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Tag: Musical improvisation

  • San Francisco Bay Area Scene

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    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…

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    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

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    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…

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    From BayImproviser: Thursday, October 13, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco OutSound presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Full Moon Concerts: Blood Moon with Light a Fire (guest curation) * 8pm Trio: Matt Chandler (electric bass), Karl Evangelista (electric guitar), Jacob Felix Heule (drums) * 9pm Moe!kestra! with…

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    From SASSAS: Wednesday, October 12, 8pm Human Resources LA, 410 Cottage Home St., LA SASSAS and Human Resources LA present: AD HOC #3: Tim Feeney, Vic Rawlings, and Casey Anderson Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings have performed together as a duo since meeting within Boston’s “lowercase” improvising community in 2005. Their music explores an unpredictable…

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

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    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,…

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    From BayImproviser Thursday, October 6, 7:30pm Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley * Tony Buck (percussion) and Magda Mayas (piano) * Annette Krebs (prepared guitar) * Grosse Abfahrt – Tom Djll (trumpet), Matt Ingalls (clarinet), Tim Perkis (electronics), Gino Robair (electronics, percussion), John Shiurba (electric guitar.) Thursday, October 6, 8pm Luggage Store Gallery,…

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    From Bay Improviser and Squid’s List Tuesday, Sept. 27, 8pm The Lab, 2948 16th St., SF 23five Incorporated, swissnex San Francisco, & The Lab present: Infrasound (Oakland), Jason Kahn (Switzerland), Francisco Meirino (Switzerland) On September 27, 23five celebrates 10 years of Infrasound, the acclaimed collaborative project between Scott Arford and Randy Yau. These two sound…

  • Chris Lopes ATMOSPHERES in New Bedford, Massachusetts

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    From Audible Think: The Audible Think Improvised Music Series (at Gallery X, New Bedford, MA) returns for the 2009-10 season with performances on the third Wednesday of each month (SEP to DEC; FEB to MAY). The series presents improvised music, jazz, avant-garde, and original compositions by musicians from around the region and those on tour.…

  • 4th Annual Umbrella Music Festival

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    Joe McPhee via last.fm The 4th Annual Umbrella Music Festival is coming to Chicago in November. Click through for a full lineup. Umbrella Music is pleased to announce the final schedule for the fourth-annual Umbrella Music Festival, November 5th-8th. The event pcelebrates jazz and improvised music from Chicago and beyond. Called by the Chicago Reader…

  • September at the IBeam

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    Elliott Sharp via last.fm From Brooklyn’s IBeam: IBEAM MUSIC September Music Listings 2009 168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 http://www.ibeambrooklyn.com Sept 4th 9 pm – $10 Suggested Donation Franck Vigroux (electronics) Michel Blanc (drums, electronics ) Ben Miller (voice) Elliott Sharp (reeds, guitar) + guests Franck VIGROUX, Composer, guitarist, turntablist, videoartist and producer, Franck Vigroux…

  • September at Roulette

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    William Hooker via last.fm The September schedule from New York’s Roulette: 3 NIGHTS: SKELETON$ BIG BAND: New Works for a Larger Ensemble Wed-Fri Sept 7, 8 & 9 – 8:30 PM INTERPRETATIONS: Works by Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph Thurs Sept 17 – 8:00 PM Gordon Beeferman’s MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY BAND Tue Sept 22…

  • Stockhausen’s Aus den Sieben Tagen Available For Free Download

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    Image via Wikipedia From Insubordinations: Aus den Sieben Tagen is a collection of pieces to be improvised after the very concise and apparently metaphysical instructions of the Master. But far from delivering us a strange joke or an esoteric manifesto, Stockhausen explores in fifteen pieces the main questions of composition, improvisation, art, its transmission and…

  • Upcoming Wayward Music Series Shows

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    From Seattle’s Wayward Music Series: THU. 7/9, 7:30 PM – Earshot Jazz presents Jazz: the 2nd Century – Jim Norton Quartet SAT. 7/11, 8 PM – Ronin, w/ Kenny Mandell (sax, flute), Don Berman (drums), Nate Omdal (bass); free/structured improv, Monk, Mingus COMING UP: THU. 7/16 – Earshot Jazz presents Jazz: the 2nd Century –…

