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Tag: Free jazz

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Bay Improviser: Thursday, November 17, 7:30pm Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley Piotr Michalowski (saxes, including sopranino) from Michigan, Vinny Golia (sopranino sax) and Jon Raskin (sopranino sax). A very squeaky saxophone trio. Thursday, November 17, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco OutSound presents Luggage Store…

  • Los Angeles Scene

      From Sundays Live: Saturday, November 12, 7:30pm The Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium, 1200 Getty Center Dr., (Westside) Los Angeles PACIFIC STANDARD TIME PRESENTS: Carl Stone CARL STONE (laptop, electronics), GLORIA CHENG (harpsichord), MIN XIAO-FEN (pipa). From Metal Jazz: Saturday, November 12, 9pm blue whale, 123 astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301,…

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Bay Improviser: Thursday, November 10, 7:30pm Maybeck Studio, Berkeley (directions/reservations, email: theresa.wong8 (at) gmail.com) Theresa Wong’s THE UNLEARNING, CD Release Concert & Celebration with HELLO DUST * THE UNLEARNING: Theresa Wong (cello, voice), Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice). * HELLO DUST: Carla Kihlstedt (voice, violin, pump organ) & Matthias Bossi (drums, percussion, keyboards, voice, bass…

  • Taran's Free Jazz Hour, podcast 35/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, podcast 35/2011: loosetorque: from cafe sting: Frode Gjerstad (clarinets, alto saxophone), Eivin Pederssen (accordion), Nick Stephens (bass), Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums). wig: ab baars trio 20 years: Ab Baars (clarinet, tenor saxophone), Wilbert de Joode (contrabass), Martin van Duynhoven (drums). cut a caper: Ig Henneman (viola, compositions), Ab Baars (tenor sax,…

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Nebraska Mondays Monday, November 7, 7pm Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento Nebraska Mondays 2-Year Anniversary Show * Alex Jenkins Sound Immersion * Tom Monson Trio (with Vinny Golia and Ross Hammond) * Terrence McManus (NYC, solo guitar) From Bay Improviser Monday, November 7, 8pm Makeout Room, 22 St. (at Mission), SF The Monday…

  • Los Angeles Scene

    From the wulf: Saturday, November 5, 8pm the wulf, 1026 South Santa Fe Ave. #203, downtown Los Angeles First Appearance of the Elusive Gnarwhallaby which presents its first concert with music by Marc Sabat, Wtodzimierz Kotonski, Steffen Schleiermacher, Henry Gorecki, Edison Denisov and possibly Morton Feldman. The ensemble is a quartet using the work of…

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Bay Improviser: Thursday, November 3, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), SF OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series * 8:15pm – Tethers: Andrew Weathers (banjo), Hey Exit (koto). * 8:45pm – Christina Stanley, Graphical scores for small ensemble, including: Christina Stanley (violin), Devon Thrumston (cello), Daniel Steffey (percussion), Anna…

  • Taran's Free Jazz Hour, podcast 34/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, podcast 34/2011 gary hassay | michael bisio my brother: Gary Hassay (alto sax, Tibetan singing), Mike Bisio (bass). new artists the stone set: Connie Crothers (piano), Bill Payne (clarinet). live at the stone: Connie Crothers (piano), Richard Tabnik (alto saxophone), Roger Mancuso (drums), Ken Filano (bass), Mark Weber (poems). circum-disc…

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Bay Improviser: Thursday, October 27, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), SF OutSound presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series * 8pm – Cartoon Justice: Mika Pontecorvo (guitars, flutes, electronics, laptop, voice), Kersti Abrams (alto Sax, clarinet, flutes), Mariko Miyakawa (cello, electronics, voice), Gred Baker (laptop, didgeridoo, jaw Harp), Hakan…

  • Los Angeles Scene

    From CalArts: Thursday, October 27, 6:30pm California Institute of the Arts, B214a (The Machine Lab), 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia The Music Technology (MTIID) program presents visiting artist Trimpin. Trimpin will be giving a talk about his life and work as a electromechanical instrument sculptor and installation artist, followed by a Q&A session. Thursday, October 27,…

  • Taran's Free Jazz Hour, Podcast 33/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, podcast 33/2011 wig ab baars trio 20 years: Ab Baars (clarinet, tenor saxophone), Wilbert de Joode (contrabass), Martin van Duynhoven (drums). flying note records an alternate universe: Kali Z. Fasteau (cello, soprano saxophone, electric piano), William Parker (contrabass), Cindy Blackman (drums). prophesy: Kali Z. Fasteau and lots of musicians, info…

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

    From Bay Improviser: Thursday, October 20, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), San Francisco OutSound presents the Luggage Store New Music Series * 8pm – Jaroba & Keith Cary – Gizmos and Gadgets, The Bicycle tone Generator, the Plassoon, the Pots and Pan Cello and the Mastertron * 9pm – Ritwik…

