Ars Nova Fall Schedule

Some upcoming shows at Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop:

Thursday, August 28, 8pm
GJERSTAD/NILSSEN-LOVE DUO with MARSHALL ALLEN
Frode Gjerstad, alto saxophone + clarinets
Marshall Allen, alto saxophone + EVI
Paal Nilssen-Love, drums

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street
$12 General Admission

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for this first ever collaboration between two of Europe’s most prominent creative musicians – Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love – and Sun Ra Arkestra maestro Marshall Allen.

Drawing heavily upon the energy of the free-jazz continuum as defined by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane, Frode Gjerstad came to prominence with the John Stevens group in the 1980s in addition to his trio work with William Parker and Hamid Drake. Over the years, he has also collaborated with Sabir Mateen, Evan Parker and noise musician Lasse Marhaug, among many others. 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), and Peter Brötzmann (Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet), as well as with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Jim O’Rourke, The Ex’s Terrie Ex (OffOnOff) and Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto. Philadelphia’s Marshall Allen (b.1924), as a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, pioneered the Free Jazz movement of the early sixties, having remarkable influence on most of the leading voices in the avant-garde. He is featured on over 200 Sun Ra recordings. He assumed the position of maestro in 1995, following the ascension of Sun Ra and John Gilmore.

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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 8pm
SATOKO FUJII MA-DO
Satoko Fujii, piano
Natsuki Tamura, trumpet
Norikatsu Koreyasu, bass
Akira Horikoshi, drums

Rose Recital Hall, 34th and Walnut streets (southeast corner)
$12 General Admission

Tokyo’s Satoko Fujii synthesizes jazz, contemporary classical, avant-rock and Japanese folk music into an an innovative approach instantly recognizable as hers alone. She has led some of the most consistently creative ensembles in modern improvised music which have included John Hollenbeck, Steven Bernstein, The Ruins’ Tatsuya Yoshida and Ellery Eskelin, in addition to her critically-acclaimed trio with bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Jim Black.

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Thursday, Sept. 4, 8pm
TODD SICKAFOOSE’S BLOOD ORANGE
Todd Sickafoose, bass
John Ellis, saxophone + bass clarinet
Mike Gamble, guitar
Alan Ferber, trombone
Allison Miller, drums

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street
$12 General Admission

Please join us for the record release celebration of Tiny Resistors, Todd Sickafoose’s new recording on Cryptogramophone. A Bay Area native, Sickafoose studied bass with Charlie Haden. Since, he’s been recording and performing with a ton of innovative genre-benders including Ani DiFranco, Don Byron, Trey Anastasio, Jenny Scheinman, Nels Cline, Ron Miles, Myra Melford, Stanton Moore, Bobby Previte, Scott Amendola and Carla Bozulich.

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Thursday, Sept. 18, 8pm
EVANS-HALVORSON-WALTER TRIO
Weasel Walter, drums
Peter Evans, trumpet
Mary Halvorson, guitar

The Rotunda, 4012 Walnut Street
Free Admission

Weasel Walter founded the The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell. Over the years, the band has included noted Chicago musicians such as Ken Vandermark and Fred Lonberg-Holm, as well as Deerhoof’s Ed Rodriguez and guitar phenomenon Mick Barr (Orthrelm). In addition, Walter has worked with Marshall Allen, Henry Kaiser and Jim O’Rourke. For this special performance he is joined by New York’s Mary Halvorson (Trevor Dunn, Anthony Braxton) and Peter Evans (MOPDTK).

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Saturday, Sept. 20, 9pm
MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG
Marc Ribot, el. guitar
Shahzad Ismaily, el. bass
Ches Smith, drums

International House, 3701 Chestnut Street
$12 General Admission

Please join us for the Philadelphia debut of Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, a post-everything band combining the energies of two masters of downtown New York City mayhem: guitarist/vocalist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Robert Plant, Lounge Lizards, Elvis Costello) and bassist Shahzad Ismaily (Laurie Anderson, Will Oldham, Jolie Holland, Secret Chiefs 3), with West Coast indie/experimental genius drummer Ches Smith (Xiu Xiu, Secret Chiefs 3). Join us at 8pm for an open bar. Presented with
International House Philadelphia. Sponsored by Philadelphia Brewing Company.

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Sunday, Sept. 21, 8pm
PARADOX TRIO + BOJAN Z
Bojan Z, piano
Matt Darriau, saxophone + clarinet + Kaval + Gaida
Brad Shepik, guitars + Balkan strings
Rufus Cappadocia, 5-string cello
Seido Salifoski, dumbeks + percussion

International House, 3701 Chestnut Street
$12 General Admission

For over 12 years, New York based Paradox Trio has been notorious for their high energy concerts and their innovative exploration of Balkan, Gypsy, Middle Eastern and Klezmer music. This rare appearance will feature the great Serbian-French pianist Bojan Z, and members of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Klezmatics, Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band and Dave Douglas’ Tiny Bell Trio.

More information and other upcoming activities at http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com.