richard Carrick (a director of Either/Or) and Andrew Byrne. (A second concert on June 3 focuses primarily on European mavericks.) At 8 p.m., the Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, Chelsea , (212) 255-5793, Ext. 11, thekitchen.org; $12. (Smith)
International Contemporary Ensemble (Tuesday) ICELab, this exciting ensemble’s residency at Le Poisson Rouge, has a typically adventurous program on Tuesday night. And it’s free. The composer Nathan Davis has written a cycle of new works that are scored for small combinations of instruments that, using minute microphones, will produce an “architecture of color, texture, rhythm and breath,” the promoters promise. Le Poisson Rouge continues to be an invitingly informal place to hear all kinds of contemporary music. At 7:30 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com. (Tommasini)
Locrian Chamber Players (Thursday) The mission of this new-music group is to perform works that are no more than 10 years old — which means pieces that were new during its first six seasons (the ensemble was formed in 1995) are now off limits. Its program this time includes John Adams’s String Quartet, Eleanor Cory’s “Conversations,” Robert Cohen’s “Midnight Girl” and Reiko Füting’s “Kaddish: The Art of Losing.” At 8 p.m., Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive at 122nd Street, Morningside Heights , (914) 923-5511, locrian.org; free. (Kozinn)
The Stone (Friday, Saturday, Tuesday through Thursday) All aesthetics are fair game at John Zorn’s austere East Village music laboratory. But with two vital new-music record labels, Innova and New World, handling the current programs, there’s much to interest contemporary-classical partisans. Key picks include sets by the composer Neil Rolnick (Friday); the Glass Farm Ensemble (Saturday); Zeitgeist and the Prism Quartet (Tuesday); the composer Eve Beglarian (Wednesday); and the pianist Geoffrey Burleson (Thursday). Friday, Saturday and Wednesday at 8 p.m., Tuesday at 8 and 10 p.m. and Thursday at 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10 per set. (Smith)
Tribeca New Music Festival (Tuesday) This burgeoning festival heads to Brooklyn for “Tribeca Monsters,” a concert featuring the violinist Mary Rowell (of Ethel renown) and her regular concert partner, the pianist Geoffrey Burleson. The duo will be joined by further guests in music composed by Stewart Copeland (the Police drummer), Jacob ter Veldhuis, Michael Gandolfi, Marc Mellits and others — including Dylan Mattingly, the winner of the festival’s young composers’ competition this year. At 8 p.m., Galapagos, 16 Main Street, at Water Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn , (718) 222-8500, galapagosartspace.com; $15; students $10. (Smith)
From NYTimes.com:
Michaël Attias and Twines of Colesion (Friday) As he does on his most recent album, “Twines of Colesion” (Clean Feed), Mr. Attias, an adventurous alto saxophonist, calls on the adaptive abilities of some sharp collaborators: the tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby, the pianist Russ Lossing, the bassist John Hébert and the drummer Satoshi Takeishi. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $15 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
DMG 20th-Anniversary Celebration (Sunday) The Downtown Music Gallery, a soulfully run record shop specializing in avant-garde jazz and experimental music, marks a milestone with three compatible sets: at 9 p.m. the saxophonist Louie Belogenis digs in with the bassist Shanir Blumenkranz and the drummer Michael Wimberley; at 10 the drummer Weasel Walter does the same with the trumpeter Peter Evans and the programmer Sam Pluta. The finale, from 11:15 on, comes courtesy of Burnt Sugar, a combustible big band. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, near Bleecker Street, East Village , (212) 614-0505, bowerypoetry.com; $15. (Chinen)
Mary Halvorson Quintet (Monday) The guitarist Mary Halvorson has often held the jazz tradition at arm’s length, but with her most recent album, “Saturn Sings” (Firehouse 12), she augments her devilishly supple trio with a sure-footed frontline of trumpet (Jonathan Finlayson) and alto saxophone (Jon Irabagon). The same personnel reassembles here, previewing material from a forthcoming album. At 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village , (212) 967-7555, joespub.com; $12 in advance, $15 at the door. (Chinen)
Sifter (Wednesday) A smart-looking new collective trio, consisting of acutely responsive fellow searchers: Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Mary Halvorson on guitar and Matt Wilson on drums. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover. (Chinen)
From Music and More:
Matt Lavelle – Goodbye New York, Hello World (Musicnow, 2011)
MSG – Tasty! (Lion Music, 2011)
James Carter – Caribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy, 2011)
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From Dusted:
Artist: (etre)
Album: Inferno From My Occult Diary
Label: PorterArtist: Amon Tobin
Album: ISAM
Label: Ninja TuneArtist: Thurston Moore
Album: Demolished Thoughts
Label: Matador
From NYTimes.com:
The alto saxophonist Tim Berne, who often acts as if he’s making a joke out of a disappointment, stood at the back of Korzo, a Hungarian restaurant in Brooklyn between the Prospect Expressway and Greenwood Cemetery. He announced that his trio would perform 13 new songs for the very first time — and that the last 10 would be joined together in one piece.
