Avant Music News

Satoko Fujii’s ma-do ensemble will perform:
Friday-Saturday June 17 & 18
Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON
Tickets: $10 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.
http://www.tranestudio.com/, (416) 913-8197

Sunday, June 19
La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent, Montreal, QC
Tickets: $20 advance, $21 door 8:00 p.m.
http://www.casadelpopolo.com/contents/lasalarossa, (514) 284-0122

Monday, June 20
Casa del Popolo, Montreal, QC
Big Band Workshop with “Le grand ensemblejazz du Cégep de Saint-Laurent”
Free to public 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

http://www.casadelpopolo.com/

Thursday, June 23
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY
Part of LPR’s “Undead Jazz” Festival. Doors 6:00 p.m.; Show time 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25 for single day, $35 two day, $50 festival pass
http://lepoissonrouge.com, (212) 228-4854.

Friday, June 24
The Woodfords Club 179 Woodfords St., Portland, ME
Tickets: $10 students, $15 advance, $20 door Doors 7:30 p.m.; Show time 8:00 p.m.
Presented by Dimensions in Jazz: (207) 828-1310. Free parking on site,
Advance tickets available at Gulf Of Maine Books in Brunswick, and both Starbird Music and Jet Video in Portland.

Sunday, June 26
The Timucua White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave., Orlando, FL
Free to public 3:00 p.m.
http://www.timucua.com/, (407)595-2713 Sponsored by the Civic Minded Five.

Monday, June 27
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millenium Park, 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL
Free to public 12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Monday June 27
PianoForte Fazioli Salon, 410 S. Michigan Ave., 8th Floor, Chicago, IL
Evening; details TBA.

Tuesday June 28
Blue Whale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St., Los Angeles, CA
Tickets: $10, 9:00 p.m.
http://bluewhalemusic.com, (213) 620-0908
Wednesday, June 29
Roundhouse Performance Center, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $20 Sets at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Part of Vancouver Jazz Festival: http://www.roundhouse.ca, (604) 713-1800

Putting music played by leading “outcats” (a term invented by the fine jazz critic Francis Davis) front and centre has always been the goal of the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival, now in its 11th season, running for three weeks starting June 5. In true post-modern fashion, the festival, run by the folks responsible for that mecca on the Main for new music (Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa), makes no snobbish distinctions between types or schools of music. In becoming a viable alternative to the more populist Montreal International Jazz Festival, this year it presents some of the most illustrious artists in the free/whatever domain.