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  • Evan Parker Residency at the Stone: October 1-16

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    Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble via last.fm Evan Parker’s upcoming Stone residency is previewed: John Zorn’s The Stone is affording New York experimental and improvisation audiences an extraordinary opportunity this October. Saxophonist Evan Parker will play over twenty concerts in an extended residency at the new venue. Parker is well known both for his solo concerts…

  • Chicago Jazz Festival Coverage

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    Below are a handful of links and articles on the avant goings-on at this past weekend’s Chicago Jazz Festival. Muhal Richard Abrams returns for Chicago Jazz Festival A review of the Abrams / Lewis / Mitchell performance Fred Anderson profile 10 moments from the Chicago Jazz Festival Related articles by Zemanta AAJ-NY: KLANG’s Tea Music…

  • 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…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

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    Greg Osby via last.fm From Free Jazz: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 The Fonda Stevens Group – Memphis (Playscape, 2009) **** Sunday, September 6, 2009 DCIC with Greg Osby – Live At The Warehouse (Self Published, 2009) ***½ Friday, September 4, 2009 Nuts – Symphony For Old And New Dimensions (Ayler, 2009) ***** Wednesday, September 2,…

  • October at Roulette

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    William Hooker via last.fm The October schedule from New York’s Roulette: Fay Victor Ensemble “The FreeSongSuite” Thurs Oct 1 – 8:30 PM Bisio / Crothers Fri Oct 2 – 8:30 PM Jane Rigler Roulette CHILDREN’S CONCERT $5 Sat Oct 3 – 8:30 PM Tom Hamilton & Bruce Eisenbeil w/ William Hooker Sat Oct 3 –…

  • 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…

  • AMN Picks of the Week

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    Tom Heasley via last.fm Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended. Tom Heasley & Toss Panos – Passages (2007)…

  • Jim O’Rourke, Once an Insider, Worked Alone and on the Outside for ‘The Visitor’

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    Jim O’Rourke via last.fm Jim O’Rourke is profiled and his new release is discussed. Mr. O’Rourke, 40, is about equally known for his own music — albums like “Eureka,” “Insignificance” and his remarkable new one, “The Visitor” — as for his work for other people. For about 10 years, starting in the mid-1990s, Mr. O’Rourke,…

  • Upsilon Acrux’s European Tour

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    Tour dates are available (via the link) from Upsilon Acrux: Upsilon Acrux (Los Angeles, CA, USA), an instrumental quintet (dual guitars, keyboards, bass and drums), is one of the most creative, original and sonically spellbinding bands on the U.S.A.’s thriving post-punk, avant-garde rock scene. Cuneiform Records has just released Radian Futura, the band’s sixth album…

  • Sonomu Reviews

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    From Sonomu: Akira Rabelais, Hollywood (Schoolmap) Nothing compares to the pleasure of people-watching for entertainment value. Except, like this new record, people-listening. It is all about city-dwelling. Cities are the places where just over half the world´s population now resides for the first time in history. But ever since the first city… [read] Posted by…

  • Modern Classical at the University of Arkansas

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    John Cage via last.fm From the University of Arkansas: The Fulbright College department of music will feature guest trombonist Dirk Amrein in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 14, in the newly renovated Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. He will be accompanied on piano by Jürg Henneberger in a recital featuring works by John Cage,…

  • AMN Picks of the Week

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    Ikue Mori via last.fm Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended. Don’t take the categories too seriously. Le Car…

  • Tzadik August Releases

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    Image via Wikipedia From Tzadik: Ben Goldberg Speech Communication David Taylor Red Sea Eyal Maoz’s Edom Hope and Destruction John Zorn Music for Children—10th anniversary edition On Ka’a Davis Djoukoujou!

  • Off the Grid at Sonic Circuits

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    From Sonic Circuits: SONIC CIRCUITS: OFF THE GRID A Clamorous Exhibition of Acoustic and Battery Operated Brouhaha! Featuring performances by: Neil Feather Mike Tamburo Pilesar Avocado Happy Hour Layne Garrett Ize B. Pickin Saturday, August 29th Doors at 6:30, Music at 7:00 SHARP $8 gets you in the door! All Ages Show Pyramid Atlantic Arts…

  • Lampo: Homeless Again

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    The Chicago Reader informs us about Lampo once again being without a space. Normally this is the time of year I look forward to learning Lampo’s fall lineup. One of the midwest’s greatest advocates for experimental music, Lampo has been presenting dynamic work, often in exclusive U.S. engagements, from some of the world’s most important…

  • Ken Vandermark in the Belly of the Beast

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    Ken Vandermark via last.fm The Chicago Reader discusses Ken Vandermark‘s increased nationwide prominence. “In North America the only thing that’s happened with festivals have been in Canada—Vancouver, Victoriaville,” he told me. “I’m invisible in the mainstream jazz world in the U.S. I’m generally never covered in mainstream American publications devoted to jazz.” While Vandermark has…

  • Sonomu Reviews

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    From Sonomu: Various Artists, Echoes of Polyhymnia (Hypnos) Hypnos now boasts a long history and impressive discography of highly-accomplished ambient music hovering in dark, but not lightless, regions, several of which are compilations of exclusive tracks. Recently it added to this bounty with two anthologies released more or less simultaneously. … [read] Posted by Stephen…

  • 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…

  • Coming up at Roulette: Three Nights of Sparks

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    Image of Nate Wooley From New York’s Roulette: Sparks (Peter Evans and Tom Blancarte) has been playing together since 2005. From the beginning of the formation of the duo, they have been constantly working to push their own boundaries of density and speed of interaction while freely improvising. They have performed extensively in New York…

  • Newsbits

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    Improvised Communications links to a few Youtube videos of Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone In Chicago. The BBC is creating an “audio map” of the world to preserve its varied sounds. Progressive rock band Nektar will be touring Europe soon. Illinois group Random Touch makes some interesting sounds and has information regarding their releases, and…

  • Reminder: Los Angeles New Music Ensemble Presents Time, Minimalism, and Electronics This Week

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    Terry Riley via last.fm From the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble: Los Angeles New Music Ensemble-Time, Minimalism, and Electronics Friday, August 7, 8pm Santa Monica Art Studios 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica CA $5 students, $10 adult Website: LosAngelesNME.org Phone: 505 270 4965 Program info: This summer the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble is proud…

  • New on Tzadik

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    John Zorn via last.fm Tzadik’s July releases are out: Cyro Baptista‘s Banquet of the Spirits – Infinito John Zorn – O’o Koby Israelite – Is He Listening? Rashanim – The Gathering Related articles by Zemanta Rashanim Go Acoustic (jambase.com) Trevor Dunn Is In “Mad Love” (allmetalresource.com) Zorn: El General (undomondo.com) June at The Stone (bigapplemusicscene.com)

  • Cuneiform Artists on Tour Through August

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    From Cuneiform Records: BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (special tour to promote “Dawn of the Cycads”, so founding member Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) is performing with the group in place of current member Ken Field, and all material will be vintage – 1988 or earlier) July 30 – Johnny D’s – 17 Holland St. –…