DMG Newsletter August 26th, 2011

From DMG:

Mark Nauseef/Ikue Mori/Evan Parker/Bill Laswell! Loren Mazzacane Connors Haunted House! Jeremiah Cymerman! Susan Howe/David Grubbs! Jamie Saft/Ben Goldberg! Toby Driver‘s Tartar Lamb II! Toshimaru Nakamura!

Ben Allison/Michael Blake/Steve Cardenas! Taku Unami/Takahiro Kawaguchi! Stephane Belmondo! Fred Hersch! Fung Chern Hwei! Larry Goldings/Harry Allen! Lucas Santtana/Arto Lindsay! Nurse With Wound/Aranos! Omar Souleyman! Trimpin DVD! Erkin Koray! Mickey Newbury!

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The DMG Free Weekly In-Store Performance Series Continues With:

This Sunday, August 28th at 6pm:
ANDREA PENSADO & ADRIANA DE LOS SANTOS – Argentinian Duo Performing:
Solos & Duos of Voice, Laptop, Amplified Ethnic Violin & Electronics!

This Tuesday Rare Gig – Tuesday, August 30th:
6pm: MURAL with KIM MYHR / JIM DENLEY / INGAR ZACH!
Norwegian/Australian Tabletop Guitar/Extended Sax/Unusual Percussion Trio!
An Outstanding Trio with Numerous CD’s on Sofa, Rune Grammofon & Many Other Labels!

Sunday, September 4th at 6pm:
Music on the Edge (UK Duo with CD’s on FMR) Featuring:
SUSIE HODDER-WILLIAMS – Flute/Alto Flute/Bass Flute
CHRIS CALDWELL – Soprano Sax/C Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Rare Saturday, September 10th Set at 5pm (note the early starting time): Crosscurrent 3 Festival Celebration In-Store featuring:
WAYNE HORVITZ & BRIGGAN KRAUSS! Electric Keyboard & Alto Sax Duo!
Come on Down & Check Two Downtown Pioneers!

Sunday, September 18th at 6pm:
BONNIE KANE & CHRIS WELCOME – Great Sax & Guitar Duo!

Sunday, September 25th at 6pm:
Take a Trip to Outer Space with ECSTASY MULE!
ECSTASY MULE feature LEN37 & CASEY GAKA!

Sunday, October 2nd Double-Header -
6pm: MAX JOHNSON & KIRK KNUFFKE – New Acoustic Bass & Cornet Duo!
7pm: DOROTHEA SCHURCH – Experimental Vocalist & Saw Player from Switzerland!

Sunday, October 9th Double-Header:
6pm: YUKARI – Flutist Extraordinaire Returns!
7pm: LAGHIMA: Gian Luigi Diana: live electronics/laptop & Frederika Krier: violin!

Sunday, October 16th at 6pm: UK’s finest featuring:
ALEX WARD – Clarinet & DOMINIC LASH – Contrabass!

Sunday, October 3th at 6pm:
PascAli – A Prepared Bass Duo featuring:
SEAN ALI on Double Bass & PASCAL NIGGENKEMPER – Double Bass!

Sunday, October 23rd at 6pm:
LOUIE BELOGENIS / DAN FABRICATORE / FEDERICO UGHI!
Amazing New Tenor & Soprano Sax/Contrabass/Drums Trio!

Sunday, October 30th at 6pm:
JEREMY CARLSTADT & BRIAN SETTLES – Great Drums & Tenor Sax Duo!

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Upcoming Detroit Shows

Paal Nilssen-Love

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From the Bohemian in Exile:

Sat. August 27: 3rd Annual Planet D Nonet Tribute to Suns Ra at 3rd Bar
It’s hard to think of any other band in town that could do justice to the dense arrangements of Sun Ra‘s big band material of the 50′s and 60′s. For three years running, Planet D Nonet has featured this brilliant body of work in a tribute that utilizes the prodigious size of their group to great advantage. Sun Ra’s Arkestra varied in size greatly over then years, but he always displayed a mastery for making medium-big ensembles sound giant- and Planet D is a perfect embodiment of this. Each year they and more and more Sun Ra material to the repertoire as well, so its interesting to hear where they are in the chronology.