  • Los Angeles Scene

    From Sundays Live: Thursday, October 20, 12:45pm Pierce College, Performing Arts Bldg. Main Stage, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills Brad Dutz / Chris Wabich (percussion duo) From Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles: Thursday, October 20, 7pm Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Ave., Westwood Andrea Centazzo will perform MILLE: A MULTIMEDIA CONCERT,…

  • Taran's Free Jazz Hour, Podcast 32/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, podcast 32/2011 scott amendola, lift: Scott Amendola (drums), John Shifflett (bass), Jeff Parker (guitar) slam lyric pieces: Martin Pickett’s regular trio augmented by two terrific brass players. Martin Pickett (piano), Steve Waterman (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mark Bassey (trombone), Paul Jefferies (double bass), Ben Twyford (drums). tisza: Szilárd Mezei (viola), Ervin Malina…

  • Taran's Free Jazz Hour, podcast 31/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, podcast 31/2011 dan giorgetti soundtrack of the BBC miniseries The Hour: composed by Daniel Giorgetti, performed by Jamie Talbot (sax, clarinet), Sam Burgess (bass), Simon Chamberlain (piano), Ian Thomas (drums), Chris Baron (vibes, percussion), Daniel Giorgetti (samples, programming) wig cut a caper: Ig Henneman (viola, compositions), Ab Baars (tenor sax,…

  • Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, Podcast 30/2011

    From Taran’s Free Jazz Hour podcast 30/2011 includes: dark tree records pourtant les cimes des arbres: Daunik Lazro (saxophone, baryton), Benjamin Duboc (contrabass), Didier Lasserre (caisse claire & cymbales) daniel barbiero fields/figures: Perry Conticchio (reeds and flutes), Rich O’Meara (percussion), Daniel Barbiero (double bass) delmark awakening: Nicole Mitchell‘s unique flute work in an intimate quartet…

  • taran's free jazz hour, podcast 29/2011

    From: taran’s free jazz hour Podcast #29, 2011 – this show features: ken silverman from emptiness:Ken Silverman, guitar, oud, hand percussion; Roy Campbell, trumpet; flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, flute; Kossan, chanting, sanshin; Blaise Siwula: alto saxophone, clarinet; Tom Shad, Turkish cumbus; Dave Miller, drums; Tom Swafford, violin macroscopia: Claire DeBrunner: bassoon; Daniel Carter: trumpet, alto and…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

    From Free Jazz: SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010 Thomas Heberer – Five By Five (Self Published, 2009) **** SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2010 Chicago Underground Duo – Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey, 2010) ****½ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010 Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly – Cyrillic (482 Records, 2010) **** TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 Andreas Schmidt, Samuel Rohrer, Thomas…

  • Music and More Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia From Music and More: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010 Eberhard Weber – Little Movements (ECM, 2009) TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 Gebhard Ullman – Don’t Touch My Music Vol. 2 Don’t Touch My Music Vol. 2 (Not Two, 2009) MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010 Eberhard Weber – Yellow Fields (ECM 1976, 2010) SUNDAY, JANUARY 10,…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

    From Free Jazz: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 Fred Anderson – 21st Century Chase (Delmark, 2009) **** SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010 Bengt Berger – Beches Brew (Country & Eastern, 2009) ** or **** FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010 Splatter – Music For Misanthropes (Self Published, 2009) **** THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010 Han Bennink & Frode Gjerstad –…

  • New Releases from Ayler Records

    From Ayler Records: Snus – Niklas Barnö, Joel Grip, Didier Lasserre This trio was first put together by Marc Fèvre, the active foreman of parisian dynamic wine and free music venue, l’Atelier Tampon, for the celebrations of legendary bassist Alan Silva’s 70th birthday. Ayler Records liked this, and decided to record and produce a CD…

  • Exploding Star Orchestra Chicago

    From Time Out Chicago, two performances this weekend. In 1996, those in need of a free-jazz fix wouldn’t have found it at the Hungry Brain, where the Umbrella Music collective’s Sunday jams are now a mainstay. No, the seventh day belonged to the Green Mill, where cornetist Rob Mazurek hosted weekly workshops that took shape…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

    From Free Jazz: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 Jason Stein’s Locksmith Isidore – Three Less Than Between (Clean Feed, 2009)**** Jason Stein – In Exchange For A Process (Leo, 2009) **** MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010 Die Enttäuschung – 5 (Intakt, 2009) **** SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010 Free Unfold Trio – Ballades (Ayler Records, 2009) ****½ SATURDAY,…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia From Free Jazz: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009 Chad Taylor – Circle Down (482 Music, 2009) *** Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity (ACT, 2009) ***½ Plaistow – Jack Bambi (Self Published, 2009) **** Tony Malaby – Voladores (Clean Feed, 2009) ***** MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009 Katherine Young – Further Secret Origins (Porter Records,…