The first of three explorations of musical cultures takes place next month in Philadelphia:
Live @ International House
Out There: Radical Musical Cultures
Now in our third year, International House Philadelphia proud to collaborate with Ars Nova Workshop to bring new music to Philadelphia.
We present Out There, a new series showcasing radical and exploratory music from around the world. This three-concert series features musicians and composers representing some of the most engaging and unique work from locations such as Scandinavia and backgrounds like Judaism. Each concert highlights a specific ethnicity or country, and attempt to present a representative look into progressive musical legacies. This series strives to raise fundamental issues in regards to our own world views, with the hope that it opens up new ways of thinking about culture and representation in our society.
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Friday, December 14 at 8pm
NORWAY
Huntsville Frode Gjerstad Trio
Sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York and Philadelphia
Huntsville
with Ivar Grydeland, guitars/banjo/pedal steel guitar; Tonny Kluften,
double-bass/electronics; Ingar Zach, percussion/tabla machine/sarangi box/shruti box
The all-Norwegian trio Huntsville has developed a striking and original sound world – a genuinely musical use of unexpected sounds and textures, allied with echoes of traditional genres in a radical new conceptual language. Ivar Grydeland and Ingar Zach are known as the founders of the exceptional Sofa record label – which has produced recordings from Tony Oxley, Paal Nilssen-Love, Axel Dorner and many others. They have worked with Tonny Kluften since 1998 as the core of the acclaimed improvising ensemble No Spaghetti Edition. As a trio their performances reveal a groove-based approach with strong elements of composition, but this is no conventional guitar-bass-drums trio – audiences are bound to hear traces of folk, country, Indian ragas, contemporary music and more. The three musicians in Huntsville have contributed to over 100 recordings, and collectively have collaborated with some of the leading names in European jazz such as Jon Balke and the Magnetic North Orchestra, Derek Bailey, Barry Guy, Evan Parker, Christian Wallumrod, Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson and Sunny Murray. Join us for their first US appearance.
Frode Gjerstad Trio
with Frode Gjerstad, alto saxophone/clarinets; Oyvind Storesund, double-bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums
The Frode Gjerstad Trio draws upon the energy of the free-jazz continuum as defined by Ornette, Mingus, Dolphy and Coltrane. With over 20 recordings as a leader, Gjerstad has established himself as a major saxophonist on the international scene. He came to prominence with the John Stevens group in the 80s, and his subsequent trio work has included collaborations with Johnny Dyani, Kent Carter, William Parker, Rashied Bakr and Hamid Drake. This is his first Norwegian trio, which includes two of the most exceptional talents in all of improvised music. Taking inspiration equally from William Parker and Philadelphia’s Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Oyvind Storesund has emerged as one of the most exciting voices in Norway today. He performs in Cloroform, Ciculatione Total Orchestra and Kaizer’s Orchestra, and has recorded as a member of the Kaada/Mike Patton collaborative project. Paal Nilssen-Love is one of Europe’s most active drummers and has established himself as a powerful and a dynamic musician through ongoing projects with Mats Gustafsson (The Thing), Ken Vandermark (School Days, FME, Powerhouse Sound), Raoul Bjorkenheim (Scorch Trio) and Peter Brotzmann (Chicago Tentet), as well as with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Jim O’Rourke, Terrie Ex and Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto. “Nilssen-Love is one of the most innovative, dynamic and versatile drummers in jazz!†(DownBeat Magazine).
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