Upcoming at the Bohemian National Home:
In other exciting news, there’s another live at BNH release on Edgetone Records: BoxDeserter “Two Revolutions.”
Recorded live at Detroit’s Bohemian National Home in 2007, this CD captures two sets of music from this unique combination of important but under-recognized improvisers from Detroit, Columbus and The Bay Area.
BoxDeserter’s personel is:
Thollem McDonas- piano, conduction
Michael Carey- tenor sax, bass clarinet
Hasan Abdur-Razzaq- alto sax, percussion
Marko Novachcoff- bass sax, bassoon, flute
Joel Peterson- doublebass
Kurt Prisbe- drums
also featuring special guests:
Steven Baker- Laotian Mouth Organ
Brad Ducan- improvised lectureAvailble at edgetonerecords.com and at Bohemian National Home, as well as fearless music stores like Stormy Records (Dearborn, MI).
UPCOMING AT BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HOME
Fri. Feb. 1: Jim Baker/Steve Hunt/Brian Sandstrom/ Mars Williams
Jim Baker is a pianist/keyboardist based in Chicago, both known for his brilliant piano playing and his bold work on the ARP synthisizer. He’s played in noted Chicago groups like Caffeine, Witches and Devils and Exploding Star Orchestra. In a 20 year career on the scene, he has played with greats from Chicago and beyond, inluding: Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark, Edward Wilkerson, Curtis Black, Jim O’Rourke, Tony Suto, Ben Vida, and Matt Wilson, Josh Abrams, Harrison Bankhead, Michael Cristol, Dan Simon, Mitch Straeffer, Kevin Tkacz, Matt Thompson; Louis Varro; oboeist Robbie Hunsinger; NRG Ensemble founder Hal Russell, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeb Bishop, Bob Marsh, Weasel Walter, Ajaramu (Skeeter’s Dad?!), Hamid Drake, Ti m Keenan, Tim Mulvenna, Afifi Phillard, Damon Short, Grant Strombeck, Chad Taylor, Bob Vernae, Matt Weston, and Zaid.Mars Williams is one of Chicago’s best known and most versatile reed players. He was a member of the NRG Ensemble, The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Octet and the original Vandermark 5. He currently has a group with ex-MC5 guitarist Wayne Krammer, XMARSX. In the early 80s, Williams did a stint in New York, playing New Wave rock with The Waitresses, The Psychedlic Furs and Billy Idol, while participating in the Downtown scene with John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Elliot Sharp. Eventually sick of the New York rock and roll pace, he returned to Chicago and the NRG Ensemble- where he started long and fruitfull relationships with Ken Vandermark and others, including Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake.
Brian Sandstrom (bass and Guitar)and Steve Hunt (percussion) round-out Baker’s regular working quartet. Hunt is also a member of Caffeine and has played with Mats Gustafsson and Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten; Sandstom’s credits include work with Hal Russell, Kent Kessler, Vandermark and Von Freeman.
Doors at 8 pm; $10 suggested.Sat. Feb. 2: Warhorses, Wussy, Ethos
â€Three bands making their debuts at Bohemian National Home. We hear good things about NYC/Japan’s Wussy. Ethos brings New-Wave-esque pop that evokes a mid-west version of The Smiths with a smattering of Joy Division. War Horses play guitar rock influenced by Spaceman 3 and My Bloody Valentine- with moments of VU seeping in. Doors at 9pm;$5.2/19 Mostly Other People Do the Killing
NEW DATE! 3/22 Petting Zoo (Tom Abbs/Michael Landis)
3/25 Holus Bolus
3/29 Ryan Jewell/Larry Marotta Duo, Hasan Abdur Razzaq/Gerard Cox/AaronPutnam4/19 Nick Schillace CD release show
4/23 Jack Rose, D. Charles Speer (members of Sunburned Hand of the Man and No Neck Blues Band5/16 Dave Daniell and Josh Abrams
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