Special guest this year is the outstanding trombonist Vincent Chandler, who has played with serious folks like Joe Henderson and Clark Terry! The first two Sun Tribute shows were released by Planet D as a double CD, named Jazz of the Year at the DMA.

9 pm doors, $5-10 donation suggested
3rd Bar (formerly 3rd St. Saloon)
699 W. Forest Ave., in the Wayne State neighborhood

Sun. Aug. 28: Frode Gjerstad Trio at Le Petit Zinc in the garden
Norwegian powerhouse improvisors, The Frode Gjerstad Trio, return to Detroit for a special Sunday evening concert. One of the leading figures of creative music in Northern Europe, Frode Gjerstad has made several visits to Detroit in the past few years. Showing a versatile range on saxophones and clarinet, he has performed as a soloist, with his various iterations of the trio and with Circulasione Totale, his hybrid music orchestra . His collaborators have included John Stevens, Dudu Pukwana, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Billy Bang, Borah Bergman,William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Louis Moholo, Peter Brøtzmann, Willber Morris, Kevin Norton, Pheeroan akLaff, Hamid Drake, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Han Bennink, and
Marshall Allen among others.

Frode is joined by the ubiquitous Paal Nilssen-Love on drums. Detroit audiences have had the pleasure of seeing Paal in a wide variety of contexts- especially due to his extensive playing in the Chicago creative music scene. This time the trio features a new bass player, Jon Rune, who Frode and Paal are very excited about.

Le Petit will reopen Sunday evening at 6:30 with a select menu and refreshments.
Music starts at 7 pm. $5-10 suggested.
1055 Trumbull Ave, Detroit 48216

Wed. Aug 31: Scavenger Quartet at New Center Park (free lunchtime show)
All you late-night scribes, Cultural Center-lunchers, working DJs, not working booking agents, bartenders, Henry Ford Hospital employees and other gainfully available people
can make this free lunchtime performance by Scavenger Quartet at New Center Park. There’s a least one thing in it for each of you!

Scavenger Quartet has a new record in the works and these two sets are a good preview of the music on it. This makes the third release by the group that is lead by
Frank Pahl (ukelele, euphonium, Farfisa, inventions) and features Tim Holmes (saxophones, flute, toys), Joel Peterson (doublebass, siren, foot percussion and
Doug Gorlay (drumkit, dulcidrum, whiskey bottle etc.).

Music is 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. New Center Park is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East Grand Boulevard, in The New Center.

Coming soon:
9/8 Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver
9/9 Jack Wright
10/9 Hyrrokkin
11/14 Travis Laplante

In December: Tatsuya Nakatani’s New Gong Orchestra

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Dusted Reviews

From Dusted:

Artist: William Parker
Album: Crumbling in the Shadows is Fraulein Miller’s Stale Cake
Label: Centering

Artist: Frieder Butzmann
Album: Wie Zeit Vergeht
Label: Pan

Artist: Mika Vainio
Album: Life (…It Eats You Up)
Label: Editions Mego

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Jazz Listings From The New York Times

Mark Dresser

Cover of Mark Dresser

From NYTimes.com:

Mark Dresser Trio (Saturday) A master of abstract texture and extended techniques, the bassist Mark Dresser leads a trio with two like-minded partners, the soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and the drummer Tom Rainey. At 8 and 10 p.m., University of the Streets, 130 East Seventh Street, second floor, East Village, (212) 254-9300, universityofthestreets.org; $15. (Chinen)

John Hébert’s Rambling Confessions (Thursday) Mr. Hébert, a bassist of expansive sideman experience, presents a group with a discursive name but a promising lineup: Jen Shyu on vocals, Andy Milne on piano and Billy Drummond on drums. Loosely configured as a nod to the jazz singer Carmen McRae, the group will serve up Mr. Hébert’s take on standards. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a $7 minimum. (Chinen)

