Seattle Scene: November 21 – December 7, 2019

From Seattle’s Wayward Music Series:

WAYWARD MUSIC SERIES

Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center

4th Floor, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle 98103 (corner N 50th St. in Wallingford)

Every month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded presenters and artists offer ten concerts of adventurous music in an informal yet respectful all-ages setting: contemporary classical, free improvisation, the outer limits of jazz, electronic music, microtonal/new instruments, sound art, and other extraordinary sonic experiences.

Pete Leinonen Solo + Quartet
Thu. Nov. 21, 8 PM; $5 – $20 at the door

Double bass by composer/bandleader Pete Leinonen performs Jailbreak, a spontaneously improvised long-form composition using elements and fragments from various original compositions and jazz standards as thematic material to be developed in the course of the performance. The he will be joined by long-time associates Wally Shoup (sax), Jim Knodle (trumpet), and Greg Campbell (percussion). No plans, no rules.

Kin of the Moon
Fri. Nov. 22, 8 PM; $5 – $20 at the door

Kin of the Moon will present a new commission, No house on fire, no. by Seattle saxophonist/ composer Neil Welch, with Abbey Blackwell, bass. KOTM encores composer Ewa Trębacz’s Winter After Times of Fire. KOTM will also premiere Leanna Keith and Em Piro’s interactive work “imagination is an act of rebellion”. Thanks to 4Culture for their generous support.

Thu. 12/5 – Lost Chocolate Lab is the Solo project of Damian Kastbauer and his ever-expanding effects pedalboard and guitar-noise-making system. Ambient Guitar for Active Minds. Respect the Vibrations.

Fri. 12/6 – Inverted Space Ensemble

Sat. 12/7 – electronic music/video artist Rob Angus directs a full-length evening work with well-known collaborators Jeff Greinke (electronics) and Joan Laage (Kogut Butoh) with dancers Kaoru Okumura and Shoko Zama.