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The Stone in June

Yet another exciting lineup at The Stone.

June 2006 at the Stone curated by Ikue Mori

6/1 Thursday
8 pm
The Jamie Saft Blues Explosion
Jonathan Maron (bass) Dan Rieser (drums) Jamie Saft (guitar/organ)

10 pm
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins (laptop, electronics, electronically processed accordion, piano) Matthew Ostrowski (electronics)

June 2, 3 and 4
A Weekend with Fred Frith
Making a rare NY appearance, the legendary guitarist and composer presents five sets of exciting new music.

6/2 Friday
8 and 10pm
Fred Frith and Yuka Honda
Fred Frith (electric guitar) Yuka Honda (keyboard)

6/3 Saturday
8 and 10pm
Fred Frith’s Graphic Scores
Fred Frith (electric guitar) with many special guests

6/4 Sunday
8 pm
Mark Nauseef
Mark Nauseef (percussion) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics)

10 pm
Mark Nauseef and guests
Mark Nauseef (percussion) Fred Frith (guitar) Mark Feldman (violin) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics)

6/6 Tuesday
8 and 10pm
Ela Troyano
Ela Troyano (visuals) plus special guests

6/7 Wednesday
8 and 10pm
Satoko Fujii Orchestra NY
Satoko Fujii (piano) and Orchestra NY

6/8 Thursday
8 and 10pm
Cyro Baptista and Anthropo-Fagia
Cyro Baptista (percussion) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) and others

6/9 Friday
8 pm
Mephista
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Susie Ibara (drums) Ikue Mori (electronics)

10 pm
Mephista and guests
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Susie Ibara (drums) Ikue Mori (electronics) and special guests

6/10 Saturday
8 pm
DJ Olive
DJ Olive (turntable electronics)

10 pm
Elliott Sharp’s Limbic Trio
Elliott Sharp (guitar, sax) Kevin Ray (bass) Donald McKenzie (drums )

6/11 Sunday
8 pm
Chris Mann—Any Questions?
Chris Mann (text, voice)

10 pm
Louis Belogenis
Louis Belogenis (saxophone)

6/13 Tuesday
8 pm
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins (electric harp)

10 pm
Jim Pugliese’s “And Then There Was Song”
Jim Pugliese (percussion) Dana Maisel (voice)
chant..word..skin..wood..metal..shacktronics..special guests

6/14 Wednesday
8 pm
Shoko Nagai’s Ephemeral
Ned Rothenberg (Shakuhachi, clarinet, bass clarinet) Jennifer Choi (violin) Shoko Nagai (piano, prepared piano, antique organ, sho) John Lindberg (bass) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion, electronics)
NY premiere of new works.

10 pm
Shelley Hirsch
Shelley Hirsch (vocal) Aki Onda (cassettes, electronics)

6/15 Thursday
8 pm
Joey Baron
Joey Baron (drums) Ikue Mori (electronics)

10 pm
David Watson
David Watson (bagpipes)

6/16 Friday
8 pm
David Linton’s StereOptiCon
David Linton (audio visual)
David Linton will perform solo audio visual improvisations on his ‘bicameral research sound and light system’… realtime low tech analog audio visits the ghosts of the flicker somewhere between where light makes electricity in your brain and your ass hits the chair.

10 pm
Chuck Bettis
Chuck Bettis (electonric & vocals) Mikey IQ Jones (electronics & objects)

6/17 Saturday
8 pm
Susie Ibarra Trio
Jennifer Choi (violin) Craig Taborn (keyboards) Susie Ibarra (drums)

10 pm
Marina Rosenfeld
Marina Rosenfeld (turntable) Alex Waterman (cello)

6/18 Sunday
8 pm
Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg (shakuhachi, clarinet, bass clarinet)

10 pm
Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman (piano)

6/20 Tuesday
8 pm
Alan Licht
Alan Licht (guitar)

10 pm
DJ Toshio
Toshio Kajiwara (turntables)

6/21 Wednesday
8 pm
David Garland
David Garland (voice, 12-string acoustic guitar), Mike McGinnis (bass clarinet, etc.) G. Lucas Crane (electronics) Kenji Garland (bass guitar) Dave Deporis (voice, acoustic guitar)
Some songs about dioramas, dreams, and more, performed solo, in duet, and with sprawling ensembles.

10 pm
Tremolo of Joy
Kato Hideki (bass) Marco Cappelli (electric guitar) Briggan Krauss (alto sax and electronics)

6/22 Thursday
8 pm
Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (electronics) Ikue Mori (electronics)

10 pm
Jane Rigler
Jane Rigler (flute)

6/23 Friday
8 pm
Billy Martin and Sirius String Quartet
Billy Martin (percussion) Gregor Huebner (violin) Meg Okura (violin) Ron Lawrence (viola) Dave Eggar (cello)
World Premiere of “Strangulations”

10 pm
Billy Martin and friends
Billy Martin (percussion) Shelley Hirsch (vocal) Okkyung Lee (cello) DJ Olive (turntable) and special guests

6/24 Saturday
8 pm
Miya Masaoka
Miya Masaoka (koto, electronics) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Okkyung Lee (cello)

10 pm
White Out
Lin Culbertson (synthesizer, autoharp) Tom Surgal (drums, etc.) and special guests

6/25 Sunday
8 and 10pm
Dave Douglas Quartet
Dave Douglas (trumpet) with very special guests: J.D. Parran (reeds) Henry Grimes (bass) Andrew Cyrille (drums)

6/27 Tuesday
8 pm
Chikako Iwahara
Chikako Iwahara (tap dance)

10 pm
Tim Keiper’s Mother of All Bombs
Brian Marsella (piano) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Tim Keiper (percussion) and others

6/28 Wednesday
8 pm
Yuko Fujiyama
Yuko Fujiyama (piano) Mark Feldman (violin) Tomas Ulrich (cello) Reggie Nicholson (drums)

10 pm
Miho Hatori
Miho Hatori (voice) and friends

6/29 Thursday
8 pm
Okkyung Lee
Cornelius Dufallo (violin) Miguel Frasconi (glass instruments /percussion) Trevor Dunn (bass) Okkyung Lee (cello)

10 pm
Tim Berne
Tim Berne (sax) Tom Rainey (drums)

6/30 Friday
8 pm
Erik Friedlander Solo
Erik Friedlander (cello)
Friedlander performs works by Arthur Blythe, Carlos Santana, Eric Dolphy, John Zorn (Masada Book II) and his own music from Maldoror and Block Ice & Propane, his upcoming new solo recording.

10 pm
Jim Staley
Jim Staley (trombone)


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