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Category: Performances

  • Shows Coming to Cleveland

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    Thursday 9/26/24 7pm door/8pm show, Waterloo Arts Cafe 15605 Waterloo Rd Cleveland, OH 44110 Saturday 9/21, 8pm, Little Rose Tavern.

  • Lampo Fall Season Announced

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    Source: Lampo. Jason Nazary Oct 5 7PM Soccer Club Club 2923 North Cicero Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60641 Jason Nazary has been working on new series of compositions for drum set and synths. In Trust In Its Novel Repetition, he premieres various concise studies that are equal parts clatter and blurp. Nazary creates a shared language…

  • Ars Nova Workshop in October

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    Source: Ars Nova Workshop. Wed., October 2 Weird of Mouth Ars Nova Workshop presents Weird of Mouth, the intrepid improvising trio of Craig Taborn, Mette Rasmussen and Ches Smith, at Solar Myth on Wednesday, October 2. Fri., October 4 Ganavya Ars Nova Workshop presents vocalist Ganavya and her ethereal blend of jazz and South Asian…

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    Source: DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET. September 14, 2024 Weird of Mouth, The Stone Mette Rasmussen Ches Smith Craig Taborn September 10, 2024 Michael Foster, Sean Ali, Sean Meehan, Tiny Montgomery Sean Ali Michael Foster Sean Meehan September 10, 2024 Chuck Roth & Webb Crawford, Tiny Montgomery Webb Crawford Chuck Roth September 10, 2024 Brandon Lopez, Cecilia Lopez, Chuck…

  • GRM’s Electronic Presences Festival, November 1-3

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    Source: House of Radio and Music. The INA grm opens its Multiphonies 24-25 season with an anniversary, that of the 20th anniversary of the PRÉSENCES électronique festival. On this occasion, fellow travelers of the festival, whose music has for two decades nourished and enriched the imagination of an ever-growing and loyal audience, will take over…

  • Kyoko Kitamura Update

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    Source: Kyoko Kitamura. The collective quartet Geometry (Tomeka Reid, Joe Morris, Taylor Ho Bynum and myself) has a new album from Relative Pitch Records available for pre-order. Geometry of Phenomena will be released on Oct. 4 but I will have a few copies at my solo set next Saturday: ALONE NOT LONELY Vol. 3, series…

  • Instigation Festival Coming to Chicago next Weekend

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  • Myra Melford Update

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    Source: Myra Melford. Splash trio My new trio, Splash, featuring bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/percussionist Ches Smith, performed a new installment and set of music as part of my ongoing project responding to the work of Cy Twombly. Excerpts from our May performance in Rome will be included in a documentary alongside interviews with my…

  • Coming to Chicago 

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    Source: Now Is. Saturday, September 14 Constellation 3111 N Western 8:30PM Lia Kohl, Kikù Hibino Monday, September 16 Beat Kitchen 2100 W Belmont 773.281.4444 8:00PM Extraordinary Popular Delusions Tuesday, September 17 Cross Modulations Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan Chrysalis : Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, Ausberto Acevedo, Dan Bitney The Whistler 2421 N Milwaukee 9:00PM Relax Attack…

  • Coming to Kansas City in October

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    Source: EMAS. Wednesday, October 2 Sex Funeral, EMAS Granty’s Place 7 pm Thursday, October 17 Untight, TUN, EMAS Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Farewell 8 pm Friday, October 25 Tim Kaiser, EMAS, Vanish Mode Farewell 8pm

  • Coming to San Francisco

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    Source: Bay Improviser Calendar. Friday, September 13Fri 9/13 6:00 PM Mr Tipple’s [39 Fell St SF]Lisa Mezzacappa QuartetSets at 6:00 and 7:30 Fri 9/13 6:00 PM Catharine Clark Gallery [248 Utah St San Francisco]Sarah Cahill performs music in response to Amy Trachtenberg’s solo exhibition, “Listening Chamber.” Fri 9/13 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th…

  • Coming to Houston

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    Source: Nameless Sound. THEY, WHO SOUND on Monday, September 16 will feature: Xavier Gilmore/IV/Aga Żet & Angel Garcia/Marcos Melchor/? Xavier Gilmore (San Antonio) – electronics IV (Houston) – electronics, voice Aga Żet (Houston) – synthesizers Angel Garcia (Houston) – drums, percussion, voice Marcos Melchor (Houston) – saxophones ? (Houston) – ?