This year’s Undead Jazzfest takes place next month in New York. The lineup includes:
June 23rd, 2011
Le Poisson Rouge
07:00 PM - Satoko Fujii ma-do
08:10 PM - Marc Ribot solo
09:20 PM - TARBABY (Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Orrin Evans, Oliver Lake)
10:30 PM - Escreet / Binney / Krantz / Gilmore – “The Age We Live In”
11:40 PM - Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
12:50 AM - David Torn Trio w/ Tim Berne and Ches SmithSullivan Hall
07:20 PM - Amir Elsaffar w/ Hafez Modirzade, Francois Moutin, and Dan Weiss
08:30 PM - Kris Davis / Ingrid Laubrock / Tyshawn Sorey
09:40 PM - Gerald Clayton
10:50 PM - Andrew D’Angelo Big Band
12:00 AM - Dave King Trucking Company
01:10 AM - Harriet Tubman Double Trio w/ Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs, JT Lewis, Graham Haynes, DJ Logic, and Val Inc.Kenny’s Castaways
07:40 PM - Harris Eisenstedt’s Canada Day
08:50 PM - David Fiuczynski’s Planet MicroJam
10:00 PM - Alan Licht & Brian Chase
11:10 PM - Doomsayer
12:20 AM - Michael Blake / Ben Allison / Rudy Royston
01:30 AM - Logan Richardson Trio w/ Nasheet Waits and Ben WilliamsJune 24th, 2011
The Bell House
11:00 PM - Multiple duets TBA (Celebrate Brooklyn After-party)June 25th, 2011
Littlefield
08:00 PM - Jeff Lederer’s Sunwatcher
09:10 PM - Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman
10:20 PM - Darius Jones Trio
11:30 PM - Anthony Coleman Trio with Brad Jones, and Satoshi Takeshi
12:40 AM - Jamie Saft New Zion TrioCross Fit Gym
08:20 PM - Zeena Parkins and The Adorables
09:30 PM - Briggan Krauss H Alpha with Jim Black, and Ikue Mori
10:40 PM - Elliott Sharp plays Thelonious Monk
11:50 PM - Mountains
01:00 AM - TBAHomage Skate Park
08:40 PM - Min Xiao-Fen’s “Dim Sum” w/ Satoshi Takeishi
09:50 PM - Matt Wilson solo
11:00 PM - Dean Bowman solo
12:10 AM - David S. Ware solo
01:20 AM - Jeremy Udden’s PlainvilleJune 26th, 2011
Public Assembly Stage 1
08:00 PM - Bizingas
09:00 PM - The Claudia Quintet w/ Theo Bleckmann
10:00 PM - Oliver Lake Organ Quartet
11:00 PM - Ari Hoenig Quartet
12:00 AM - Peter Brotzmann’s FULL BLASTPublic Assembly Stage 2
08:30 PM - Gene Lake
09:30 PM - Bobby Previte Quartet
10:30 PM - Joshua Roseman’s Joshua Three
11:30 PM - Clark GaytonCubana Social
08:15 PM - Marika Hughes
09:15 PM - Graffito
10:15 PM - Erik Friedlander
11:15 PM - RashanimCameo
08:45 PM - Ches Smith’s Congs for Brums
09:45 PM - Jon Iragabon / Mike Pride
10:45 PM - UB313 w/ Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra)
11:45 PM - Aperiodic
From Sonomu:
Epic Proportions EP by Abstract Butta Fingas (FILTER035)
Scott Cortez, Twin Radiant Flux (Line)
Vieo Abiungo, Blood Memory Remixed (DL Lost Tribe Sound)
Bloodworm, Palestine (2 CD Moteer)
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From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:
May 23, 2011
MELD Quartet, Clemente Soto Velez
Harris Eisenstadt Ingrid Laubrock John Tchicai Kris Davis Lisa MezzacappaMay 23, 2011
Simon Jermyn Quartet, Clemente Soto Velez
Ingrid Laubrock Mat Maneri Simon Jermyn Tom RaineyMay 23, 2011
Songs For Four Cities, Clemente Soto Velez
Darius Jones Ed Schuller Eri Yamamoto Federico UghiMay 23, 2011
Surreal Estate, Clemente Soto Velez
Alexandre Pierrepont Daniel Levin Didier Petit Steve Dalachinsky William ParkerMay 13, 2011
Hikashu with Tomoe Shinohara & Steve Eto, Japan Society
Makigami Koichi Mita Freeman Sakaide Masami Sato Masaharu Shimizu Kazuto Steve Eto Tomoe Shinohara
From Thrill Jockey Records, Radian has a new release coming out as well as a tour. They write about the album:
“Chimeric” is not a polished album. Within our context it is raw, broken, even dark sometimes. Steady, multiple rhythms, layered on top of each other disappear into chaos and turn back into discreet structures in the next moment. References of rock music, executed with the precision of a sequencer; mutated, restructured. A lot on this album is about control and the loss of control. The risk of failure. This was probably always in our music, but kept in a very stable form, sometimes even hidden.
But “Chimeric” is much more free. Some of the longer pieces are composed of very different parts and different colours along a continuous timeline. They tend to evolve in a narrative form and are moving through various scenes and surroundings, which is also present in the spacial relationship between the instruments. One could see the album as one continuous story, where some elements are passed from one piece to the next and then serve as the base for a completely new scenario. The result was something unpredictable and unstable, even for us.
The tour dates include:
Sat May 28 Chicago, IL – The Hideout w/Cleared, David Daniell
Sun May 29 Bloomington, IN – Russian Recording
Tue May 31 Boston, MA – Great Scott
Wed Jun 1 Montreal, QC – Divan Orange
Fri Jun 3 Toronto, ON – The Music Gallery
Sat Jun 4 Detroit, MI – 1464 Gratiot
Tue Jun 7 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Wed Jun 8 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
Fri Jun 10 Washington, DC – The Velvet Lounge
