From Touching Extremes:
SUPERIMPOSE – Talk Talk
PUZZLE MUTESON – En Garde
RALPH ALESSI AND THIS AGAINST THAT – Wiry Strong
ESTHER VENROOY – Vessel
JEPH JERMAN / DOUG THERIAULT – Tathata
RENATO RINALDI – Dyed In The Grain
MALIK AMEER / LORIN BENEDICT – Home Is Where The House Is
RON CAINES / GUS GARSIDE – Tilt
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From Improvised Communications:
Tonight, guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her longstanding trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and Ches Smith, embark on their first-ever tour of Australia.
The group, which recorded her acclaimed 2008 debut, Dragon’s Head (Firehouse 12 Records), and served as the rhythm section for her even more highly regarded 2010 follow-up, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records), has been on the road this spring performing new music, including a nine-country European tour in April and a May 18th double-bill with Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York.
This Australian tour will feature four concerts over the course of five nights presented by the Sydney Improvised Music Association (June 8th) and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (June 10-12th).
Wednesday, June 8th at 8:30 p.m.
Mary Halvorson Trio
The Sound Lounge
Sydney, AustraliaFriday, June 10th at 11:00 p.m.
Mary Halvorson Trio
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
Melbourne, AustraliaSaturday, June 11th at 6:00 p.m.
Mary Halvorson Trio
The Forum
Melbourne, AustraliaSunday, June 12th at 3:00 p.m.
Mary Halvorson
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
From Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra:
Vibraphonist Chris Dingman arrived in New York City in 2007. In a short period of time he has earned praise from peers and press alike – The New York Times calls him a “dazzling” soloist and composer with a “fondness for airtight logic and burnished lyricism.” Having studied formally at both Wesleyan University and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Chris’ musical education and experiences range far and wide, and that eclecticism is reflected in the community of musicians he collaborates with today.
From Tiny Mix Tapes:
Founded in 1983, Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV), has skipped only two years — 1993, when it was cancelled as a result of Victo’s mayor attempting to hijack the curatorial agenda and push it in a more poppy direction; and 2008, when the fatigued organizers decided to vacay. This year’s four-day avant-marathon — May 19-22 — featured 19 concerts that shuffled between two venues and three stages: a movie theatre and an ice rink divided into two black box theaters. With only a short stretch between the two venues such that audience members walked betwixt with ease, a temporary feeling of community emerged as interlocutors rapped about the previous concert.
From Henry Grimes:
Scott Robinson / Marshall Allen / Pat O’Leary / Kevin Norton, and special guest Henry Grimes, recorded in concert 11/26/1O at the Stone, NYC, to be released on ScienSonic;
Roscoe Mitchell with Dave Burrell / Henry Grimes / Tani Tabbal, recorded in concert 2/17/11 at Roulette, NYC, label to be announced;
Henry Grimes / Roberto Pettinato / Tyshawn Sorey, recorded at East Side Sound, NYC 2/26/11, to be released on Sony / Argentina.
“My Window”