  • Bagatellen Reviews

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    From Bagatellen: Soft Machine – Drop Mention the word “Canterbury” in certain circles and the likely reference is “Soft Machine.” Followers of the group’s transition from quirky psychedelia to a relentless and anthemic jazz-rock hybrid seem split on whether they like their Softs with Robert Wyatt’s otherworldly vocal whimsy or with only his drumming propelling…

  • Trevor Watts: Inspired improvisation

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    From the Prague Post: Trevor Watts is a world-class composer, saxophonist and percussionist from the north of England, devoted to exploring the possibilities of combining music of all genres. Veryan Weston is a first-rate British jazz pianist also devoted to improvisation. As a duo, they aim to perform an entire evening of improvised music –…

  • Noise: Noise: What’s That Noise?

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    The Boise Experimental Music Festival is profiled in the Boise Weekly: The “experiment” in the inaugural Boise Experimental Music Festival in 2006 had almost as much to do with the event as it did with the kind of music showcased. “This style of music emulates life,” organizer and improvisational musician Krispen Hartung said. “It’s like…

  • Rituals in Musicality – Wadada Leo Smith at Firehouse 12

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    Wadada Leo Smith (via last.fm) From the New Haven Advocate, previews tomorrow’s Firehouse 12 show. To describe Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith as a musician with a holistic vision is an understatement. From his earliest days performing blues and R&B in Mississippi to his late-’60s stint as a member of the Chicago organization the Association for…

  • Firehouse 12 To Present The Peter Brötzmann/Nasheet Waits Duo May 8th

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    Peter Brötzmann (via last.fm) From Improvised Communications: On Friday, May 8th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present the duo of legendary German multi-instrumentalist Peter Brötzmann and acclaimed New York-based drummer Nasheet Waits. Part of Brötzmann’s 12-stop spring tour of America, this two-set performance will feature all spontaneously improvised music blending the artists’ diverse backgrounds and…

  • Firehouse 12 To Present Pete Robbins/Mario Pavone/Tyshawn Sorey April 3rd

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    From Improvised Communications: On Friday, April 3rd, Firehouse 12 will present the collective trio of saxophonist Pete Robbins, bassist Mario Pavone and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Brought together by Robbins, a former labelmate of Pavone’s and frequent collaborator of Sorey’s in the band sILENT Z, the year-old intergenerational group, and its completely improvised music, is a…

  • Bagatellen Reviews

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    From Bagatellen: Torben Snekkestad – Conic Folded Inspired by Jimmy Giuffre’s trio with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow, Norwegian Torben Snekkestad – here featured on saxophones and clarinet – releases his first solo CD after having honed his skills in various positions, either relative to jazz or chamber music: he can play with the London…

  • Jane Rigler + Anne La Berge at Diapason

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    From New York’s Diapason: Jane Rigler + Anne La Berge w/ flutes, electronics + video Monday, March 2 8PM $8 882 Third Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd Streets BROOKLYN (Sunset Park) 10th floor info: 718-499-5070 http://www.diapasongallery.org N, D or R to 36th Street Bus: 35, 37, 63, 70 Jane Rigler + Anne La Berge Jane…

  • Cosmologic in Washington DC

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    From Sonic Circuits: As part of Cuneiform Records 25th Anniversary Celebrations, Cuneiform Records and Sonic Circuits Present For the first time in the Washington Area… C o s m o l o g i c Jazz/Improv Quartet from San Diego, CA Friday February 20, 2009 @ Pyramid Atlantic Art Center 8230 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring,…

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    From Bagatellen: Ferran Fages – al voltant d’un paral‘lel (Etude) Cremaster sure seems ages ago. It could be said that his duo projects with Alfredo Costa Monteiro comprised the formative years for Ferran Fages, yet Cremaster’s music (2001 — 2003, roughly) remains so… tip-of-the-spear. While Fages and Monteiro were utilizing in their music electronic equipment…