Darius Jones Quartet / Matt Mitchell and Dan Weiss (Tuesday) This latest installment of the progressive Konceptions series showcases the alto saxophonist Darius Jones with his quartet, exploring a robust and personal take on post-1960s free jazz, at 10:30 p.m. An earlier set, at 9 p.m., will feature Mr. Mitchell, a pianist, and Mr. Weiss, a drummer, in knotty duologue, pursuing an agenda both spontaneous and intricately spun. At Korzo, 667 Fifth Avenue, at 20th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 285-9425, eurotripbrooklyn.com, myspace.com/konceptions; $10 suggested donation per set. (Chinen)

Medeski Martin & Wood With Cyro Baptista (Friday) Medeski Martin & Wood — the shrewd and unsinkable groove band, now celebrating its 10th year — closes out a monthlong Whitney Museum residency with an exuberant clatter, courtesy of Mr. Baptista, a winningly kinetic percussionist originally from Brazil. In an opening set, DJ Logic, who was briefly a satellite member of the band, spins in collaboration with a rotating cast of players. At 7 p.m., Whitney Museum of American Art, (212) 570-3600, whitney.org; free with museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m.; there are no special tickets or reservations. (Chinen)

Paul Motian’s New Trio (Tuesday through Thursday) Mr. Motian, the incorrigibly cryptic drummer and composer, holds court in the Village Vanguard a few times a year, usually with some version of a working band. The title of this trio, with Jerome Sabbagh on saxophones and Ben Monder on guitar, should clue you in: It’s a new proposition, a blank slate. There is, however, a shred of precedent — in Mr. Sabbagh’s recent gigs featuring the same personnel and, perhaps, in the glorious band Mr. Motian has led for many years, featuring a different saxophonist (Joe Lovano) and guitarist (Bill Frisell). There is, of course, only one way to find out. (Through Sept. 4.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; $25 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

Pi Recordings at the Stone (Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday) The adventurous and often stylish label Pi Recordings has programmed the latter half of August at the Stone, featuring artists on its roster or one degree of separation away. Among the highlights in this final stretch are a set by the young pianist David Virelles and his project Continuum, with the drummer Andrew Cyrille and the multireedist Henry Threadgill, on Sunday at 8 p.m.; two performances by the trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, on Friday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 10 p.m.; and one solo set apiece on Wednesday by the vocalist Jen Shyu (at 8 p.m.) and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey (at 10 p.m.). The Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; $10 per set, $5 for students 16-19. (Chinen)

Jen Shyu (Monday) Ms. Shyu, a vocalist well accustomed to experimental tensions, has a compellingly sparse new album, “Synastry” (Pi), made with the bassist Mark Dresser. Here she works with a larger canvas: “Raging Waters, Red Sands” is her interdisciplinary piece for an ensemble that includes spoken-word and dance elements, along with Ivan Barenboim on clarinet, Mat Maneri on viola, Chris Dingman on vibraphone and Ches Smith on drums. At 8 p.m., University of the Streets, 130 East Seventh Street, second floor, East Village, (212) 254-9300, universityofthestreets.org; $10. (Chinen)

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Music and More Reviews

Sam Rivers

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From Music and More:

Reed Trio – Last Train to the First Station (Kilogram Records, 2011)
Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra – Trilogy (Mosaic Select 38, 2011)

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Lukas Ligeti on Tour

Lukas Ligeti

Cover of Lukas Ligeti

Lukas Ligeti will tour parts of the US this fall.

9/16 + 9/17 Globalquerque Festival, Albuquerque, NM
9/21 Yoshi’s, Oakland, CA
9/23 Dore Theatre, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
9/24 Angel City Jazz Festival w/ DJ SPOOKY, Los Angeles, CA
9/30 Williams College, Williamstown, MA
10/2 Farafina, New York City, NY

Led by renowned composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti, Burkina Electric is the first electronic music group from Burkina Faso, in the deep interior of West Africa. Based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, it is, at the same time, an international band, with members living in New York, U.S.A. and Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as in Ouaga. Burkina Electric’s music combines the traditions and rhythms of Burkina Faso with contemporary electronic dance culture, making it a trailblazer in electronic world music. A diverse and talented group consisting of four musicians and two dancers, they collectively participate in the creative process and represent disparate musical genres and sounds from across the globe.