  • Coming to the ISSUE Project Room

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    Source: ISSUE Project Room. Axine M: Sold Licker Glass Thursday, September 12, 2024 – 8:00 pm Artists Space ISSUE presents Sold Licker Glass, the second commission from 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Axine M. As a composer and technologist, her residency continues to explore the user experience and the effects of capitalism on our identities and relationships.…

  • Wadada Leo Smith Exhibition at the American Academy of Arts and Letters

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    Source: American Academy of Arts and Letters. Visionary trumpeter/composer and musical pioneer Wadada Leo Smith will present more than a half century of his Ankhrasmation art-scores at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City. The exhibition, entitled Kosmic Music, will run from September 26, 2024 to July 3, 2025 in conjunction…

  • Big Ears 2025 Lineup Announced

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    Source: Big Ears. This is the premiere music fest in North America and the 2025 lineup looks great. Here is a list of performers announced this morning. [Ahmed] 133 Years of ReverbComposed by Johnny GreenwoodPerformed by James McVinnie & Eliza McCarthy Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey Duet Adam Rudolph: Hu Vibrational Adam Rudolph: Sunrise Quartet…

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    Source: DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET. September 6, 2024 Shayna Dulberger & Lucia Stavros, Prospect Series Shayna Dulberger Lucia Stavros September 6, 2024 Eli Wallace, Joe Moffett, Michael Foster, Prospect Series Michael Foster Joe Moffett Eli Wallace September 6, 2024 Ana González Gamboa & Isabel Crespo Pardo, Prospect Series Ana González Gamboa Isabel Crespo Pardo September 4, 2024 Steve…

  • Coming to Philadelphia’s Bowerbird

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    Source: BOWERBIRD. The Musical Offering Filament September 20, 2024 University Lutheran Postcard Music Arcana New Music Ensemble October 2, 2024 University Lutheran “Tatiana Bertinova” and “Tom Leonardson” with Tom Borax October 4, 2024 University Lutheran Evan Chapman – Reveries with Lizdelise and Koof Ibi October 12, 2024 Kirk Hall – Resurrection Church Exploratorium compositions of…

  • High Zero 2024 Begins Soon in Baltimore

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    Source: High Zero. High Zero Festival is one of the world’s most unusual music festivals. It puts musicians from around the world on a stage together with no planning and asks what will happen? These musicians come from many backgrounds of improvisation and experimentation. The Performers Ishmael Ali cello, SP-404 Chicago Titania Berti violin Vienna…

  • Upcoming Steve Swell Performances

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    Source: Steve Swell. September 9–Lokal Harmonie, Duisburg, DE September 10–Ort, Wuppertal, DE September 12–Jazzclub Illmenau, Illmenau, DE September 13–Experimental, Troisdorf, DE September 14–Jazzmeile, Nordhausen, DE September 15–Leipzig, DE September 17-18 Recording in Berlin September 20–Kuhlspot, Berlin, DE Berlin NEW TRIO: Matthias Meuller, trombone and Michael Griener, drums September 25–Panda Platforma, Berlin, DE Harri Sjostrom/Steve Swell/Tony…

  • Coming to Chicago 

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    Source: Now Is. Sunday, September 08 Constellation 3111 N Western 8:30PM People of Rhythm Presents Cyro Baptista’s CHAMA, with Tim Keiper, Brian Marsella, Jason Fraticelli, Felipe Hostins The Hungry Brain 2319 W Belmont 9:00PM Jim Baker Emily Beisel, Mabel Kwan, Bill Harris Monday, September 09 Beat Kitchen 2100 W Belmont 773.281.4444 8:00PM Extraordinary Popular Delusions…

  • Upcoming Downtown Music Gallery Performances

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    Source: Downtown Music Gallery. Tuesday, September 10th: 6:30: RICH ROSENTHAL – Guitar / JOE FIEDLER – Trombone / DMITRY ISHENKO – Bass / COLIN HINTON – Drums 7:30: JAIR-ROHM WELLS – Bass / BOB MUSSO – El Guitar / TARA TOMS – Vocals & Electronics 8:30: RYAN SIEGEL – Alto Sax – Trumpet / MARC…

  • Coming to Kansas City

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    Source: EMAS. Sunday, September 8 Damon Smith, Jeff Harshbarger, Krista Kopper, Aaron Osborne Westport Coffee House 7 pm Sunday, September 8 Twig Harper, Kelley Gant + Shante Clair, Evan Verploegh + Ida Rowan MiniBar 8 pm

  • Coming to San Francisco

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    Source: Bay Improviser Calendar. Saturday, September 7 Sat 9/07 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF] Darren Johnston Sat 9/07 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2040 Addison Street Berkeley] Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet Sat 9/07 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley] Markku Salo’s The AfroSpace of Sun…

  • The Squid’s Ear Reviews

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    Source: The Squid’s Ear. John Butcher + 13 – Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) Sam Newsome & Max Johnson – Tubes (Unbroken Sounds) Ernesto Rodrigues / Bruno Parrinha / Johannes von Buttlar – Whispers and Reveries (Creative Sources)