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  • Dutch drummer can’t help but play

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    Image via Wikipedia Hn Bennink is featured on MiamiHerald.com: Han Bennink was feeling frisky. Onstage with pianist Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Kenny Millions at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center in 2007, the legendary Dutch jazz drummer displayed the mischievous wit and childlike exuberance for which he’s long been revered. Variously, he bounced a drumstick…

  • Taylor Ho Bynum’s Fall Schedule

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    From THB’s SpiderMonkey Stories: Saturday, October 17, 9pm New Music by Laura Andel @ The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune), NYC THB (cornet), Carl Maguire (Fender Rhodes), Shoko Nagai (piano), Thomas Buckner (baritone), and the ensemble Gamelan Son of Lion (Barbara Benary, Lisa Karrer, Skip LaPlante, Denman Maroney, and David Simons)…

  • Kinetic Harpoon (Pittman & Kaylor) Coming to Portland

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    From Portland Eye and Ear Control: This is s duo of Kelvin Pittman and Mark E. Kaylor (sax and drums). The show starts at 8pm at Waypost 3120 N Williams Avenue

  • Brooklyn’s IBeam in November

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    From the IBeam: Ibeam Music 168 7th Street Brooklyn NY 11215 http://www.ibeambrooklyn.com November 5th 9:00 pm $10 suggested Ralph Alessi and This Against That Ralph Alessi – Trumpet Tony Malaby – Tenor Sax Ben Street – Bass Andy Milne – Piano Mark Ferber – Drums November 6th 8:30 pm $10 suggested Tim Flood & The…

  • Okkyung Lee Interview

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    From Roulette NYC: Using her solid classical training as a springboard, Cellist Okkyung Lee incorporates jazz, sounds, korean traditional music, noise with extended techniques to create her own unique blend of music. On Thursday October 22 at Roulette Okkyung collaborates with video artist Kjell Bjørgeengen using pre-recorded sounds from the cobble stone street outside Location…

  • You Won’t Find These Poisson Rouge Performers in the 45s Section

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    From NYTimes.com: At the early concert, Rachel Grimes, a pianist and composer who writes in a charming if lightweight Impressionistic style, played the 14 vignettes from her recent “Book of Leaves” disc on a split bill with the new-music pianist Sarah Cahill. Ms. Cahill performed selections from “A Sweeter Music,” a series that brings together…

  • Vancouver New Music Festival

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    John Oswald via last.fm The 2009 Vancouver New Music Festival takes place next week and features Chris Cutler, John Oswald, and many others. 21 – 24 October 2009 Show starts 8pm each night Free Artist Chats at 7pm each night Negative Landscapes: free symposium on 24 October 2009, 2:30pm Scotiabank Dance Centre 677 Davie Street…

  • Axiom – Clearing Musical Hurdles With Poise and Flair

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    Cover of Gyorgy Ligeti (20th-Century Composers) NYTimes.com reviews this recent performance. You might wonder, then, why Axiom — a bright, versatile young ensemble formed by students at the Juilliard School in 2005 — chose four toothy examples of latter-day modernism for its season-opening concert at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Monday night. The program,…

  • Mat Maneri in Brooklyn

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    Image via Wikipedia Mat Maneri has an upcoming show at Brooklyn’s Barbes: October 8th MAT MANERI & Friends. Mat Maneri is a violin and viola player, specifically derivatives such as the five-string viola, the electric six-string violin, and the baritone violin. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri. He has performed and recorded…

  • Coming up at Ars Nova Workshop

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    Cuong Vu via last.fm From Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop: Saturday, October 3, 8pm STEVE LEHMAN TRIO Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Matt Brewer, bass; and Damion Reid, drums Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street $12 General Admission Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, Steve Lehman’s work…

  • Mario Diaz de León – Players From Two Ensembles Support One Emerging Composer at Roulette

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    A recent New York performance from Mario Diaz de León is reviewed: Part of the anticipation had to do with the performers on hand. The International Contemporary Ensemble, a flexible organization based in Brooklyn and Chicago, reliably attracts large, enthusiastic audiences with its wide-ranging programs and brilliant execution. Here, four members of the group —…

  • Bohemian in Exile Shows

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    Ned Rothenberg via last.fm From Detroit’s Bohemian folks: Monday Sept 28th: Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg Duo at 2739 Edwin A leader of the American avant garde joins a leader of the European avant garde in a duo for winds that features free improvised music with a startling level of interplay. British saxophonist Evan Parker is a…