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Newsbits

Doctor Demento pays tribute to Frank Zappa.

On August 30th, David Lynch Foundation Television (DLF.TV) will release an original, short-form documentary film called David S. Ware: A World Of Sound.

The Wall Street Journal writes about a new Sam Rivers release.

Silber Records has a new release out from industrial / ambient / metal band Goddakk.

Northern Spy is hosting a festival featuring Bird Names, Colin L. Orchestra, Zs, Dan Melchior und das Menace, Neptune, Eleven Twenty-Nine, Haunted House, The Spanish Donkey, Hubble, Angels in America, Weyes Blood, and Zaimph.

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Out on Rune Grammofon

From Rune Grammofon:

RACD 105 – Fra Lippo Lippi: Fra Lippo Lippi (4CD)
RCD 2114 – Humcrush with Sidsel Endresen: Ha! (CD)
RCD 2115 – Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Shoot! (CD)

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Cuneifest 2011

From Wayside Music:

Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20, 2011. Cuneiform Records presents Cuneifest 2011: a celebration of many years of hard work, great music and devoted listeners!

Saturday, November 19 (‘rock day’) to be held at Orion Sound Studios – 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C – Baltimore, MD. 21230

Afuche
[Ruben Sindo Acosta (keyboard, drum, vocals), Zach Ryalls (guitar), Andrew Carrico (baritone sax), Denny Tek (bass), Ian Chang (drums)]

Hamster Theatre
[Dave Willey (accordion, guitar), Jon Stubbs (trombone, keyboards), Mark Harris (winds, reeds, vocal), Mike Johnson (guitar), Brian MacDougal (bass), Raoul Rossiter (drums)]

Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
[Alec K. Redfearn (accordion, vocals), Frank Difficult (objects) Orion Rigel Dommisse (organ, vocals), Matt McLaren (percussion), Christopher Sadlers (contrabass), Ann Schattle (horn)]

Thinking Plague
[Mike Johnson (guitar), Mark Harris (reeds & flute), Dave Willey (bass), Elaine di Falco (voice), Kimara Sajn (keyboards), Robin Chestnut (drums)]

Upsilon Acrux
[Paul Lai (guitar), Noah Guevara (guitar), Mark Kimbrell (drums), Dylan Fujioka (drums)]

Zevious
[Mike Eber (guitar), Johnny Deblasse (bass), Jeff Eber (drums)]

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Sunday, November 20 (‘jazz day’)
to be held at
An die Musik LIVE! – 409 North Charles Street – Second Floor – Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Jason Adasiewicz’s Rolldown
[Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone), Josh Berman (cornet), Aram Shelton (alto sax), Jason Roebke (bass), Frank Rosaly (drums)]

The Claudia Quintet
[Drew Gress (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums), Matt Moran (vibes), Ted Reichman (accordion), Chris Speed (reeds)]

Carlo DeRosa’s Cross-Fade
[Vijay Iyer (piano), Mark Shim (sax), Carlo De Rosa (bass), Justin Brown (drums)]

Ideal Bread
[Josh Sinton (baritone sax), Kirk Knuffke (trumpet), Richard Giddens (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums]

Positive Catastrophe
[Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, co-leader), Abraham Gomez-Delgado (percussion, voice, co-leader), Kamala Sankaram (voice, accordion), Mark Taylor (french horn), Reut Regev (trombone), Matt Bauder (tenor saxophone), Michael Attias (baritone saxophone), Pete Fitzpatrick (electric guitar), Alvaro Benavides (electric bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums)]

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Sonomu Reviews

From Sonomu:

Various Artists, Canadian Drones, Volume One (0bpm)
Simon Whetham, Mall Muzak (Unfathomless)
Machinefabriek, Sol Sketches (Machinefabriek)
Teruyuki Nobuchika, Sonorité (Plop/Nature Bliss/Mü-Nest)
People Like Us, Welcome Abroad (Illegal Art)

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