  • Open Space Festival for New Music

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    Next Spring, the University of Northern Colorado brings forth the Open Space Festival for New Music: The Open Space Festival of New Music is designed to present innovative composers and interpreters of contemporary music annually at the University of Northern Colorado. Composers and performers are featured guests in lectures, seminars and performances. Each Festival gives…

  • September Tzadik Releases

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    From Tzadik: Ahleuchatistas Of the Body Prone Jelly Roll Morton Freakish John Zorn Arcana IV – Book Mario Diaz de Leon Enter Houses Of Related articles by Zemanta Zorn & Masada Quintet (undomondo.com)

  • Two from Free Albums Galore

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    Jozef Van Wissem via last.fm Free Albums Galore has dug up a couple of notable recordings. Jozef Van Wissem – A Priori Genre: Classical, Modern Composition, Avant-Garde The lute is not exactly the first instrument I think of when someone says “avant-garde” or “contemporary music”. Yet Jozef Van Wissem uses his lute virtuosity to create…

  • Interview with Gordon Beeferman

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    Roulette NYC offers this interview. GORDON BEEFERMAN is a composer and pianist whose work spans opera, orchestral and chamber music, improvisation, and collaborations with dance and other arts. On Tuesday, September 22nd Gordon presents “Music for an IMAGINARY BAND” – a (real) 7-piece group comprised of some of New York’s most uniquely creative musicians. The…

  • Clean Feed Fest and the New Languages Festival Reviewed

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    NYTimes.com writes about both of these festivals. By default and by design, there is no firm center of avant-garde jazz culture. Its music can be freely improvised or densely plotted, ecstatic or brooding, concussive or tranquil. So on some level it was fitting that an accident of timing brought an overlap of the New Languages…

  • MadLove – Dissonances, Drones and Feedback at Southpaw

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    Trevor Dunn via last.fm NYTimes.com reviews Trevor Dunn‘s latest project. The bassist Trevor Dunn has a lot of experience making music of canny disruption and outrageous effect. He’s well entangled in a few different scenes, notably the one that includes the experimental-metal supergroup Fantomas and the one that revolves around the avant-garde polymath John Zorn.…

  • Moving Sounds Festival Review

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    NYTimes.com has words about this avant-garde fest. The Moving Sounds Festival means its title to be taken in every possible way. The works performed during this three-day event are meant to be moving, if not always emotionally then viscerally or intellectually. Some of the pieces make significant use of spatial elements: the sounds move around…

  • Nu-Art Series to present concerts by Trio 3, Rasul Siddik

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    Oliver Lake via last.fm From St. Louis Jazz Notes: The Nu-Art Series, run by trumpeter, gallery owner and former arts administrator George Sams out of his Metropolitan Gallery downtown, is kicking off its fall 2009 season this month with two concerts featuring former St. Louisans who have earned international acclaim in the jazz world. The…

  • The Electric Ascension Film Project is Looking for a Grant Writer

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    John Rogers is making a film about ROVA and is looking for some help. Contact him if you have experience and time to work on grants. The Electric Ascension film project is looking for a grant writer with experience in the avant-garde art and music world. A documentary is underway about the Rova Saxophone Quartet‘s…

  • Adam Rudolph / Yusef Lateef at Interpretations

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    From New York’s Interpretations: Adam Rudolph / Yusef Lateef: 3 World Premieres Thursday, September 17, 2009 8PM at Roulette 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand) The 21st Season of Thomas Buckner’s innovative series of new music begins on September 17, 2009, with a presentation of the longstanding collaboration between saxophonist/composer Yusef Lateef and percussionist/composer…

  • DMG Newsletter September 4th, 2009

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    Gary Burton via last.fm From DMG: Dennis Gonzalez – 2 CDs! Satoko Fujii Orchestra Nagoya! NUTS with Rasul Siddik & Itaru Oki! Eugene Chadbourne & David Sait! Abercrombie/Feldman/Morgan/Baron! Trevor Dunn‘s MadLove! Sax- Ruins! John Tchicai‘s Five Points! NEW: Noble/Edwards/Ward! Ryan Blotnick! Acid Mothers Temple! Kawabata Hot RATllesnakes! Charles Tyler! Gary Burton & Chick Corea complete…

  • Avant Gardner Series in Boston

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    Details about this new classical series are available. Home to the longest-running museum music program in the country, under the direction of esteemed violist Scott Nickrenz, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum further expands its musical offerings this fall with the launch of Avant Gardner: a new contemporary classical series set to shake up Boston’s new…